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apogee
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Topic Author's Original Post - Dec 8, 2008 - 01:43am PT
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A thread devoted to the appreciation of many things Canadian, especially the people I have known.
While I have been in awe and envy of the mountains, stone and sea that fills their country (especially the west end), it is the quality of the people that has impressed me most. From those I have known personally who have been important role models and mentors (Phil Hammer, Mark Miller, Brian Spear, Butch Greer); to those I have an acquaintance with at best (Ken Wylie); to those I have never met yet they still impress, inspire and educate me (Murray Toft, Don Serl, John Clarke), to the wonderful minds here on ST (MightyHiker, Tami), to many others that my dissolving memory can’t immediately recall…
Not to sound trite, but I have noticed an uncanny consistency in the qualities of the Canadians I have encountered, including great intelligence, articulation, rationality, an unending desire for true adventure, wickedly dry humor, and a self-effacing humility that the rest of the world could take many lessons from.
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Social climber
valley center, ca
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Big Agree !!!! and you articulate so well are you Canadian also ? (Seriously)
Nice Thread Apogee ! Peace and Joy to Canadians and the world at large. Oh, that we could all agree to disagree on our differences and still love each other .... watch each others back .... and send the helping thread to those that need it. Keep trying, don't give up or let life tell you it can't be done. Yo, together it can. Oh well, just sayin' ..lrl
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
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Tami, I smell what your thinking/saying. No need to say much more. I chock it up to human nature, however vague that may sound. People attack that which they can't or don't want to understand. "Walk a mile in their shoes..." No-one does that anymore.
BTW, Canadians are groovy.
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Jennie
Trad climber
Idaho Falls
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Though all international friendships have stress, Canada has been the nation most forgiving of our failings, most tolerant of our triumphs and not required billions as the price of friendship. World alliances change through history but the USA retains the best true friend of her youth.
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Yah, three cheers for Canada and Canadians.
apogee:
While I have been in awe and envy of the mountains, stone and sea that fills their
country (especially the west end), it is the quality of the people that has impressed me most.
And I'll put in a good word for the east end of the country, as well.
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Not to mention, the great North.
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Ottawa Doug
Social climber
Ottawa, Canada
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Nice comments directed to those of us in the 'great white north.'
Average Canadians just like average Americans are usually great people.
Cheers,
Doug
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Now if you'd just keep those cold fronts to yourselves!
6°F here at sunrise this morning.
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Ottawa Doug
Social climber
Ottawa, Canada
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Point taken!
:)
Doug
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Captain...or Skully
Social climber
Where are YOU from?
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I like Canada.
With folks up there like Ottawa Doug, Pete, Anders, Tami, Bob Shafto, and too many more to name here, how could one ever go wrong?
Canada & it's inhabitants are A-ok, in my book.
Woohoo!
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pyro
Big Wall climber
Calabasas
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I'm from the Desjardins clan.
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Jim E
climber
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Liking Canadians will be key when Canada becomes the 51st state of the USA.
just kidding.
I do love Canada, though.
I'm 50% Canadian and that 50% is 50% French, 25% Swede, and 25% Mi'kmaq.
edit: I'm sure it's not exact. no doubt there's some other blood lines in that mix.
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Not to sound trite, but I have noticed an uncanny consistency in the qualities of the Canadians I have encountered, including great intelligence, articulation, rationality, an unending desire for true adventure, wickedly dry humor, and a self-effacing humility that the rest of the world could take many lessons from.
Amazing. It's hard to believe that the old trick still works. We somehow convinced you guys -- a hundred years ago or something -- that were were nice, humble, friendly people. Kind of bumbly and slow, but at least the kind of neighbors you didn't have to worry about. You bought it, and ever since then we've been stealthily moving south, stealing your wimmin, raping your cattle, taking all the good jobs... And you love us for it!!! Who says you can't fool all of the people all of the time.
Ha! Soon all your base are belong to us. Then you will find out how nice we really are.
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dirtbag
climber
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We should go up there with a a few million troops and take "their" oil. Canada is rightly ours!
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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And then there are the stealth Canadians, infiltrating American life, taking over from within. I guess Chouinard's out of the closet now, so no point in pretending he's anything but what he is.
Q: What well-known climber and writer, who sometimes posts to SuperTopo, is by birth a Canadian?
Hint: Not Ghost, and Ghost isn't allowed to play.
ps More Arctic air masses on their way. It sorts of balances, eh?
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Llama
Big Wall climber
The bubble that is Irvine, CA
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How is it possible that PTPP hasn't chimed in on this one yet?!
HELLOOOOOOOOOOO PETE! WHERE ARE YOU?
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MisterE
Trad climber
My Inner Nut
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Yay for Canadians!
Victoria Bouldering Crew
Peter Croft
Hamish Fraser
Perry Beckham
Sonnie Trotter
Anders Ourem
Murray Sovereign
Tami Knight
Paul Mahony
Patrick Morrow
Walter Wilcox
Dave Lane
Robin Barley
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Captain...or Skully
Social climber
Where are YOU from?
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PETE!!!!!!!!!!!
WHERE ARE YOUUUUU??????????
He'll be upset that he missed it, eh?
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Mtnmun
Trad climber
Top of the Mountain Mun
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I love Canada. The guides and climbers are highly respected. The hut system knows no equal and the whole country loves their outdoor sports. That is my impression anyway. The climbing in Canada ups the anty to a full on Alpine experience. Canada Rocks!
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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David's links are all the wittier in that in 1945, Canada had the fourth largest military navy in the world. And in the 1930s, the Canadian general staff drew up plans to invade the U.S. Not just Alaska, either.
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Captain...or Skully
Social climber
Where are YOU from?
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PETE!!!!
Dude, yer missin' it!!!!
Yay, Canada!
Added Bonus....Baffin Island is in Canada.
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Jack Burns
climber
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Partying with Canadians is way enduro
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Added Bonus....Baffin Island is in Canada
Which reminds me of something...
Americans are world-famous for their lack of geographical knowledge, but they are not alone in their ignorance. When I was organizing my first trip to Baffin in 1979, I went to the Air Canada Cargo office at Vancouver International and asked if they could transport a big crate of supplies and equipment for me from Vancouver to what is now called Iqaluit (then Frobisher Bay), the main town on Baffin.
When I told the cargo agent that crate was about the size of a coffin and weighed 250 pounds, he became very concerned for me, saying "Oh, sure, we can get your box there for you, but it will be quite expensive. I think you could save a lot of money if you shipped it by train instead."
I thanked him for his concern and tried to find a nicest way I could to explain that there wasn't a railroad track within a thousand miles of Baffin Island.
And this guy's job was to know geography...
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Porkchop_express
Trad climber
thats what she said...
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I was on the road for four months, covering most of the western states and even hitting AK by way of Canada. In squamish,a kindly Candadian gent named Ed offered my wife and I a place to crash and a great meal. We were regaled with tales of international climbing adventures and more mundane facets of life and labor...We were treated like real friends when we looked and smelled as though we had passed out of the entrails of some prehistoric beast.
Y'all are good people. Many thanks.
(less than a week after crossing back into the US we got robbed and almost had to bail on the whole thing.)
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Porkchop: Can you say more about this Ed?
One of my closest long-time friends (and partner on many fine climbs) is named Ed and lives in Squamish. I wonder if it's him.
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Coldfinger
Mountain climber
Bethany, CT
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American Alpine Club could learn a lot about a hut system from the Canadian Alpine Club. Plus, all Canadians I have met while climbing are way more "foodie" than U.S. climbers and American public at large. Climbed Assiniboine with a couple of Canadians I met at the Naissut huts below the mountain, and on the summit they broke out a bottle of wine, a tin of smoked fish and some decent bread plus some nuts and raw veggies!!! I was in awe and have tried to up the standards of my summits ever since. Yeah, Canadians ROCK!
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Oplopanax
Mountain climber
The Deep Woods
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Dec 11, 2008 - 05:25pm PT
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Canadian Bump!
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TradIsGood
Chalkless climber
the Gunks end of the country
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Dec 11, 2008 - 05:31pm PT
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:-)
I kind of appreciate that they just refused to buy carbon credits, despite being a Kyoto signatory.
It is a cool place to visit.
How hard is it to immigrate?
Not for golfers?
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matisse
climber
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Dec 11, 2008 - 05:50pm PT
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Hurray for the home and native land
especially fer the far east bye
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Captain...or Skully
Social climber
Where are YOU from?
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Dec 11, 2008 - 06:13pm PT
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Yeah, I think you're right, Mike....he said something aboot caving....There's an 'under'taking, eh?
Sorry....
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Nefarius
Big Wall climber
somewhere without avatars.........
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Dec 11, 2008 - 06:57pm PT
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Well, when he does come back above ground, I suppose you guys could just get a room already or something, eh... Sheesh! lol
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MisterE
Trad climber
My Inner Nut
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Dec 11, 2008 - 10:10pm PT
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The whole Canadian Rockies area pretty much rocks year round.
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Dec 11, 2008 - 10:44pm PT
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You mean they "rubble" year round, don't you?
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Ottawa Doug
Social climber
Ottawa, Canada
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Dec 11, 2008 - 10:59pm PT
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Nice shot of Gimli Peak south ridge Oplopanax. And where is PTPP?
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'Pass the Pitons' Pete
Big Wall climber
like Ontario, Canada, eh?
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Dec 11, 2008 - 11:11pm PT
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Apogee wrote, "but I have noticed an uncanny consistency in the qualities of the Canadians I have encountered, including great intelligence, articulation, rationality, ... and a self-effacing humility that the rest of the world could take many lessons from."
^^ Yeah, like that's us, for sure. ^^
So like, take OFF, eh? I was indeed caving in Kentucky - we spent four days underground and found lots more cool stuff in the world's longest cave, the Mammoth system.
Thanks for your kind words. I'm proud to be a Hoser, but nothing thrilled me more to learn I am also a Merrican, thanks to my dad being from Minnesota. It's pretty handy having two passports when you're crossing the border. ;)
Chris2 - there is no "h" in O Canada!
And apogee - a preposition is a bad thing to end a sentence with, eh?
Cheers and beers,
Pete
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Dec 12, 2008 - 02:01am PT
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I dig Canada...
what's not to like? Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, The Cowboy Junkies..
and climbing there is great...
lots of good memories
great summer weather!
real glaciers
lady bugs!!
one of the all time great highways in the world
You could live a hundred lifetimes and not exhaust the good places to go there.
My only gripe is that Canadians talk funny, except the Québécois... words like "glacier."
We were at the Athabasca Hotel after stuffing Loonies into the pay shower at the laundromat... the waitress was very nice and complemented us on the fact that we showered before buying dinner... after being outback for 11 days (3 of which are depicted in the camping scene on the Columbia Icefields above)... my friend Mike ordered a bottle of Almaden (ok, so the wine list wasn't that sophisticated) and our waitress took it upon herself to correct his pronunciation...
"AL-mod-in" which Mike took issue with... the debate went back and forth, Mike finally pronounced his authority on this, he had grown up in Almaden Valley (long before it was "Silicon Valley")... end of argument...
...what's with the diction?
anyway, it was a great dinner, the beef is excellent and after 11 days of even my camp cooking it was fun to have something that didn't have to be reconstituted with the addition of water, usually a hard one battle involving a change-of-state...
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MisterE
Trad climber
My Inner Nut
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Dec 12, 2008 - 02:03am PT
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Oooo! MightyHiker ladybug troll!
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apogee
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 12, 2008 - 02:27am PT
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PTPP:
"...but I have noticed an uncanny consistency in the qualities of the Canadians I have encountered, including great intelligence, articulation, rationality, ... and a self-effacing humility from which the rest of the world could take many lessons."
Better?
I forgot to mention the Canucks incredible sense of sentence structure.
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MisterE
Trad climber
My Inner Nut
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Dec 12, 2008 - 02:30am PT
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Bugaboos
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MisterE
Trad climber
My Inner Nut
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Dec 12, 2008 - 02:36am PT
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What's not to like?
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apogee
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 13, 2008 - 04:31pm PT
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Chris2
Trad climber
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Dec 13, 2008 - 04:41pm PT
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O Canada...(I do love that song). When the Canadians win an Olympic medal, I always try to be near the tele to hear the your anthem.
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Scott Wayland
climber
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Dec 13, 2008 - 04:55pm PT
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More Canadian peaks and climbing photos, please! I made many trips into the Rockies (7 or 8), got up some peaks, sat around in the rain and snow a lot, and have a deep, abiding love for the place and its people. I don't know if I'll ever be back, but some of my fondest memories are of climbing in Canada.
One fine experience was waking up after an open bivy on the descent from the East Ridge of Mt. Temple. We'd climbed that long couloir on the north face in very icy conditions to gain the ridge. Crap for rock, glorious weather, we awoke to a stunning panorama of the Valley of the Ten Peaks in the golden light of dawn. I consider that to be one of the best mornings of my life. The woman who would become my wife was with me on that one. It remains one of our greatest adventures. We hiked down through Larch Valley in a blissful daze. Oh, Canada!
Scott
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apogee
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 13, 2008 - 05:28pm PT
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My 'apogee' license plate has lived here for 15 years.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Dec 13, 2008 - 09:37pm PT
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hey there... say, tonight i'm starting backwards here... not sure if i already posted here, or not, but:
three cheers for cananda, a most beautiful and vast land of beauty---though i have never been there, i sure love the pics... though i have never been there, i reckon i'd sure the folks i'd run into, too...
and, though i love the pics, i must confess---i surely reckon that the winters must be a mite hard up there... :)
so i've heard tell...
:)
love that cananda, though...
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Oplopanax
Mountain climber
The Deep Woods
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Dec 14, 2008 - 02:26pm PT
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MisterE
Trad climber
My Inner Nut
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Dec 14, 2008 - 02:48pm PT
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MH2
climber
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Dec 14, 2008 - 03:19pm PT
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Young snots, not that this forum has any, probably don't realize how big the ranges are up here 'cause they don't get to wait for Oplopanax to come down over dial-up.
Canada isn't all snow, rubble, and hockey.
It has itty-bitty climbs, too.
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Anastasia
climber
Not here
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Dec 14, 2008 - 07:09pm PT
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Ice axes, check...
Crampons, check...
Warm clothes, check...
Willing to remove layers without shame, check...
Learning to properly say "aie"in a sentence, check...
Having a like for fine wine and beer, check...
Love hockey, check...
I'm ready, so when are we going?
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Dec 14, 2008 - 07:50pm PT
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MisterE
Trad climber
My Inner Nut
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Dec 14, 2008 - 09:19pm PT
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Tami,
My picture..geez, i thought it was Chek looking North to Garabaldi, but the perspective seems different...maybe Whistler area?
It was a higher cliffband with a Northward-traversing approach.
Yipes! - I must be getting old.
Erik
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Dec 15, 2008 - 01:03am PT
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Erik's photo looks like Mt. Fee and area, on the Squamish-Cheakamus divide.
As there is a nearby climbing area that is sometimes called "Chek" (an abbreviation for Cheakamus), I should mention that the word is pronounced "Chey-ack-a-muss". More Coast Salish, I think, but no glottal stops this time.
So Chek should be pronounced something like "Cheyk".
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Dec 15, 2008 - 02:25am PT
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whadidisay?!
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dickcilley
Social climber
A cova Dos Nenos
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Dec 15, 2008 - 09:24am PT
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Heres to the 70s Toronto crew led by the late George Manson.Rob Rohn,Mike Tchipper Sp?,Steve La Belle,Dave Lanman,etc.Really good climbers and good friends.
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eeyonkee
Trad climber
Golden, CO
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Dec 15, 2008 - 09:34am PT
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I'll 2nd that, Dick. Overall, I'm kind of mad at Canada for not letting me in a coupla years ago.
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Oplopanax
Mountain climber
The Deep Woods
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Dec 15, 2008 - 01:42pm PT
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Erik's is Fee from near Rogue's Gallery.
Tami - that was not a very good guessing ratio.
1) Wadd from near Queen B.
2) Athelstan, the Salal Creek side
3) Steinbok cirque from Gamuza
4) Bella Coola
5) Slesse....not in Winter but in May. Road was snowfree, no snowshoes required... I admit I did get flown in for work, but I walked out :D
6) In-SHUCK-Ch aka Gunsight
7) Old Settler's north face.
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MH2
climber
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Dec 16, 2008 - 01:42am PT
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Seems like a Full Vancouver should have more sports than skiing and swimming. Mountain biking, for sure.
Without too much blathering I will spell out what I consider a full day. The main thing is to hike the Grind. I used to think those people were pathetic but it turns out I’m one of them. Unless we have done the Grind we feel subhuman. OTOH we may dodge all responsibilities of any adult import but still feel alright if we did the Grind.
Then do the traverse or go to Lighthouse.
Then sauna at West Van Aquatic Centre.
All images from 24 Jan 2007
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jbar
Ice climber
Russia with love.
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Dec 16, 2008 - 03:03am PT
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TAMI - there is always
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dickcilley
Social climber
A cova Dos Nenos
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Dec 17, 2008 - 08:31am PT
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Why didn´t they let you in Greg?The border is a real drag and its no better coming down to the states.
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eeyonkee
Trad climber
Golden, CO
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Dec 17, 2008 - 10:09am PT
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Dick, it was because of a misdemeanor on my record. That and the pompous customs guy who had the disgression to let me in but just didn't like the way I answered his questions.
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Oplopanax
Mountain climber
The Deep Woods
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Dec 17, 2008 - 08:46pm PT
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... or growers.
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Dec 17, 2008 - 09:02pm PT
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MH2:
All images from 24 Jan 2007
One helluva day, dude.
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MH2
climber
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Dec 17, 2008 - 10:03pm PT
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The islands tend to be resident to some very interesting people.
All climbers are interesting but some are very interesting.
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MH2
climber
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Dec 17, 2008 - 10:06pm PT
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One helluva day, dude.
A good day. A helluva day would be a personal best on the Grind, a hard scary new problem, and the Icelander lady in the sauna.
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MH2
climber
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Dec 17, 2008 - 10:12pm PT
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I was gonna specifically appreciate a bit of Squamish rock-climbing but it got too crazy. Maybe a separate thread. I couldn't find a previous one.
Other than the 70s which I don't directly relate to.
Squamish-wise.
(I did notice MrE post a pic of U Wall here.)
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Jim E
climber
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Dec 19, 2008 - 03:38pm PT
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OK, so I love Canada and have deep Canadian roots.
But you know what? You can fukin' keep Celine Dion! Oh my achin' ears!!! I just had over an hours worth of Xmas music inflicted upon my senses! Damn! Have you Canadians no mercy!
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MH2
climber
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Dec 19, 2008 - 04:54pm PT
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Andy - is this what you're looking for? A work in progresss.
http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.html?topic_id=668163
Yes, Mighty Hiker, that is what I'm looking for, what I found, and the trap which has sprung and caught my foot until I use that pocket knife.
I did reference you. "Other than the 70s..."
I might not last until you get to the Squamish I know and appreciate.
I am going to do a Climbing at Squamish in the 2008s.
Then work back, probably meeting up with you around 1982.
JimE, remember for every annoying Canadian the US has 10 equally or more annoying.
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Jim E
climber
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Dec 19, 2008 - 06:15pm PT
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"JimE, remember for every annoying Canadian the US has 10 equally or more annoying."
Can't argue with that. But Celine definitely holds her own.
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Captain...or Skully
Trad climber
North of the Owyhees
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Dec 31, 2008 - 12:21am PT
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Canada bump, eh?
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Todd Eastman
climber
Bellingham, WA
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Dec 31, 2008 - 12:46am PT
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Great kicking at Cypress trails today and only a 2 hr. wait at Aldergrove to get back home... grrr!
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GDavis
Trad climber
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Dec 31, 2008 - 12:58am PT
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apogee
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 3, 2009 - 10:57pm PT
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bump
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Ezra
Social climber
WA, NC, Idaho Falls
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[img]http://snarkerati.com/movie-news/files/2008/08/mike-myers.jpg[img]
isn't this guy canadian?
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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isn't this guy canadian?
Well, he would be if his picture actually showed up.
But this guy is not only Canadian, he's one of the most prolific mountaineers in history.
Yeah, I know, I posted this in some other thread, but this is about as Canadian as it gets.
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Just to be persnickety, John was Irish - I don't think he ever became a Canadian citizen. Though he lived here almost his whole life.
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Yeah, yeah, yeah, be persnickety. Who gives a flying f*#k what it said on his passport, he was Canadian to his core. Ain't nobody ever had Canada's mountains more in his heart than John did. So take your persnickety and put it back in the basement where it belongs.
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Captain...or Skully
Trad climber
North of the Owyhees
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You're lucky, Mighty H, Tami would make you go wait in the car........
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apogee
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 5, 2009 - 01:17am PT
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I never had the honor of meeting John, but I remember first reading about him and his explorations of the wildest areas of Western Canada. Whenever his name comes up, I hold the iconic image of him in his trademark white dress shirt, picking the plums of the Coast Range for weeks and months at a time, solo. In my mind, Clarke has the mountaineering purity of spirit that has only existed in a handful of climbers.
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MH2
climber
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As so well illustrated by Ghost's picture, John did not require a whole lot of fancy-shmnancy gear during the months he spent outdoors. Among his many failures to concede to excess, or even what many of us would consider adequacy, his food on his long trips was famously spartan. Maybe not quite parched corn, but perhaps just a bag of rice.
A movie was made of John. It included a scene of him in his tent or under his tarp, or just huddled under a tree trunk, eating his gruel, a huge smile on his face.
That movie was shown to a class of High School students. Afterwards, they were asked to describe their impressions. One student said, "What impressed me the most was how much he seemed to enjoy his life, even though he didn't really have one."
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Climbing dropout
Trad climber
Vancouver, BC
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Aug 27, 2009 - 06:47pm PT
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Sharing some scenic shots of BC ....
Chehalis Range
Fernie Backcountry skiing
Hamish helping building the Kieth Flavelle memorial hut @ Joffre
Sunshine coast BC
Thormanby Island BC
Mt Cayley - (now a snowmobilers hotspot - I am guilty as charged)
Down Harrison Lake
More Harrison Lake
Virgin rock in the Powell river area
Rain Forest in Sechelt Inlet
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apogee
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 27, 2009 - 07:02pm PT
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Very nice, cd. More, please?
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kinnikinik
Trad climber
b.c.c
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Aug 27, 2009 - 07:10pm PT
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virgin rock? Is that the north face of slide mt. from Jim Brown divide?
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Short4Bob
Trad climber
Morgantown, WV
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Aug 27, 2009 - 07:10pm PT
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I lived there for a while. I miss it.
Hi, Canada...
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Aug 27, 2009 - 07:15pm PT
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Hi Bruce
Did you do much climbing on those Eldred River monsters? We only got up there once, and had just half a day of actual climbing, but I sure would like to get back.
David
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Climbing dropout
Trad climber
Vancouver, BC
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Aug 27, 2009 - 07:31pm PT
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as requested - a few more from the summer and an oldie from the Chehalis ..
Boom Bay on Jeddiah Island in Georgia Straight
Jeddidiah homestead
Homestead on Texada island
Mt Baker as viewed from Sidney harbour, BC
Bedwell Harbour on South Pender island
Mighty Hikers brother Peder and Tim MCallister in the Chehalis Range
August Sunset in Georgia Straight looking towards Lasqueti and Texada islands from the Flat tops at Silva bay
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Climbing dropout
Trad climber
Vancouver, BC
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Aug 27, 2009 - 07:35pm PT
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My Eldred adventure ranks as a scratch. That Powell River pic is actually taken in Powell Lake of the mountains on the island in the middle of Powell Lake last summer.
Photographing in the Eldred would be difficult due to the massive foreshortening because everything is of an El Cap scale and too close to the road.
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kinnikinik
Trad climber
b.c.c
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Aug 27, 2009 - 08:19pm PT
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cd-Too bad it was a scratch, Many good adventures await in the Eldred.
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Keeper of Australia Mt
Trad climber
Whitehorse, Yukon , Canada
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Aug 30, 2009 - 05:08am PT
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A few reasons to hang out "Up Over" rather than "Down Under":
1) H20 and lots of it.
2) Squamish and " The Brewpub"
3) Mt Aasgard, Thor, et al - Big Granite in a Big Land
4) The Vampire Spires (NWT)
5) Good Health Care - climbers included
6) The Montreal Canadians (24 Stanley Cups and counting)
7) The Cirque of the Unclimbables (now in an expanded Canadian
National Park)
8) Skaha (amid vinyards, beaches, good brewpub, nice gneiss and
at least one vegemite-free displaced Aussie)
9) MEC - financial launch pad for up and going climbers - Tami,
The Mighty Hiker etc.)
10)An enticing exchange rate - more beer.
11)Blue Rodeo
12)Michael Buble for the Yosemite "Flower Power" generation.
13)Unlimited First Ascent (and descent) potential just about anywhere other than Saskatchewan
14)Good buildering, even in Saskatchewan eg. grain elevators
15)Ice climbin' in -30C (leave your beer coolers at home)
16)Home of Canadarm Robotic Arm (combined with the Dolt Cart it
could revolutionize aid climbing and big wall bivies)
17)Atlin, B.C. - a hidden Canadian gem - refuge of Wayne Merry
18)Stompin Tom
19)The Yam (otherwise known as Yamnuska - where Canuck climbing
dynoed out of the cradle)
20)Climb On (Squamish) - Czech out George for the beta on the
rock - he likes to run up Deidre for after dinner exercise -
sans rope.
21)Golden Canyon (way up there - a wee bit of granite in a trad
crag for something to do en route to the Alaska Range and a
a hike up the Infinite Spur)
22)Canmore - quiet little mountain town with hordes of deeply
embedded insurgent Kiwi mountaineers for local color - lots
of honed and Brad Pitt-like ACMG guides for lonely climbing
babes from Alabama and Kansas
23)No low flying Marine jets to rattle your gear placements as
at JTree ( our military mostly flys rusty Sea King
helicopters - those which haven't crashed yet - and Aurora
patrol craft - props - we would rather sink our cash in new
rinks and pay off our Expo 67 building debt than contribute
more jet stream pollution.
24)Access to banned (by Homeland Insecurity) and unexpurgated
literature on Canadian climbing eg. Vicious Lies and Heinous
Slander - From a Supremely Demented Little Corner of the
Coast Range. Dangerous to any youth under the age of 19.
25)Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians - at the core of l940
and 1950s social climbing in backwoods Canada eg. ottawa.
26)Sneezy Waters
27) Paul Anka
28) Steve Nash (NBA MVp X2 - albeit there is little water in the
Phoenix area - the lad is keeping the Suns afloat). Single
handedly demolished the Aussie team at the Sydney olympics.
Oh, Canada.
29) Trailer Park Boys - stay tuned for their upcoming episode
where Bubbles takes up bouldering (and camoflagged grow-op
down in Land of Confusion, south of Halifax.
30) Crazy Canucks - rad skiers gone wild on the World Cup
circuit awhile back
31) The Victoria 8 rowing team - they take no prisoners on top
of or under the influence of any competition
32) Shania Twang - big in Lubbock, Boise and East LA
33) Zambon'ehs outnumber Hummers
34) Twin Otters (by De Haviland) - made for climbers and Mugs
Stump funded epics in wild and heinous locales
35) Banff Mountain Festival - beer, cool dudes, ripped babes,
tall tales and a lot of procreation recreation in a little
quiet, unassuming Canadian mountain town
36) Donald Sutherland
37) Tim Horton's - not for the squeamish but they prefer the
Starbucks at Sqaumish
38) Dependable climbing bros -"Whenever I'm facing long odds in
a hostile land, I like to have a Canadian on my team. Lots
of people aren't afraid to die, but Canadians, in
particular, aren't afraid to live!" the late and great Todd
Skinner
38) J. D. Fortune (lead singer for INXS - a little Aussie rock
band)
39) Curling - If the only ice you find ain't climbable - throw
some rocks on it and then retire to demolish very old single
Malt Canadian liqour
40) Photogenic Red Serged Mounties who accomodate all photo op
requests from swooning climbing babes from the Gunks.
41) The Royal Tyrrel Museum, Drumheller, Alberta - likely
retirement estate for Steven Harper and other saurian
entities in Ottawa
42) Thunder Bay - ice climbers gone wild
43) Mt. Logan - a little chunk of ice and snow with attitude
44) Australia Mt - gnarly, iconic and sacred Aussie test piece
- even without vegemite overdose
45) The Blue Jays - fishing bait for the Phoenix Coyotes - if we
could only get Bettman to bite!
46) Former Canadian Iran Embassy - Hotel America a few years
back - a bit of a belay from those Crazy and sometimes
sly blokes du nord
47) Handy translators for unexpected interesections with roving
Aussie climbers - we have their language figured out
48) A land with no carrot bolts.
49) Home of Arcteryx
50) We tried to burn Washington in 1812 which at least gets us A
for effort in Louisianna, South Carolina, Virginia, North
Carolina etc. In compensation we sent Celine Dion, Alanis
Morrisette, and Rich Little.
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sac
Trad climber
spuzzum
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Aug 30, 2009 - 09:51am PT
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Micheal Buble?
Donald Sotherland?
How about Niel Young and Cap'n Kirk?
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philo
Trad climber
boulder, co.
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Aug 30, 2009 - 02:37pm PT
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Yeah! Eh?
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Aug 31, 2009 - 12:52am PT
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We could, of course, make a list of reasons why the US should invade Canada and pacify us, if only to still the self-righteous patter we indulge in, prevent Canucks from posting on SuperTopo, and keep Russ happy. Including some of those listed - exporting Paul Anka, Celine Dion et al to the US is surely an act of war.
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Keeper of Australia Mt
Trad climber
Whitehorse, Yukon , Canada
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Some reasons why the US Should Invade Canada:
1) Toxic waste could be stored in the nickel mine shafts at Sudbury.
2) It would prevent a reoccurence of the Salt Lake City gold
medal hockey games at Vancouver this February 2010.
3) REI could absorb MEC - thereby creating a conglomerate with
mucho pesos and Ms. Knight and the Mighty Hiker would take on
permanent executive management functions allowing them the
financial resources to either road trip in perpetuity or gain
US Senate positions.
4) NORAD headquaraters at Colorado Springs could be switched to
the Diefenbunker - somewhere in the wasteland of Saskatchewan
and the North Koreans would never be able to find it.
5) The Blue Jays could be moved to Boise, Idaho there by freeing
Torontonians from an oppressive inferiority complex - surplus
pyschologists then could be moved to Baton Rouge and have
more successful careers.
6) The Maple Leafs could be moved to Lubbock, Texas to provide
evening distractions for the local farming community.
7) Pentagon could be moved to Ellesmere Island thereby reducing
the stress on the DC population derived from terrorist
threats.
8) Dick Cheney could become Minister of the East Coast seal hunt
and resolve all issues relegated to primordial harvesting
techniques - his experience with M-1 tanks, rock launchers,
etc could bring an efficient end to the seal problem just
like Islamic terrorists.
9) New jobs as American entrepreneurs develop new products from
used hockey tape.
10)Dell computer production could be repatriated from third
world countries to B.C. where unemployed loggers could be
deployed to new pursuits.
11)Could avoid the political strife of creating an effective
health care system by simply tagging onto the Canadian one -
re-labelled of course.
12)Doug and Bob Mackenzie would become anchormen for aging
US tv late night guys like Litterman, Leano.
13)Yosemite Park could be expanded up through Oregon, Idaho, Saskatchewan, Alberta and to Squamish allowing Peter Jackson
to avoid high New Zealand corporate taxes and facilitate Peter Jackson
launching - Lord of the Rings - the TV series.
14) US music industry could be revived with new talent similar to Celine Dione, Guy Lomardo and his Royal Canadians, Joni Mitchell, Rich Little, Hank Snow, Paul Anka, April Lavigne (very hot in Kansas City), and Skinny Puppy.
15. Direct access to the potash deposits of Saskatchewan to
sustain the LA and Yosemite grow ops.
16. Would acquire the Canadian Navy for use as wartime decoys.
17. Would acquire world class architecture such as a bunch of
used grain silos which could be use to cunningly disguise
Montana ICBM sites from prying Venzuelan and North Korean
eyes.
18. An expanded world class submarine fleet - tough to get that
amazing British technology through alternate means.
19. Farley Mowat - could support Gettysburg public programming
by playing Robert E. Lee in battlefield play scenes.
20. With Gilles Duceppe and the Bloc , Homeland Security could
really have a mission instead of worring about threats from
the Montana or Idaho militias.
21. New Minister of the Interior dude - David Suzuki - would
keep George and his Dallas oil barons in line.
22. West Edmonton Mall - could be dissambled and moved to
Yellowstone to boost park visitation numbers and serve as
NPS western headquarters.
23. Anne of Green Gables - Disney could wrest this from
Canadian Parks Service obscurity and really take it to
another level.
24. PEI - practice island for the big invasion of Cuba - ex
pat Cubans in Miami could be relocated to ease urban
drift and reduce crime stats in Florida = Al Pacino could
be designated Governor at Large for PEI.
25. Stephen Harper - potential successor to Oral Roberts,Pat
Roberts or Billy Graham or any other aged or jailed TV
evangalist preacher. The future of America would be
secured (like the Titantic).
26. the Access (to Canadian Beer) Society would take on a
whole new look. Camp 4 would never have to suffer in the
future and memories of the Yosemite plane crash would fade
into the fog of time(hangovers).
27. Declining snake population in the shrinking Everglades
could be boosted by transplant of designated former
Canadian politicians (BM?)
28 Unlimited Walmart store possibilities.
29. Great place to use all those SUVs being produced annually.
30. Lost of gas to run those SUVs hither and yon.
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apogee
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 5, 2009 - 11:14pm PT
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Keeper of Australia Mt
Trad climber
Whitehorse, Yukon , Canada
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Oh my god! I'm ripping up my US citizenship application immediately! Have to paint maple leafs all over my truck and some on my tent with big arrows!! Got to get my carcass down to the local tattoo parlour and get a nifty little Maple Leaf secured on an attractive asset to sustain these ladies gone wild over shy, innocent, Canucks. Long live the insurgency! The Aussie lads are going to be besides themselves and really warped - will have to ensure a few Kiwi babes head over to the vegemite islet to keep them under control and out of harms way.
Guess I better pack my climbin gear and head out on a road trip into the lower 48 pronto. Oh Canada, we use right guard for thee, from far and wide, we see it rise, it stands on guard for thee. Oh Canada, how much better is it going to be! Rock on.
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sac
Trad climber
spuzzum
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Mar 27, 2010 - 12:16am PT
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f*#kin' a rights!!
my boys...
PROUD CANADIANS!!
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kinnikinik
Trad climber
B.C.
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Mar 27, 2010 - 12:24am PT
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yah, f'in eh! super climber boys.
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Chief
climber
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Mar 27, 2010 - 01:08am PT
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thanks apogee, very neighborly of you and much appreciated.
Best to you and our southern friends.
PB
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apogee
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 27, 2010 - 01:12am PT
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My pleasure, Chief.
And I mean every word of it, and many more that I can't articulate.
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Chief
climber
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Mar 27, 2010 - 01:59am PT
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Good call Tami
Ms Chief and I on a date a few years back.
Bivied in a snow cave up high, went light and froze my ass off.
Very romantic!
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Chaz
Trad climber
greater Boss Angeles area
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Mar 27, 2010 - 02:12pm PT
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I like that Eric Clapton song about Canada.
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willie!!!!!
Trad climber
99827
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Mar 27, 2010 - 02:41pm PT
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Homeland Security Canadian Powder Assessment Operative #420
Duty Status: Active
Current Activity: Standby, awaiting visibility increase
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survival
Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
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Mar 27, 2010 - 05:07pm PT
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Here's to Canadian Bums!
Er...I mean Bumps!
Er..........I mean Canada Bump!
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Chief
climber
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Mar 27, 2010 - 05:18pm PT
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Thanks survival. You know how we feel about beavers up here.
Kinda like why those guys call themselves Nickleback.
Cozzy will attest that when he signed his Canuck papers a few years back they made him promise to always apologise right away, line up quietly, say thanks even to ATMs, save queens and be nice to beavers at every opportunity.
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MH2
climber
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Mar 27, 2010 - 07:58pm PT
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Obviously there is much about Canada to be impressed by.
What impressed me most, after moving to Toronto in 1987, after many big-city years in the US, was the little old lady getting off a street car, walking up to the driver's window of a car that had impolitely pulled into the lane reserved for pedestrians, rapping on the window and telling the driver not to do that, again.
And she didn't get punched or shot.
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KyleO
Ice climber
Calgary, AB
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Mar 27, 2010 - 09:05pm PT
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Alberta, alberta
Where you been so long?
Alberta, alberta
Where you been so long?
Aint had no loving
Since youve been gone
Alberta, alberta
Whered you stay last night?
Alberta, alberta
Whered you stay last night?
Come home this morning
Clothes don't fit you right
Big Rock
Mt. Wilson, Banff National Park
Back of the Lake
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Hawkeye
climber
State of Mine
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Mar 28, 2010 - 12:53pm PT
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wow skipt. your intelligence is shining through like a big red hemmoroid....
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Hey hosers, ya gotchya a new world record, eh? Way to go! :-)
World's biggest beaver dam discovered in northern Canada
OTTAWA (AFP) – A Canadian ecologist has discovered the world's largest beaver dam in a remote area of northern Alberta, an animal-made structure so large it is visible from space.
Researcher Jean Thie said Wednesday he used satellite imagery and Google Earth software to locate the dam, which is about 850 metres (2,800 feet) long on the southern edge of Wood Buffalo National Park.
Average beaver dams in Canada are 10 to 100 metres long, and only rarely do they reach 500 metres.
First discovered in October 2007, the gigantic dam is located in a virtually inaccessible part of the park south of Lac Claire, about 190 kilometres (120 miles) northeast of Fort McMurray.
Construction of the dam likely started in the mid-1970s, said Thie, who made his discovery quite by accident while tracking melting permafrost in Canada's far north...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100505/sc_afp/canadascienceenvironmentanimalbeaver
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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My usual flood nay torrent of witticims, sadly stopped, corked, stymied, scuppered, set adrift on the tidal current of Tami's wit.
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MisterE
Social climber
Across Town From Easy Street
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As a life-long (until recently) northwest Washingtonian: I love Canada too!
Some of the coolest moments of my climbing life were hanging out with the Fire Marshall for Squamish, sharing a few stories and laughs and him leaving us feeling trusted as upstanding citizens even though we were from another country, albeit 100 km south...
Thanks Canada, for Squamish, your own version of sex appeal, Old Style (and reluctantly) Wildcat, and just being able to drive 50 miles north and see what other cultures are up to.
Oh, and at 18, hitting the strip-bar across the border from Western Washington State College was love at first sight.
;)
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Nov 28, 2011 - 10:42pm PT
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gotta like this one ehh.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Nov 29, 2011 - 11:57am PT
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We gotta do something about that border: TheNotSoStraightStory
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Impaler
Social climber
Berkeley
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I love Canada!
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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 2, 2012 - 04:36pm PT
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Splitter, splitter, splitter, splitter!
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FRUMY
Trad climber
SHERMAN OAKS,CA
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Did you climb or ski or both on the N Face Joffre?
North Face? Joffre has a north face? I thought the north side just gradually subsided. If that is Joffre, it looks like the South Face, shot from Matier.
Don Serl and Corina and I missed bagging the big route on the E. Face by a couple of weeks. Got halfway up and blanked out in a gully because we somehow chose the wrong rib to start on. Scott and ?? came in a little while later and got the plum.
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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David -was that the flavelle-lane you refer to? The route to the left of the big gulley?
Yes. Scott and Dave Lane.
Don and Corina and I came in and scoped the wall, agreeing that "if we just go to the top of that left-hand snow lobe, we'll be at the base of a rib that shoots right to the top." But in the morning when we trudged uphill we somehow got to the top of the right-hand snow lobe. Five or six pitches later we were forced into the gully and a couple of pitches above that we blanked out below a section of vertical kitty litter.
The gully itself was full of kitty litter and the first couple of raps were on the scary side. Interestingly, Don later told me it was the first mountain route he'd ever backed off because of difficulty. Which is kind of misleading, because up until we hit that step of crap rock it hadn't been all that difficult. More like a really cool route on which you suddenly entered the red zone.
And a couple of weeks later Scott and Dave came in, picked the right start, and waltzed up a real gem.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
merced, california
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Excuse me, Apogee.
Impaler he may be
But keep it unto thee.
Gosh sakes.
It's Canada.
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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 3, 2012 - 01:12am PT
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Splitter!
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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I'd like Canada more if they stopped hassling me at the border.
Jeez, it's been fifteen years now, let it go.
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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We're just doing what your department of homeland insecurity tells us to do. Really. Paranoia loves company.
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Anders, you are ST's official 'Legal Canadian'.
You should do something to remedy this affront to my lifestyle.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Were it not for the vast Canadian prairies we would have marauding Polar Bears in our suburbs.
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hooblie
climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
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we've got a north slope
that leaves off where your other west facing coast heads north
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Impaler
Social climber
Berkeley
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Did you climb or ski or both on the N Face Joffre?
The picture of Joffre is taken looking at it from the south - from the summit of Matier. You can see the top of Aussie couloir pretty clearly. I was just out for a weekend of ski touring around Keith's hut last January and decided to tag the summit of Matier. Joffre isn't exactly the type of climb I'd want to do, but it's a beautiful peak and ripping down the anniversary glacier at full speed with 1/2 meter of fresh snow was one of the best skiing days I've ever had.
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Mt. Matier was the scene of one of the more badass bits of climbing I've seen. Four of us went in with the plan that two (Don Serl and Manrico Scremin) would try a new route on the west buttress (or ridge or face or whatever) while I'd head up the north face with Suzanne Serl (although she might not have been Mrs. Serl at that point, can't remember).
But when we got to the point of going to our separate objectives, and started to put on crampons, we discovered that in some complicated mix-up that I never fully understood, Suzanne's crampons wouldn't fit the boots she was wearing. So, a swap was worked out, I think with Manrico taking her crampons while she took his. They didn't fit very well, but what can you do?
So off we went, traversing in above the crevasse field and then heading upward. Not all that steep, but since I thought she didn't have much ice experience I suggested we should rope up. "No, I'm fine, it doesn't seem too bad." So on we went. As the face continued to steepen I'd suggest bringing out the rope, and she'd repeat that she was happy without it.
Sure, it's not all that steep, but it was definitely two-tool territory, and over 50 degrees in the top section. And it was an absolute, guaranteed death fall. The ice was fairly hard that day, and there was no runout. Come off, and you rocket down the face until you hit the far wall of the first crevasse at about 100 miles per hour.
And then one of her slightly-too-big crampons rolled under her foot. I bloody near died of a heart attack myself, but she didn't even slow down. She'd felt it coming, was ready, and it didn't even make her blink. I got fairly insistent about the rope at that point, but she wasn't interested.
She rolled the crampon around to the side of her boot a couple more times, but was in absolute control. No problem. And definitely no rope!
We topped out in a fairly stiff wind, so trudged down the descent ridge until we found a little depression to snuggle in while we waited for Don and Manrico. It was then that she told me this was her first ice climb.
Thank god she never got serious about technical climbing, or she'd have made us all look like gumbies.
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bit'er ol' guy
climber
the past
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I like canada fine.
I don't like canadians who move to cali then blather on nonstop about how great canada is and how much they hate the USA.
what?
sorry,
can't really think of a solution to that problem.
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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I'm having coffee with sue tomorrow on a work related issue -i'll pass that one on!
Give her a big hug from me. I miss her.
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Mar 20, 2014 - 12:43pm PT
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CANADA BUMP!!!!
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Apr 20, 2014 - 09:57am PT
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anita514
Gym climber
Great White North
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Apr 20, 2014 - 10:18am PT
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that's the Kenora dinner jacket
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Charlie D.
Trad climber
Western Slope, Tahoe Sierra
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Apr 20, 2014 - 10:27am PT
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A great place with many fine people, much appreciated Canada!
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Charlie D.
Trad climber
Western Slope, Tahoe Sierra
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Apr 20, 2014 - 10:34am PT
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Those Canadians sure like to ski and sure like to have fun:
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Apr 20, 2014 - 12:00pm PT
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What the hay are those things he is on? Are those canadian skis?
Obviously his outfit is.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Apr 20, 2014 - 01:37pm PT
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It's nice to have a 3 million sq. mi. buffer between the US and Alaska.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Feb 13, 2018 - 04:25pm PT
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Back from the grave, "That Canada Thread."
Oh Canada, oh Canada, what have you done with my Red Rose tea?*
I favor Red Rose tea, a Canadian brand the equivalent of Lipton here in the US, because it's what we drank when I was married to that Canadian-American lass.
When she left me, she had collected over those years just about every one of those little ceramic animals that came one-to-a-package.
Today at the Grocery Outlet I found some Red Rose. There was a package of 12 extra teabags in these three flavors along with the regular tea.
I brewed some of the lemon cake and it tasted just like lemon cack.
In fairness, I'll give them credit for trying, but I'm not buying.
I have not opened the regular tea because I'm afraid they might have dispensed with the little figurines.**
One thing I learned to appreciate after our long-ago climbing trip to the Bugs was lemon curd. You don't find it at Grocery Outlet, but it is worth trying if you can locate someplace that sells it.
* I fully realize Red Rose is an American brand from NY, but the ex considered it a real Canadian "thing." All those Foleys and Irwins up there drank it.
** The figurine in this pack took a bit of imagination...a little black tricorn hat like the Quaker Oats Quaker wears.
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Scrubber
climber
Straight outta Squampton
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Feb 14, 2018 - 04:46pm PT
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In case anyone is having trouble envisioning the hat...
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Scrubber
climber
Straight outta Squampton
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Feb 14, 2018 - 04:53pm PT
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Mighty Hiker in fine form after some (politely Canadian) West Coast thrashing, eh.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Feb 14, 2018 - 04:58pm PT
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I can’t think of an appropriate comment for that last pic on a family friendly forum,
other than are pants passé in Canada?
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sharperblue
Mountain climber
San Francisco, California
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Feb 15, 2018 - 02:40pm PT
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
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Feb 15, 2018 - 11:50pm PT
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The CORRECT spelling of this country is with only three letters, all consonants:
C, eh? N, eh? D, eh?
I bagged me a Canadian first ascent in a popular climbing area:
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Feb 16, 2018 - 12:07am PT
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Good pic, there.
Please pass the marmolade, won't you, SLR?
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
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Feb 16, 2018 - 01:02am PT
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Q: What do Newfies eat when economic times are bad?
A: Baloney sandwiches
Q: What do Newfies eat when economic times are good?
A: Baloney sandwiches with ketchup
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