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!GURI |AIB (The White Streak)
Learning to Route Develop and Big Wall Climb in Spitzkoppe, Namibia Preparatory Ramblings Preparatory Ramblings It has taken me some time to submit this report. On my return from Namibia, I was greeted by a series of emergencies … Continue reading
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Ensakwatch Enchainment
Trip Date: September 19th, 2022 Participants: Noah Macdonald, Will Raleigh-Smith On Sunday, September 18th at around 3pm, Will asked if I was free to climb the next day — he was itching to get on some alpine rock before the … Continue reading
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Tagged Alpine Climbing, Chilliwack, climbing, Enchainment, Ensakwatch, mountaineering, multi-pitch, Nesakwatch, Offwidth, Rexford, rock climbing, scrambling, trad, traverse, Type 1 fun
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Frey, Argentina: Among the Agujas
Trip date: January 9 – 14, 2023 Trip participants: Nick Hindley, Steve Stosky, Sam McEwen, Esther Li, Duncan Pawson, Val Fazio, Alissa Butcher, Natasha Beaulac, Nick Brown, Graham Haber, Tara Hartzell, Matt Hill Frey is an alpine area in the … Continue reading
Chek Ice Climbing
Trip Date: Feb. 24th 2023 Trip Participants: Ethan Somji, James Maltman, Kaylie Robinson This fall and winter, James Maltman and myself and have spent a lot of time wandering about Chek Canyon. On one day that we were there we … Continue reading
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Cardiac Arête (maybe more like ‘Arrête’) 5.10d
Trip Date: October 10, 2022 Participants: Avery Soule, Fiona Landwehr, Sarah Knude, Sonia Landwehr, Tyler Soule For some context: ‘arrête‘ means ‘stopped’ in French, whereas an arête is a corner of rock. This pun will make more sense as you read … Continue reading
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Getting My Ass Kicked in the Tantalus
For full disclosure, I am mostly writing this trip report for its humorous value, and to pad the journal. I had wanted to go to the Tantalus in general, and climb the East ridge of Alpha specifically, for a while. … Continue reading
Smith rock climbing trip
Our group arrived to the Smith Rock state park campground late at night on Thursday. The night was chilly but nothing that five layers and stuffing oneself inside the backpack couldn’t solve. We woke up the next day and took an … Continue reading
Climbing Skywalker (5.8) in Memory of Will Ungar
Trip Date: October 16 Participants: Avery Soule, Evan Wong, Henry Stensland, Sonia Landwehr On September 2, 2022, our friend Will Ungar passed away in a climbing accident. There is so so much that could be said about Will, and much … Continue reading
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Tagged beast, Memorial, multi-pitch, Shannon Falls, simple joy, swim, trad
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Exodus Glacer
Exodus Glacier Oct 15-16, 2022 With each passing weekend dawned the ‘last weekend of sun’, and as a relative newbie in Canada and Vancouver, I was eager to get into the mountains with some locals before the end of summer … Continue reading
Sky Pilot and Mt Habrich Traverse
Me and Henrik were set to climb Mt Garibaldi via Brohm Ridge that weekend, thinking it would have been nice to sneak in some alpine action this late into the season. But the lack of up-to-date information on the Warren … Continue reading
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