KingsMM Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 What guide book(s) do you recommend? I am planning to go to squamish for 4 weeks this summer. I want to do every thing bouldering, trad, and sport. Thanks -Kip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fern Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 when you get to squamish you should go to a gear store (eg Valhalla Pure Outfitters) thumb through the guidebooks available there, and buy whichever one you like better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mec Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 I heard rumors of a new one coming out this year, are they true? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 Yes, it should be out by RocTrip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murraysovereign Posted June 17, 2005 Share Posted June 17, 2005 They're here now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted June 17, 2005 Share Posted June 17, 2005 BOOTY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peas Posted June 17, 2005 Share Posted June 17, 2005 Great News! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stemalot Posted June 17, 2005 Share Posted June 17, 2005 they are not at MEC yet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted June 17, 2005 Share Posted June 17, 2005 Valhalla Squamish always gets the goods first. In MEC they are probably in a box in the stock room waiting for some floor staff member to put down the bong and take out the box cutter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomtom Posted June 17, 2005 Share Posted June 17, 2005 They're here now What time do you open on Sat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murraysovereign Posted June 17, 2005 Share Posted June 17, 2005 What time do you open on Sat? For the summer we open at 8AM Saturdays, so you can grab what you need, head for the crag and be topping out your first pitch while other people are still standing around on Broadway waiting for MEC to open We open at 9AM every other day of the week. Close at 6PM every day except 5PM on Sundays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordop Posted June 17, 2005 Share Posted June 17, 2005 What time do you open on Sat? For the summer we open at 8AM Saturdays, so you can grab what you need, head for the crag and be topping out your first pitch while other people are still standing around on Broadway waiting for MEC to open We open at 9AM every other day of the week. Close at 6PM every day except 5PM on Sundays. There's an MEC at the top of the Apron now??????????? " . . . We established base salon here, and climbed quite steadily up to Mario's here. From here using crampons and cutting ice steps as we went, we moved steadily up the Lhotse Face to the North Ridge, establishing Camp Three where we could get a hot meal, a manicure, and a shampoo and set." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fern Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 pg 329: The Apron holds about two-thirds of the climbing in the entire Smoke Bluffs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 # pitches vs. # pitches, that's probably true Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fern Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 the Apron is in the Smoke Bluffs now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 It sounds like he's comparing amounts of climbing not saying one is at the other. Did your thing at Jug Slab make it in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoran Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 (edited) Maybe it's good to say that book is 42$ CAD and looks like double in size than last one. Lots of info in. Nice guide book. (I like the picture of legendary Fred Beckey and other "ordinary" climbers ...) Edited June 21, 2005 by Zoran Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fern Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 It sounds like he's comparing amounts of climbing not saying one is at the other. Actually it just sounds like jibberish, even without the geographical clanger. Did your thing at Jug Slab make it in? No, not even in the stop-press at the back. Destined to be mossed over. Time to strip the hangers. Overall though I am impressed with the guide. It has a few Elaho hallmarks such as route ratings mismatched between the text and the photos, and it's missing a few crag climbs that I can see - but in comparison to the improvement in photo quality and clarity, those are trivial complaints. I was intrigued by several instances of what appeared to me to be a low-key plea to implement a policy of ongoing selective logging in the Smoke Bluffs to improve the climbing ambiance. Lot's of 'then-and-now' photo comparisons with 'look how bushy it has gotten!!!' type captions throughout. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomtom Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 I was intrigued by several instances of what appeared to me to be a low-key plea to implement a policy of ongoing selective logging in the Smoke Bluffs to improve the climbing ambiance. Lot's of 'then-and-now' photo comparisons with 'look how bushy it has gotten!!!' type captions throughout. On pg 429 under The Rock is Disappearing he says "In a managed environment where public recreation is a major attraction, the climbing experience is increasingly devalued by loss of opportunity and open ambience. A policy of open space is needed." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted June 22, 2005 Share Posted June 22, 2005 is there agent orange on ebay? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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