David_Parker Posted December 9, 2002 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted December 9, 2002 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thelawgoddess Posted December 9, 2002 Share Posted December 9, 2002 I wanna live in Canmore!!!!! yeah; who doesn't? i think i even wanna live there more than squamish ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted December 9, 2002 Share Posted December 9, 2002 but then you would have to climb on choss for the 4 months of the year without ice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thelawgoddess Posted December 9, 2002 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bolt_clipper Posted December 9, 2002 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoboy Posted December 9, 2002 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bolt_clipper Posted December 9, 2002 Share Posted December 9, 2002 Where would that be? Vail? France? Actually, France sounds pretty good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoboy Posted December 9, 2002 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skisports Posted December 9, 2002 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted December 9, 2002 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoboy Posted December 9, 2002 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David_Parker Posted December 10, 2002 Author Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronco Posted December 10, 2002 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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