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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 28, 2012 - 07:03pm PT
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Nasty.. No thanks :) I'm glad I have my cushy harness. Not nearly as cool as the swami belts though :)
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Relic
Social climber
Vancouver, BC
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Mar 28, 2012 - 07:34pm PT
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He climbed with Gary McFarlane and his friends.
friends = me, well one of them
Gary is a one eyed freak that developed the Cal-Check sport area south of Whistler, when he wasn't taking nudie post card photos. Now he's more into developing bike trails in Squamish for Hamish to rip down.
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hamish f
Social climber
squamish
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Mar 28, 2012 - 07:47pm PT
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Gary is another massively-giving human who deserves a lifetime of free beer for sculpting such perfect mtn. bike trails around Squamish. Incredable effort!
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tarek
climber
berkeley
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Mar 28, 2012 - 08:33pm PT
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sorry bout the "less able," I was just taking HF's own assessment at face value. as for points, he gets all the points for the holey shoes, plus the downclimb from being off-route. hafta say, tho, I have bought into the Croft legend. When I was a younger gumby, I read all the mags, flashes of the twin 13s in YV plus the a-ball did that for me. But, as one Yosemite climber I know said: "The Valley is just training for Squamish."
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hamie
Social climber
Thekoots
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Mar 28, 2012 - 08:35pm PT
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Bruce MacD: What did you climb at RR?
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hamie
Social climber
Thekoots
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Mar 29, 2012 - 02:51am PT
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OMG!!!111
Six hours, and no new posts. I've killed another thread. Sorry 'bout that, Big Mike..........
Quick, Bruce. Tell us about RR.
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 29, 2012 - 03:52am PT
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Actually hamish f posted a comment about his quick return to the hut alone, initially causing some concern among the boys until he told them that they had finished allready. Then they understood that it was far to early for pc to come home.
He also complimented your pictures, but he seems to have deleted it.
Thanks for those photos. Awesome!
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hamish f
Social climber
squamish
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Mar 29, 2012 - 09:59am PT
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You're right, Big Mike. Sometimes I write in, trying to be funny, then I'll read it on the big screen and it sounds like I'm beating my chest.
Easy way to deal with that unacceptable behavoir, just hit the delete button. Gotta love it.
Yes, I love those old photos. Timeless, really.
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 29, 2012 - 10:50am PT
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Hamish f- I thought it was an excellent human footnote to your story. You must not be so hard on yourself. There are too many others to critizise us, for us to concentrate on ourselves.
Back to what Jim Brennan was saying.. Big Power indeed. The pwl's are waking up bigtime http://grantgunderson.com/blog/?p=132
[Click to View YouTube Video]
Watch your ass people!
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WBraun
climber
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Mar 29, 2012 - 10:55am PT
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Brutal looking wet avalanche ^^^^^ Yikes !!!!
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Boymeetsrock
Trad climber
the east
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Mar 29, 2012 - 11:41am PT
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I don't post here much but read a lot. Just wanted to share that I am LOVING this thread. Great stories and pictures of a land that, for me, is far far away.
Thanks all!!
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hamish f
Social climber
squamish
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Mar 29, 2012 - 12:28pm PT
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No problem, I'll try to limit my editing. I've always had a problem with the chest beaters in life and climbing had its fair share of them. This is one of the reasons I like my mountain bike so much.
It used to drive me nuts, listening to some dude schpeel on about some 50 feet of blank granite that he wailed 7 bolts into, spent 2 years working it, and, what-do-you-know, it's 5.14q. Way to go.
Just not my style, that's all.
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Mar 29, 2012 - 12:38pm PT
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Hear, hear!
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Mar 29, 2012 - 12:59pm PT
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It used to drive me nuts, listening to some dude schpeel on about some 50 feet of blank granite that he wailed 7 bolts into, spent 2 years working it, and, what-do-you-know, it's 5.14q. Way to go.
Followed by some other guy saying it was only 14o, or 14p at the hardest, and accusing the first guy of...
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Timmc
climber
BC
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Mar 29, 2012 - 01:21pm PT
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Hamish- wasn't there something about you helping some other party out with stuck ropes en route up the B/C that day?
It's very possible that I am mixing up stories.
All the same- respect.
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thekidcormier
Gym climber
squamish, b.c.
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Mar 29, 2012 - 02:42pm PT
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Some eerie looking photos Jim! brrr
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hamish f
Social climber
squamish
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Mar 29, 2012 - 04:03pm PT
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Hi Tim. Nice to hear your voice. That becky-chounard story you're talking about occurred a couple years later. We returned for a repeat but got weathered off at around the 40% level.
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 30, 2012 - 02:58am PT
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Tami- Sorry guess I forgot that part. I do remember you went with Peter c the next day, (would love to hear that tale) so obviously you were there.
Here's a shot of PY on Banana Peel for RyanD and boymeetsrock + all the lurkers. Make yourselves known. Especially if you have pics.
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Timmc
climber
BC
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Mar 30, 2012 - 08:36am PT
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Thanks Hamish- ditto.
Keep the stories rolling!
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tarek
climber
berkeley
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Mar 30, 2012 - 03:50pm PT
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this thread is the main reason I'm looking at ST these days. thanks. I keep looking for more.
Anyhow, with all the Yosemitecentricity out there, i.e., what did those Squamish climbers do in the Valley? What about the reverse, what did well-known Valley climbers do in Squamish? (Besides Coz onsighting U wall, and freeing the slab, pretty proud).
Anybody?
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