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Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day Scrambling and Climbing
Let’s be honest, we don’t really need an excuse to go out and have fun in the mountains, but if there’s a special occasion to give everything an official flair, then who would mind? As it happens, Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day is Quebec’s … Continue reading
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Tagged 4wd, Climb, climbing, cragging, Face, fall, frost bite, hike, hiking, Lead Ladder, Mud, overnight, Running, scramble, scrambling, self-arrest, Snow, Squamish, summer, sunny, Tricouni, Weekend
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Rockies Ice 2014: Part 5 – The Thunder Down Under
I arrived in the Calgary Greyhound station weary, and battered. Sleep had come hard, as was typical on such ventures, and the ride from Vancouver was not made any easier by being on the tail end of a flight form … Continue reading
Rock-climbing season never ends
Little did we know, that Diego and my chatting at Phelix hut about going to Squamish on the first weekend in the year would become reality… After returning from an amazing four days of skiing, my stoke to slay some … Continue reading
Rockies Ice Climbing: Part 3 – The Ghost
Ian and I awoke in Calgary hearing that the others (fresh from Vancouver) were ready to go from Canmore. The plan was to skip the crowded and easy-to-get-to-crags along the Trans-Canada highway and go straight into the Ghost Valley. We … Continue reading
A Hanging Judge. July 4 Mountaineering.
After sleeping in at the trailhead of Mt Gimli, Jeff and I set off for Revelstoke around 9:00 with the goal of cragging in Begbie bluffs. On the ferry up from Slocan, I picked up a Revelstoke tourist information guide. … Continue reading
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Tagged Bugaboo Provincial Park, Climb, climbing, cragging, ferry, Glacier, hike, mountaineering, ridge, scramble, Slocan, Slog, Snow, Tantalus, Tantalus Provincial Park, traverse
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A Dwarf. July 3 Mountaineering
Jeff Taylor is dirtbagging/ climbing all summer, AKA: living the dream. About 2 weeks ago, he messaged me on Facebook to determine my availability for climbing shenanigans. I had 6 Vancouver friends over to my house in Vernon for the … Continue reading
8 days of Yosemite climbing
The drive to Yosemite took a full 24 hours with Jacob Cramm driving most of the way, a stop for groceries, and a stop to replace a radiator hose and coolant. It was my third day in a row of … Continue reading
Smith Rock – After Dark
Brittany Armstrong, Elliot Cudmore, Fisal Elstone, Andrew Primavera and Jeff Taylor Humming south on the Interstate 5, our comfy car is so stuffed that there’s no looking back now. Literally, the rear-view mirror is useless on account of all the … Continue reading
Posted in Accidents, Climb, Trip Reports
Tagged 2wd, benighted, Climb, cragging, First-Time, Intermediate, Mid Group, multi-pitch, multiday, Oregon, rope stuck, Smith Rocks
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