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that's sooo unethical rob i bet you'd chip tool placements on an ice climb too!

Yep, Mystery Creek is the way to go. Take Harrison West road to ~30kms and hang a left.

Welcome back, C. You forget your password or what? And yes, we are, like, weird. It's why you luv us. It's my semi-yearly delurking season (sort of like the semi-yearly womens sale at Nordstrom, only different). The rest of the year I watch. And wait. What are the sale prices on women like at Nordstrom's? If you have to ask you can't afford them. The purchase price is the least consideration. The maintenance costs are what will bleed you dry. And the resale value is typically very low. Resale value!?...don't you usually have to pay to get rid of? That's just the beginning. You might be on the hook for years afterwards.

Welcome back, C. You forget your password or what? And yes, we are, like, weird. It's why you luv us. It's my semi-yearly delurking season (sort of like the semi-yearly womens sale at Nordstrom, only different). The rest of the year I watch. And wait. What are the sale prices on women like at Nordstrom's?

Access and parking directions are HERE: http://www.squamishclimbing.com/squamish_climbing_bb/viewtopic.php?p=9605#9605

And now, here is a phototopo. From left to right: A - this is a 4 pitch link up. The first two pitches are the climb HIGHWAY 12 (5.9, 5.8). From the top of Hwy 12, scramble up ledges to the start of TWO BEE OR NOT TWO BEE, which is also two pitches long (5.8, 5.10c). Gear to 3", heavy on finger size. B - Kemo Sabe, 5.10c, 1 pitch. 3 bolts plus gear C - Dead Soles, 5.10c. Sporty pitch with 6 bolts. D - First Blood, 5.6. Hand and finger crack. E - Kyle Hudie Route. 10d/11a. Start up First Blood and move right along thin crack to arete. Up arete, bouldery, 4 bolts. F - this is a vegetated scramble/ 5.6 slab pitch with 2 bolts linking the lower tier (Kokanee Slab) to the upper tier (Ecology Ledge). G - Exaggerator 5.10b. Two bolts up a thin slab lead to a pancake-thin laybck flake on a steep wall. H - Land Down Under 5.10a. Thin crack to layback and stemming flake. At top, mantle past bolt on right. I - Oddjob 5.8. Hand crack variation leading right from bottom of LDU and up ramp beyond. Kind of dirty at the moment. J - Life on a Chain 5.11+/12- ? This climb may or may not have been redpointed yet. Very thin climbing past 3 bolts up a narrow flake leads to thin cracks and a slab to the top anchor. Bouldery and tricky clips. Cleaned streaks above routes G-J represent projects that are works in progress at the moment.

The snow has steadily been firming up over the last week or so, but there are still large cornices and persistent weak layers present in some places.

if you find jennie's dad give her a call 867-5309

Aha! This is a logic problem the likes of which you may encounter in University, if you make it that far. All snowy rockclimbs are wet. Some rockclimbs that are not snowy are wet. Yak Crack is not snowy. Is Yak Crack wet? for this, you need additional information, presented in the first part of the first sentence. Yak Peak is very wet. Yak Crack is a rockclimb on Yak Peak. Therefore? You, or Mark McKillop, may have to construct a Venn Diagram to prove this one to your own satisfaction.

I'm not surprised that rumr posted a link to news that was over a week old, but I am surprised that kevboned didn't mention that pink climbed elcap at all in his post...

The upper part of Yak Check is soaking wet.

Landers are aid.

MYLF?

All I hear is waah wahh waah from this thread. The weather was fine, climbable both days. If you pretend otherwise you wimped out, plain and simple.

I thought this was going to be an announcement that you got your license and were heading out to Yosemite for the next 3 months.

Yeah, this is the place to come if you're looking for your father Unless your name is Luke S.

Yak is very wet with melting water but the Yak Crack is snowfree. Northeast ridge of Needle has a couple remnant cornices. West ridge of Needle is firm snow, no need for snowshoes or skis. Off in the disatance it looked like Ibex and Springbok were snowfree, Springbok descent gully still has snow. Steinbok still has lots of snow on top.

It's a great weekend for staying in bed... with your mom.

Don't be retarded. It depends entirely on the type of rock.

Next we need some pics of the Japanese girls channeling Whitney Houston.

Those have been around for a couple years. They are a birdbeak-sized version of the BD Spectre/DMM Bulldog. I believethe Russian climbers use something a little bit larger called the "ice fifi" for direct aid on thin ice?

I dont know about heroes. The climbers I find most impressive and inspirational are the ones who perservere in the face of insurmountable difficulties - like Hugh Herr or Warren McDonald or Paul Pritchard. I mean, think about how hard it would be for you to climb if you got both legs cut off or sustained permanent brain damage and partial paralysis in a climbing accident. If you are still climbing after that you must really, really love climbing.