Dru Posted March 29, 2004 Posted March 29, 2004 Climb: Skaha-clip ups and cracks Date of Climb: 3/27/2004 Trip Report: Went to Skaha with Mer and Steve. Climbed a lot of gaper routes. Steve and Mer played rope gun I hardly led anything. Drank a bunch of beer, ate a bunch of bagels. Sunny and cold on Saturday sunny and warm on Sunday. Not too busy at all. One tick and no rattlesnakes. Found a #3 Wild Country Rock lying in some bushes (booty ). Saw some actual good climbers attempting some actually hard type routes but successfully avoided anything too hard ourselves. Successful excuses used: "You should lead this cause its a classic and it is your fist time at Skaha, I wouldn't want to blow your chance to onsight it." "It is too windy to climb this balancy arete - I might get blown off" "Let's go climb in the sun instead." "It's a perfect style for you to lead." "If we walk out this way maybe we will see a rattlesnake." Gear Notes: gear bolts draws beer Subaru friend's house for cush bivy Approach Notes: Subaru trail the famous stairs (now half gone) Quote
Mer Posted March 29, 2004 Posted March 29, 2004 Hey, you forgot the old standby excuse "I led it last time" and the new and unusual "those pigeons seem really aggressive." Quote
Dru Posted March 29, 2004 Author Posted March 29, 2004 "in situ pigeons were not even capable of supporting body weight" Quote
Dru Posted March 30, 2004 Author Posted March 30, 2004 Geoff on Skin of a Lion GWW Kai on Wings of Desire Feathered booty on Mrs Palmer. Two shots of Gangbang at GWW Not a very good shot of Steve pretending to be Sylvester Stallone on "The Dream" Don't ever let them tell you there are no slabs at Skaha. Quote
thelawgoddess Posted April 10, 2004 Posted April 10, 2004 nice. almost makes me want to go to skaha again. how's the weather this time of year? the one time i went it rained. DOH! Quote
Stemalot Posted April 10, 2004 Posted April 10, 2004 this is probably the best time of the year to go to Skaha. not too hot in the day and poison ivy still not out yet. Quote
Sargent_Rock Posted April 10, 2004 Posted April 10, 2004 Great trip report and photos. Skaha is such a fun place to climb! I do believe the poison ivy is "out" (I've got the typical rash), and rattlesnakes will be any day now. Quote
pinner Posted January 29, 2009 Posted January 29, 2009 "not too hard stuff"!??? man, do I feel like a gaper. Wings of Desire (.11b, and loooong) has thrashed me repeatedly. I never got on Gangbang, and The Dream absolutely terrified me! (good, and interesting, pro though, and I was a trad newbie at the time) got a lot of work to do... Quote
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