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MH2
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May 15, 2012 - 01:24pm PT
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Thanks for that mind-slap, Tami. A breath of air, even if indoor, amongst all the climbing. I don't suppose you consider the possibilities of beer cans in that venue.
Good pictures, Mike.
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Mighty Hiker
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Vancouver, B.C.
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May 15, 2012 - 01:35pm PT
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It would be quite inappropriate to pelt all the CirKids with empties, whether bottles or glass. As for Tami...
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hamie
Social climber
Thekoots
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May 15, 2012 - 05:44pm PT
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Reykavik
Any more on the long=line rescue on U Wall. Or was that a troll
Cant find the question mark on this keyboard!!
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hamish f
Social climber
squamish
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May 15, 2012 - 05:48pm PT
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base jumper whose chute was pulled a little late. It partially inflated and he crashed into those trees at the base. He's o.k., broken back maybe. Yuck.
Chief and crew flew him out.
Way to go SAR members.
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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May 15, 2012 - 05:48pm PT
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Any more on the long=line rescue on U Wall. Or was that a troll
Perry said they had to rescue a base jumper who had suffered "an in-flght emergency" and had to pull too soon. He said everything went well though, and the jumper survived.
Not sure if that's the same rescue you're talking about, but it's the only one I heard of on the w/e
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hamish f
Social climber
squamish
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May 15, 2012 - 06:16pm PT
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And you would've gathered recycle points for re-using the cans from exasperator.
That was buddy's lucky day.
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Relic
Social climber
Vancouver, BC
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May 15, 2012 - 07:51pm PT
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He landed in a clump of trees near Kneewrecker Chimney according to someone who saw it all unfold.
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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May 15, 2012 - 07:52pm PT
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But did it unfold? The chute, that is?
(Sorry, couldn't resist.)
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Topic Author's Reply - May 15, 2012 - 08:50pm PT
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Proximty flying was in play from what I hear. Stupid to do on the Chief and crazy anywhere else.
Couple more pics from Sunday. There are more too but the combo of sun and shade make for lots of photoshop work for me, and i'm busy climbing and working at the moment.
Michael chats with the ladies.
MH2, Speed Climber. :)
Ryand- Fata Morgana is no slouch to be sure. You better have your head game on.
Ghost- Bruce told me that you had showed up on Saturday. Too bad, but pretty funny that you seem to be invisible. Next time you come to town you'll have to wear some brighter attire so we can see you better. :) Let us know when you're coming up and we'll throw something together.
Nice Skywalker pic.
Yesterday was awesome. Finally sent the Buttress clean. Can't wait to rp it! Simuled Calculus Crack all the way to Karen's Math then belayed it and Memorial. Such a sweet line, almost straight up.
Cirque of the Uncrackables was cool! It was my first time there and we took the via ferrata and hiked over second peak to get there. We started out on Ivan Meets GI Joe. Such a cool climb!
Then I saw it was a Hamish Fraser, Craig Thompson route! Hamish did you guys have Friends on this one? 1981?
After we did March Of The Kitchen Utensils. Super cool too. Fish's buddy was lacking a bit of gear to inspire much confidence so Fish Boy had to step up and finish the job and finish it he did. Amazing Offwidth.
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MH2
climber
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May 15, 2012 - 09:35pm PT
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Right on, Bruce! Except for the iconic and Squamish parts, perhaps. Is this the Big Jim of which you post?
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MH2
climber
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May 15, 2012 - 10:01pm PT
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That is a cigarette in his right hand, of course.
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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May 15, 2012 - 10:38pm PT
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"Sometimes you know" is one of my all-time favorite pieces of climbing writing. Short, but really distills the climbing experience to its essence.
And of course I ran into Jim at Starbucks on Monday morning. I think he has shares in the place or something.
Edit:
After we did March Of The Kitchen Utensils.
What really should come after that is walking over a few meters and hanging your rope on Scimitar. Maybe Boogie til you puke is harder, but Scimitar is surely one of the coolest pieces of granite architecture at Squamish. And unless your balls are so big that you can barely lift yourself off the ground, I don't see how you could lead it.
But what do I know about offwidths? And it is an amazing fun TR.
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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May 16, 2012 - 01:23am PT
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An outing on Saturday, after a morning at the library. Somewhat hackneyed, perhaps. I've attempted this moderate climb several times, always unsuccessfully, usually due to rain.
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sac
Trad climber
Sun Coast B.C.
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May 16, 2012 - 01:56am PT
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Hey that's DAN!! On Starcheck?
What a sender!
Well done gents!
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Topic Author's Reply - May 16, 2012 - 12:26pm PT
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What really should come after that is walking over a few meters and hanging your rope on Scimitar.
I would have loved to but it will have to wait till next time.. There will be one for sure. After my first Chief ascent of the year combined with only bringing 1 litre of water each we were pretty tired.
couple more pics from Sunday,
MH2 styles Exasperator 10c
His friend Michael had a cool helmet.
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RyanD
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Squamish
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May 16, 2012 - 12:46pm PT
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Haha that helmet is hilarious!
Last year?? Maybe the one before, i was waiting for a friend in the parking lot around 8am & saw a base jumper all tangled in the trees up by kneewrecker. A party was climbing somewhat near there & the leader pretty much headed over off route & bailed the dude out & helped lower him while the police sat in the parking lot near me scratching their heads. It turned out it was a couple from Germany, & the woman, who was leading was some sort of badass euro alpine guide. The guy had apparently jumped from somewhere off the top of the south end of pan wall.
Sounds like a similar spot from the incident just the other day.
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Relic
Social climber
Vancouver, BC
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May 16, 2012 - 02:48pm PT
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That is an epic helmet paintjob. I want Tami to do one on mine! Nudge, nudge, !!!
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Topic Author's Reply - May 16, 2012 - 07:39pm PT
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The one on the far left is Mao, and the one between hitler and albert e is Stalin?
Any one lose a pair of five ten gambits at exasperator on Sunday? i came home with them.
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Relic
Social climber
Vancouver, BC
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May 16, 2012 - 10:53pm PT
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Missing three are Mao, Fidel Castro, and MLK me thinks. Haha, I was like what the Jeeba? Then I realized you meant the Jeezus.
Not Stalin, that's Lenin there Mike
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