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Coomba is significantly softer than Verdict IMO. Powder board vs all terrain ripper.

I take the results as less an endorsement of Harper than a "best of the worst" eventuality in which no one could vote for Dion, a man as exciting as a tepid bowl of porridge. This weak Liberal leadership all stems from the 2006 Liberal convention where Gerard Kennedy threw his support behind Dion. Last night's run off were the lowest Liberal numbers in history, only because Dion is such a non-starter.

Looks like somebody didn't get the memo about the smurf convention

Cross the creek 30 seconds upstream on a nice log. In some years I've had to wade. From there it's 45 mins of light bush to alpine and the scenery is butt ugly. Shhhh! Dead easy as in it's still rough 4wd to the base, or dead easy as in the road has been improved? That bit is a pretty cool 5.7 with good cracks and satisfying exposure.

Nice trip boys! He's a pro, that's for sure. Jesse coming down from Old Settler w/o a headlamp was one of the most horrific things I've ever seen.

UNfrickin real, dude. Your hols are like some sort of James Bond / Ewen MacGregor combo.

Route is totally alpine style so far - no bivies whatsoever.

This makes 2am alpine starts seem chump!!!!

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Knee-deep pow for Labour day? Saturday.. Sunny With Cloudy Periods. 30 Percent Chance Of Flurries. Freezing Level 1500 Metres. Snowfall Accumulation Trace. This is impressive!

Nice find - I remember yammering with Layton about checking out the rock in there a while back. Looks like some incredibly well-featured climbing.

You read this? http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/showthread.php?t=129615

Hmm, in any way connected with this? http://cascadeclimbers.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Number/826210#Post826210

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Beauty photos. Rock on Siva looks somehow "better" than I would have thought - very similar to some of the peaks around the Ragnarok Gl.

Has anyone actually received this? My cc got dinged last fall but no show on the DVD. Web site still says "coming soon". 2008 is out and a good read. Great to see the Heathens finally report in on their stellar activities on the Homathko.

What happened to everbody's ROFLcopter trips?

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Govt just announced a major upgrade of the Duffey. Was this in the works, or is it that big wigs were forced to drive the road and lost their minds at how bad the surface is?

Assume that all the peaks have been climbed.

I have no personal experience with the Vishnu-Siva area but previous parties have encountered unstable blocks and rotten rock. There is good rock in the Pantheons, but it can be hit and miss. This is why everyone gets a boner flying past those east faces but nobody has touched them. There is a good deal of info on this available - shame to spend 24 hrs driving and lots of pesos flying into an area you don't know much about. If you're content with peak bagging via the obvious ridges, I'm sure you'll have a grand time. But if you have designs on steep rock routes, you may find much to be desired. At least that is what I discovered after talking to lots of folks and doing lots of reading over many months before we flew into the western Pantheons two years ago.

That's a shame as the experiences of past parties would give you a pretty good idea of rock quality and established routes in that area - oh well, be sure to stock up on rebar and concrete mix as you pass through Williams Lake!

Scott, You should spend some time in the library reading back issues of the CAJ as there is a tonne of useful information available that will help you with your questions. I'll save you some time by suggesting some of the more important articles: 1967, 81, 85, 91, 92, 01. Pretty challenging rock around the Vishnu area and that is one of the reasons the immediate area lacks in harder pure rock climbs. See in particular Chic Scott's article in the 91 CAJ on his and Gabarrou's climb on Vishnu. The area seems more suited to general mountaineering (not to metion skiing). Feel free to get in touch if you want more information.

The only guidebook is long out of print and had worthless route descriptions. You speak of routes in the plural, but only the south ridge is commonly done. There are a couple of other much less frequently climbed things on the east face and once you stand at the base of it you'll know why. All of the beta you need for the south ridge is here: http://lamountaineers.org/NAC/browserf/climbs/gimli/beta.htm