marc_leclerc

\ Agreed.. other areas climbs should be lowered a letter grade or two..

oh.. srry... ill do that when I get back from climbing today!

this may seem obvious but another thing to look out for is bolts placed in a loose flake or peice of rock... me and a friend recently found a bolt (a rap ring bolt) that looked like it was placed in a detached paice of rock so we tapped next to it with a hammer and the whole section of rock vibrated and dust fell out from behind it!

Paging Mr. Hilter, Mr. Hilter... Thats the Eiger NF Team right? Harrer's facial expression in that pic is priceless!

btw.. Mike got his project done and the hangers are all up... you can climb the routes all you want.. Im not sure what Mike's is called yet but its 5.9+ and my climb is Called Murder in the Dark and is 5.10d or 5.11a (not sure yet) The second pitch is going up soon too. Did you see the cave to the right of the two routes? I managed to climb out the cave and up the face on TR.. it goes at about hard 5.11d or 12a

Ive seen lots of bears... When I live on a farm I took my 10 yr old bro into the forest behind our house. We stumbled upon a little black bear and I chased it down the gravel road, my brother called me his hero all day.. it was funny. In the mountains Ive seen lots of black bears in alpine meadows and talus fields, they're usually far enough away that I dont care. On Mt Barr I bumped into a mother and cub and that was interesting but the mother didnt freak out at all, she just sat there and ate grass.

that looks sick.. where in the Wadd range is it? Im going there this summer and want to find some moderate climbing with as little glacier travel as possible

ask Dru

I have a question, is biking to a trail, running the trail and biking home as fast as possible a good training idea, I hate running on roads and I prefer to be in the woods...

Everything in Waddington is Moderate, the North wall of the Matterhorn is quite moderate, I think the American Corkscrew on cats ear spire can squeeze into Laytons Def of Moderate too!

I cant wait to get out to Squamish!

Eiger North Wall obviously looks cool and is a moderate too!

its hard to place gear on! I was just checking out how well it could protect... btw did you ever use the sweet double toe jam no hands rest in the middle?

oh yes.. my favourite finger crack there! I put up a new direct start on that

looks like fun... maybe a good solo jaunt in the sun

go to the desired section of the forum in which you want to post the report then click the button above all the thread titles that says New Trip Report

I was thinking the same thing

This one! It is under 5.11c but is strenous. And this 5.10a finger crack!

I love rock climbing in the sun.. I got this pic of me last week at Harrison Bluffs... I love hot sunny weather!

your 5.scray looks like class 2/3

I did the FA of the Arete an Mike wanted me to take the hangers off so he could get the second ascent, the face climb was Mike Project... hes gonna be pissed off... he hasnt got to try it cuz hes in Mexico right now. I scrubbed the top of the offwidth and Im looking forward to trying it too. What is Shark Tooth Flake BTW? Oh.. you didnt redpoint it NVM Mike wont care...

Black Diamond bags often have a low profile waist belt that doesnt interfere with a harness and you can put a hydration pack in most of them... thay work well for me

go with the 9.8 dry if you like the idea of a lighter and easier to manage (I find) rope that you can get wet without worrying about decreased strength... if you are just planning on simple cragging in the sun the 10.2 ropte may last longer..

I like areas like Harrison for that reason, as groups of less experienced people show up you can hike a couple minutes to the upper levels and try the more difficult climbs and it wont be crowded. But if the spot that they show up to has too many people for everybody to climb than they should go somewhere else or reserve a climbing gym.

your autosig is the mantra of the boealps/mounties! Thats just mean.... Groups that teach new climbers good safety skills so that they can progress their skill and do more complex and difficult climbs are great. I learned most of what what I know from watching and climbing with experienced climbers but I never would have minded taking some more courses when I was starting out. Thanks for being thoughful enough give a heads up fenderfour