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True Grit (5.10a) - EEOR : we ran up True Grit (5.10a) in 3hrs (4 1/2hrs car-to-car).  awesome fun climbing, sustained at the grade - it was never quite easy enough to be able to relax.  180m, 5 pitches, 4 raps back down.  multi-pitch sport routes almost feel like cheating sometimes but when they are this much fun & such good quality its hard to complain.

True Grit (5.10a) - EEOR

we ran up True Grit (5.10a) in 3hrs (4 1/2hrs car-to-car). awesome fu ...

Updated: Jul 13, 2008 5:43pm PST

Bugaboos!!!! July 2008 : the Bugaboos are wild!  average weather but we climbed the Kain Route (ie the south ridge of Bugaboo Spire).  6 roped pitches (alpine III 5.6) & ~1,000m elevation gain above Kain Hut - a long day!  good fun for a first trip to the Bugs (& Megan's first mountaineering route ever).

Bugaboos!!!! July 2008

the Bugaboos are wild! average weather but we climbed the Kain Route ...

Updated: Jul 06, 2008 5:50pm PST

various winter climbing '08 : Megan has lots of photos here:
http://evilmoose.smugmug.com/Ice
Jono also has lots of photos...
http://ancat.smugmug.com/gallery/4510023_bRieX#265492385_2K5Kz

various winter climbing '08

Megan has lots of photos here: http://evilmoose.smugmug.com/Ice Jono a ...

Updated: Jan 15, 2008 7:38am PST

King Creek - 7 Dec '07 : fun but cold!  spending a -15 degree day in a narrow, shady, ice & snow filled canyon perhaps wasn't the best idea...

King Creek - 7 Dec '07

fun but cold! spending a -15 degree day in a narrow, shady, ice & sno ...

Updated: Dec 17, 2007 8:09am PST

Stanley Headwall ice climbing - 23 Nov '07 : day 1 for the 07/08 winter, & what a day!  not too cold, good weather, stunning location, fat, plastic 1-swing ice!
Photo credits go to Megan & Alex.

Stanley Headwall ice climbing - 23 Nov '07

day 1 for the 07/08 winter, & what a day! not too cold, good weather, ...

Updated: Nov 25, 2007 7:20am PST

Yamnuska - Kings Chimney (5.9) - 13 Oct '07 : a cruisy day on the west end of Yam.  Kings Chimney is 5.7, Doug tried a 5.10c varient on pitch 5 (bailed after no gear), & so we finished up a 5.9 varient above the BBQ Ledge.  the fall weather has come good again!

Yamnuska - Kings Chimney (5.9) - 13 Oct '07

a cruisy day on the west end of Yam. Kings Chimney is 5.7, Doug tried ...

Updated: Oct 15, 2007 7:20am PST

Yamnuska!  16 Sept 07 : my first day climbing on the fabled Yam.  Doug & I did State of Confusion (375m 5.10b) - 9 long pitches.  Some excellent rock, some real bad rock, at times runout & scary.  One of those adventure routes that was equally mentally & physically tiring.

Yamnuska! 16 Sept 07

my first day climbing on the fabled Yam. Doug & I did State of Confus ...

Updated: Sep 18, 2007 6:04am PST

Squamish - August 2007 :

Squamish - August 2007

Updated: Sep 01, 2007 7:35pm PST

Walk of Ages (5.10b) - 11 July '07 : a fun balancy (the whole cliff & all the holds sloped downhill) climb on the Borgeau cliffs - up the hill above the Sunshine base area.  It was pretty cool to just walk up the hill after work & climb a 4 pitch sport route!  
the only catch were the incredible swarms of mosquitos...

Walk of Ages (5.10b) - 11 July '07

a fun balancy (the whole cliff & all the holds sloped downhill) climb ...

Updated: Jul 14, 2007 9:52am PST

Beautiful Century (5.10a 230m) - 2 July 2007 : a great new ** 7 pitch sport route on the Nanny Goat crag.  beautiful weather, good positon & awesome rock.

Beautiful Century (5.10a 230m) - 2 July 2007

a great new ** 7 pitch sport route on the Nanny Goat crag. beautiful ...

Updated: Jul 08, 2007 3:56pm PST

random Rockies ice climbing :

random Rockies ice climbing

Updated: Mar 24, 2007 7:27am PST

the Ghost - 23 Feb 2007 : a perfect day in an amazing (& remote!) part of the front ranges of the Rockies.  Just an exploratory trip, I'll be back in the Ghost ASAP.  Its also home to endless soaring 300+m limestone cliffs!
To see where the Ghost is, search google maps for 'Minnewanka Lake, Canada'.  The south Ghost Valley is on the park boundry down past the east end of Lake Minnewanka.

the Ghost - 23 Feb 2007

a perfect day in an amazing (& remote!) part of the front ranges of th ...

Updated: Feb 24, 2007 1:45pm PST

Haffner Creek - Christmas Eve 2006 : Christmas Eve ice cragging at Haffner Creek!

Haffner Creek - Christmas Eve 2006

Christmas Eve ice cragging at Haffner Creek!

Updated: Dec 27, 2006 12:26pm PST

Grotto Canyon : Rockies ice climbing day 1 - & my first mixed route!
24 November 2006.

Grotto Canyon

Rockies ice climbing day 1 - & my first mixed route! 24 November 2006 ...

Updated: Nov 24, 2006 8:59pm PST