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sneville
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Topic Author's Original Post - Oct 7, 2009 - 12:33am PT
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We were supposed to go to the gunks last weekend but the weather said rain all weekend so we changed our tickets to seattle and headed to squamish for four days of sunny fall weather. Lots of pictures. Enjoy.
Sean
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Sherri
Trad climber
WA
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Great pics! Way to score a sunny late-season window--sometimes it's hard to get a dry day there even in the middle of summer. Awesome job on the trad lead to the wife. Nice to see a shot of Arrowroot...that's a sweet one.
Congrats and thanks for sharing the good times. :)
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Jan
Mountain climber
Okinawa, Japan
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Yes thanks.
With photos like this, it's bound to get more crowded.
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Cpt0bvi0u5
Trad climber
Merced CA
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Great pics! My hands are sweaty just from looking at those gnarly splitters. Looks like such a good time!
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susu
Trad climber
East Bay, CA
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Nice trip post! Looks like a great time to visit Squamish! Must have had your pick of the best climbs? Any thoughts on returning sometime? Good job Jess on your leads!
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MH2
climber
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Thanks for that wonderful look at the local rock. The climbs are familiar but I've never seen a creepy-crawley like that one.
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perswig
climber
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Nice pics, and ditto the congrats on a good weather window.
Sweet leads for your wife.
Dale
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ionlyski
Trad climber
Kalispell, Montana
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Yup, the Arrow felt like 10a to me. Came up to Squamish this year at the very end of August for the first time, in part due to Ander's historical thread and also Steve Grossman's thread last year. Had a great time with all those finger cracks at the base of the Grand. But Arrow looked harder to me from below with that little roof and it was my lead, so I bravely took the rack, acting all subdued and such. Then, when I got to the roof, the locks were bomber and the whole thing went clean and easy. Made a nice warm up lead for the "near vomit" second pitch exit of Rudebega (spelling?) that followed!
Arne
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sneville
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 7, 2009 - 11:19am PT
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Susu
This was our second time there and we would still be there if we did not have to get back to work. You interested in going next year?
Tami,
Thanks for the historical info on the climbs. I love hearing about the FA stories. Sounds like a scary moment. I agree that arrowroot could be 10a, the finger crack is not too long. It would be a different story if the upper finger crack went to the ground. Thanks for putting in the time and cleaning out all the cracks. You guys put up some classics. I would be interested in seeing any pictures of the cracks before cleaning.
We also did the 1st pitch of rutabega(sp?) and the peasants route both were really good. I liked the crux at the top of the 2nd pitch of peasants route. Thanks everyone for the comments.
Sean
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susu
Trad climber
East Bay, CA
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Good story Tami!
Sean, simply put, yes! Love to go w/you guys next year, especially off season.
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