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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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