Dru Posted November 8, 2003 Posted November 8, 2003 Hello, The alpine in Chilliwack looks more like Canmore right now. There is fat blue ice everywhere! Quote
Lambone Posted November 9, 2003 Posted November 9, 2003 quit whinning and go climb something Layton, I'm not buying the "I moved to Portland and now my life sucks gig..." Quote
layton Posted November 9, 2003 Posted November 9, 2003 I'm just jealous. Things are better now with my new teletubby happy birthday avatar photo! Quote
Dru Posted November 10, 2003 Author Posted November 10, 2003 Dru said: Hello, The alpine in Chilliwack looks more like Canmore right now. There is fat blue ice everywhere! Taking the "Canmore waterfall" style of climbing fat alpine ice when the valleys are not in.... Shaun Neufeld and I drove to end of Jones Lake road and bushwacked by headlamp for 1.5 hrs to a flat gravel terrace in a huge debris flow fan where camp was made. Up at 6:30 Am because we both slept thru Shauns wrist watch alarm going off at 5AM. Spilled boiling water on my bivi sack testing out my new cartridge stove. Hot but tippy. Left camp 8 AM, Slogged and scrambled uphill for 3 hours on cliff bands and old growth and devils club to base of left side of Knight Pk north face. It appears I am out of shape Soloed 120m of WI2 and then climbed a couple of pitches of WI 3 and some more WI2 above. Turned around about 75m of WI2 from the top of the ice flow (seeps out of a blank wall) after a warming trend produced some spectacular rock/ice fall. Rapped and downsclimbed devils club and moss in the forest then slogged out. Back at the car 5:30 PM. There are easily 25 multipitch waterfalls in this same 3km area from Stewart to Cheam with potential grades from WI2 to WI6 - however - due to warming many of them are falling down as we speak There is not enough snow for good alpine climbing continuations from the top of the ice to the summits yet...but there is no cornice fall to worry about either. We called our new route "Once in A Red Moon" 250m+ WI3. Quote
Dru Posted November 10, 2003 Author Posted November 10, 2003 A couple in a week or two, didnt take the digital. Quote
jordop Posted November 10, 2003 Posted November 10, 2003 Where in relation to Serl route? Face loooked good today, but the big dagger wasn't down, huh? Quote
Dru Posted November 10, 2003 Author Posted November 10, 2003 Left of the Serl/Kay line and there is no Big Dagger Quote
layton Posted November 10, 2003 Posted November 10, 2003 nice job dru so is your route on the N face of Knight? please post a photo of that area. I'd like to see! Quote
layton Posted November 10, 2003 Posted November 10, 2003 p.s. notice how nice and supportive I have become? it's all about the Nyquill Quote
NYC007 Posted November 10, 2003 Posted November 10, 2003 I am new to the area and not sure where the area is...??? Quote
layton Posted November 10, 2003 Posted November 10, 2003 New to Chilliwack? Oh man, that's gotta suck. Hope you like hanging out at Timmy Hortans and the KY chinese restaraunt! Check the becky guide (red one). The range is on HWY 1 near Hope. Total choss with great alpine ice faces if you get lucky Quote
Dru Posted November 11, 2003 Author Posted November 11, 2003 You know, there ARE better places in Chilliwack to eat or hang than Tim Ho's or the KKY Garden restaurant! Send $10 and I will offer hints as to where. Quote
jordop Posted November 11, 2003 Posted November 11, 2003 (edited) . Edited June 11, 2021 by jordop Quote
Dru Posted November 11, 2003 Author Posted November 11, 2003 WHY THE FUCK WOULD YOU EAT AT ANY CHINESE RESTAURANT IN CHILLIWACK AT ALL Quote
jordop Posted November 11, 2003 Posted November 11, 2003 (edited) . Edited June 11, 2021 by jordop Quote
Dru Posted November 11, 2003 Author Posted November 11, 2003 Friendly Mike's Pub $3.95 meal after 4 PM! Major League 2 sports pub has free food if you buy beer Quote
Dru Posted January 6, 2004 Author Posted January 6, 2004 Nice. Photos? Finally a photo I betcha lots more snow now. Quote
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