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Rockies Ice Climbing: Part 4 – The Stacked Nuts
We are ever-so grateful for Alfred letting us lot of dirtbags using his condo, but that was quite likely the worst night any of us had on the trip. The condo was a like a furnace. Way too hot to … Continue reading
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Tagged drytooling, ice climbing, mega-stoke, Rockies, stacked nuts, WI4
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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
Rockies Ice Climbing: Part 2 – The Walking
Ian had combed through the old ice guidebook and found an adventure behind Yamnuska to Association Peak. One of these routes was a 200m WI3 and the other a 100m WI2, without much more info. Tom, Ian, and I made … Continue reading
Rockies Ice Climbing: Part 1 – The Chinook (warm-up)
Two carloads drove east from Vancouver early on Friday the 13th. The destination: the Canadian Rockies for some sweet, sweet ice climbing. We got to Ian’s mum’s house in Calgary in the evening, a chilly evening at -15C. The first … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, Canmore, christmas, climbing, ice climbing, leading, overnight, Rockies
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Taking the tools for a walk, or how I learned to ice climb
This weekend I had to stay in town on Saturday due to an exam and my ski plans for Sunday-Monday had fallen through. As I was heading home late in the evening, I got a call from Artem. He said … Continue reading
Team Bad Idea and the slowest ascent ever of Cascade waterfall
Original trip report at: http://crackandiceaddict.wordpress.com/2012/12/20/team-bad-idea-and-the-slowest-ascent-ever-of-cascade-waterfall/ Artem and Tom joined me in Banff for a few days of climbing on the 14th. Tom had never been ice climbing before and Artem had never done any serious ice climbs. I’m also a a … Continue reading
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Tagged beginner, Climb, climbing, ice climbing, leading, Rockies, Team Bad Idea
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