David_Parker Posted December 9, 2002 Posted December 9, 2002 (edited) I wanna live in Canmore!!!!! My friend just sent me this link, not that I'd get on this on my best day! Friggin' impressive, eh? http://www.gravsports.com/Ice%20Pages%20Folder/Route%20Descriptions/howse_of_cards_1100m.htm Edited December 9, 2002 by David_Parker Quote
Dru Posted December 9, 2002 Posted December 9, 2002 Even more impressive, Big Willy Gadd won the Canmore Open Mens bouldering comp on Sunday after doing this route Thursday and Friday. Rest days, what are those? Must be the Red Bull elixir at work . Quote
thelawgoddess Posted December 9, 2002 Posted December 9, 2002 I wanna live in Canmore!!!!! yeah; who doesn't? i think i even wanna live there more than squamish ... Quote
Dru Posted December 9, 2002 Posted December 9, 2002 but then you would have to climb on choss for the 4 months of the year without ice. Quote
thelawgoddess Posted December 9, 2002 Posted December 9, 2002 hey, i didn't say forever. who says i can't have separate summer/winter homes? too bad my bayside cottage doesn't come with wheels! Quote
bolt_clipper Posted December 9, 2002 Posted December 9, 2002 I'll move up too...Buy a house in Terrebonne, one in Canmore, make friends with someone who works for some airline and fly around! Any takers? Quote
snoboy Posted December 9, 2002 Posted December 9, 2002 yeah; who doesn't? Me. No real snow, chossy rock, and you can't even camp for free without getting chased off by the rangers... I'd rather fly out there a couple times a winter to climb real ice, and live in a place where I can ski and climb real rock all in one week if I want to. Quote
bolt_clipper Posted December 9, 2002 Posted December 9, 2002 Where would that be? Vail? France? Actually, France sounds pretty good. Quote
snoboy Posted December 9, 2002 Posted December 9, 2002 Where would that be? Vail? France? Actually, France sounds pretty good. Oh, yeah.. I was thinking Squamish. But I would have to agree, France sounds good too, then I could climb ice, rock, and ski all in the same season, as well as eat good food and wine. Ha! back to the original subject. Quote
Skisports Posted December 9, 2002 Posted December 9, 2002 from what I remember the rock isn't that bad. yam is a bit chossy but there is quite bit of rock climbing in bow valley from quartite, to limestone. Quote
Dru Posted December 9, 2002 Posted December 9, 2002 there is one crag of OK quartzite (like Skaha but low friction) and a whole bunch of lame limestone. even the good limestone routes would be called choss in squamish. In fact even well trodden Yam routes have mobile death blocks on them. Quote
snoboy Posted December 9, 2002 Posted December 9, 2002 There's good rock if you look for it, kinda like Squamish has bad rock if you look for it. I did the NE (?) ridge of Ha Ling (Chinaman's) peak and was told that it was one of the most solid routes in the Rockies. I was never more scared of killing my belayer than on that route! Still in all it was fun. Quote
David_Parker Posted December 10, 2002 Author Posted December 10, 2002 Snoboy, this is the ice section. Go somewhere else to talk about rock. Also, you must have had unseasonable conditions if you think skiing sucks in the Canadian Rockies. It (rocks!) Quote
Bronco Posted December 10, 2002 Posted December 10, 2002 Rack: Eight short screws and a V-thread screw, 12 blades/angles, small cams, #9 hex, full set of wires, 70M ropes. “NO BOLTS, NO AID, NO JUMARS.” Thank god they remembered the #9 hex! Quote
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