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The best cans are metal explosives tubes from the 60s!!! Cigar tubes too. Anything made out of plastic will get eaten. Some well-intentioned person put homemade PVC tubes on a few summits in the Valhallas and now even the paper inside has been eaten

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This photo of Fred Touche's gives a better sense of scale I think

Bah! Can't wipe yer ass with a CD-ROM

Have you tried the sticky link at the top of the BC page called BC Provincial Basemap Usually far more accurate and free

1. If you are interested in "naming" a peak in BC, the first thing you should do is to check if that name is ALREADY in use. http://maps.gov.bc.ca/ (or Selkirks North) will tell you that there is already a Seredipity Spire in the Remillard group in the Adamants. SO NO GO ON THAT ONE. Mount Ichor is much more appropriate . If you do not know what Ichor is FIND OUT dumbass I will refer to the peak as Mount Ichor in next year's CAJ, so don't even bother fussin 2. The topo is fine. 3. Driving driections: Drive hwy #1 north from Hope to Boston Bar (1 hr), take a left where the arrow says to go to North Bend. Cross the Fraser and drive north on the west side of the river through North Bend. The road eventually becomes the Nahatlatch FSR. Follow the Nahatlatch road for about 40 mins until it crosses the river. IMMEDIATELY, take a left on the Kookipi road. Drive up the Kookipi for about 20 mins then take the fork on the right that drops down to cross Kookipi Creek. Then curl north on the branch until you are in the next valley west. Drive to end of road. Can't miss the peak. Bash down to river and up to peak. You can buy a Backroads Map Book at the cashier of most grocery stores in bc. It will be a lot easier! 4. Here is a gooder photo Red is Back of Beyond, Blue is Brambles, Buttress, Sky. The start of Back of Beyond is dead obvious, as is the whole route. Summary: p1: Obvious 5.8 hand crack to small bulge, up 10b crack to belay at point where cracks are visible to the left. 40m p2: Continue up same 10b crack for 20 feet, face climb left ten feet to second crack, and then a further ten feet to third crack. Belay for drag. 20m p3: Follow the crack as far as you can. Sustained 10b. 25m p4: Finish up the crack (10b) and move right before it peters out to meet rough flakes at edge of roof at top of slab (5.9). 40m Note: strong climbers may be able to link these as three pitches (lots of gear!) The next three pitches are on the eastern side of the buttress: p5: Follow grooves, corners, and flakes to 5.9, straight up and slightly left. 50m p6: More 5.7 corners up to a 30 foot 10b crack right of the obvious off-width. 50m p7: Mid-fifth and blocky terrain with good exposure. Watch for drag. 25m p8: Fourth class with short low 5th steps. 60m p9: Fourth class. 60m. Third class to summit. Descent: Follow dirt gully down and west to aim for a notch at the top of a gully that leads back to the base. 7-9 hours Gear: Cams from #1 TCU to #3.5 Camalot, triples of #3 TCU to #1 Camalot for the Endurance Slab. Standard rack of nuts, no pins needed.

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HOLY SHIT driving through 100 Mile House last nite at 2:30 am the WHOLE FUKIN SKY WAS MOVIN GREEN WAVES OF SHIT. Everyone else was snorin logs and I thought I was gonna go off the road. Jesus. Amazin.

Briliant boys I been eyein that one too, as you know. THOUGH I WOULD HAVE DONE IT IN AT LEAST 16 PITCHES TO MAKE IT A BIGGER LINE You diminished it

Coo. Did you gain the ridge as per norm from the lake, or find some new way with the new road system(s)

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That is fukinn rad I like the Alpinist-style layout, font and clarity. Way to go. Gonna suck up a printer cartridge though

Whatever, it looks more impressive than you

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Quit your job you WEEKEND WARRIOR Brah!

Line of BBS:

Did I hear someone say "no life"

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There is also this thing which repeating parties should find to be quite good:

Be wary of any 4cyl in a truck. Higher compression more likely to blow head gasket, more carbon buildup piston slap, WAY underpowered. No, it won't happen for a while, but if you want the truck for a long time . . . Bottom line is the engine has to work that much harder than a 6cyl. I know that toyota has upped the displacement since the 22re over the years, but I still wouldn't buy one

You can do it! Pop that thing for all of us to see

Wait for Layton to get out of the hospital and he'll give you a good choss TR

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