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Pushing the Limits of Mediocrity: A Cheakamus Canyon Story
“Some are born mediocre, some achieve mediocrity, and some have mediocrity thrust upon them.” – some famous poet dude I’d like to think that we at the very least managed to achieve some level of mediocrity on a cold October … Continue reading
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Tagged cheakamus canyon, climbing, fall, rock climbing, Squamish
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Hitting the Deck on a Top 100 “Protected” 5.9
Sunday, Oct 6: Having just learned trad at Rock Party the week before, I’ve been eager to get out to Squamish and practice leading on as many climbs as I can before heading off on a five-month Arctic excursion with … Continue reading
Red Rocks Reading Week Adventure February 13-20, 2016
From February 13-20, 2016, a group of 8 VOCers made their way down to Red Rocks, Nevada for a week of climbing. In our crew we had Jake Jones, Emmanuel Beraud, Annie Maurer, John McKenna, Mike Wathen, Cindy Gu, Lesley … Continue reading
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Tagged Climb, hiking, Intermediate, leading, multiday, Nevada, Red Rocks, rock climbing, Zion
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Easter at Smith Rock
Over Easter weekend, a group of keen VOCers made the holy pilgrimage south to Smith Rock for four days of stellar climbing. The first and most committed (or insane, you decide) car group arrived on Friday morning, sometime in the ungodly hours … Continue reading
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Tagged Easter Weekend, Mid Group, multiday, rock climbing, Smith Rock
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The time we “didn’t” climb Siwash Rock
The following TR is entirely hypothetical and the pictures are photoshopped, probably. “Siwash itself is not a quality climb – using the standard ‘star’ system of quality ratings it wouldn’t get even half of a star” – Bivouac.com How could … Continue reading
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Tagged climbing, gong show, midnight mountaineering, rock climbing, Siwash, Stanley Park
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Welcome to Aid
At some point, Chris and I decided we wanted to spend two days climbing University Wall. Like most silly plans, it sounds ludicrous at first, but somehow certain to happen. Having only aid climbing a few pitches each, we figured … Continue reading
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Tagged 2wd, autumn, Cannabis Wall, Climb, expert, rock climbing, Small Group, Squamish
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Easter climbing in Skaha Bluffs
Written by Anton Enghoff-Poulsen Annabelle Harvey, Hanne Pedersen, Emmanuel Beraud, Sam Viavant, Pawel Mirski, Natan Villarreal and Anton Enghoff-Poulsen April 3 – April 5, 2015 Leaving from Vancouver early Friday morning heading towards Skaha in a little red car packed … Continue reading
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Tagged 2wd, Climb, Intermediate, Mid Group, Petincton, rock climbing, Skaha, Skaha Bluffs, summer, Weekend
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Erockita : Introduction to Rock Climbing
By Ella Weik Saturday, 21st March. A group of 20 bravely, adventurous climbers are heading bright and early to the smoke bluffs. No one else is around – because it is raining. Everything is wet and the sky doesn’t look … Continue reading
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Tagged 2wd, beginner, Climb, large group, rock climbing, Smoke Bluffs, Squamish, summer
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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