re "injuns": if u re-read my original posting, u'll see i thot it'd be courteous to check in with the band, not that anybody's out staking the place out. and not that i agree with them, but the locals are pretty firm about their land claims, altho not rabid or violent. and that's helped save the area from the loggers. so...
let's just say you're a lot less likely to have problems with your vehicle if it's left parked by the side of the road for a couple days if everyone knows who u are and what you're up to. word gets around - there're only about 300 people in the whole valley.
if u do go, make sure to drive on down to the end of the valley to the provincial campsite on chilko lake - outstandingly beautiful! finest place in BC.
oh yah, the n face climb was beckey, the late, great mark bebie, and mark hutson; late sept 1983. see CAJ'84 p78 or AAJ'84 p190.
the summits S and W of tatlow have likely seen almost no climbing activity. culbert reported the summit S of tatlow climbed in 1964 by arnie shives and hamish mutch via the S ridge. open territory...
cheers.
p.s. i screwed up typing the 1st entry, which shld read 1st ten-thousander "i" climbed... (ancient history, who cares)
