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hamie
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Thekoots
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Feb 21, 2012 - 08:42pm PT
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Interesting photo, Malemute. I've seen it before, somewhere.
The little tower reminds me of the infamous gendarme on Wallace, which Viagra Ridge was named for. Rude but funny. Judging by the background, it is quite close, too.
The ridge in the immediate foreground was called [oddly] Climbing Ridge, by the 1954 party who passed close to it. To the best of my knowledge, only the peak on the far right end of the ridge [north summit] has been climbed [Horvath/Mutch]. As can be seen there are still several unclimbed summits and spectacular ribs/buttresses awaiting. The rock is mostly quite good, but nothing like the Bugs. Access is desperate--vertical alder.
The pointy rock peak further back, about one third from the right side, is the unclimbed South Peak of Mt. Stone. The long skyline ridge would be a fantastic traverse. Unfortunately the stone/rock on Mt. Stone is worse than terrifying, and makes the Rockies look like Yosemite. Good luck,eh.
No classics here, but if anyone is looking for new routes and unclimbed summits, look no farther!
Yer gonna die, eh!
PS Did someone delete some reference to the CAJ?
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Mungeclimber
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sorry, just posting out loud.
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 22, 2012 - 12:50am PT
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This is the extent of my alpine in Canada...
Arrive to rain in Vancouver.
Arrive Coop. Shop a bit, support economy.
Mighty Hiker social butterfly seen in his natural habitat at Coop. ;)
Proper MH debrief over proper canadian chai at Starbucks. Obtain scoop on what to look at, what we might be able do with short time frame.
Settle on bouldering old school style sans pad.
Ridiculous tacky stone friction realized!
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Mungeclimber
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sorry, just posting out loud.
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 22, 2012 - 12:51am PT
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you mean, this isn't normal?
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hamie
Social climber
Thekoots
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Feb 22, 2012 - 02:05am PT
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The first time that the late Steve Horvath and I visited the Mt. Stone/Climbing Ridge area, we choppered in. I had persuaded Steve that we could easily hike out to the Duncan River logging road in a day and a half. After all, it would be all downhill. Three and a half days later the bush finally spat us out onto the road. We were very hungry, very thirsty and very tired. As Steve wrote later, "Happily we were still good friends."
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