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RyanD
climber
Squamish
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May 22, 2012 - 01:06pm PT
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Liquid gold is awesome, bring a 70m rope, a few slings & try to do the final cracks in one pitch. Such a good climb. Highly recommend. Might need a few days to dry tho since the word "Liquid" is in the name.
Nice work getting up on the grand guys! I think i saw u up there saturday morning. Thanks for the story & photos.
Hey Hamish, it's ok if you think your stories all sound the same, they are still exciting & fun to read for most of us. If you think they sound the same that's maybe because most climbing stories probably will all sound the same to most mountain bikers- even if they used to climb, just as all mountain biking stories definitely sound the same to climbers :-) It is ironic though that here we have a mountain biker packed with way more bitchin climbing stories than most of the climbers here combined who thinks his stories are boring??! So no need to worry about your own perceptions or embarrassment too much, often we are the most critical of ourselves. I think i can speak for most on here when i say that the sharing of your stories is appreciated by all! Internet Climbers are a pretty forgiving crowd that is easy to please- so long as you are talking about climbing.
You can always go back & edit the grammar!
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Topic Author's Reply - May 22, 2012 - 01:40pm PT
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Luc,I notice you climb mostly with your girlfriend and if you want to keep that relationship healthy, get Aislinn to clip into those huge steel rings with more than one biner. Sorry to be a nag, but that's part of parenthood. You have two bolts, two chains, two massive steel rings, and only one lonely aluminum biner. I always felt good clipping myself to the station with the actual climbing rope, even as a back-up. Sorry, I'll shut up now.
+1 I've told Luke that before. I use my safety and my rope end, one on each bolt ideally or at least equalized as much as possible. Although clearly I allowed Nate to choose not to safety at the sword anchor, but he was clipped into the rope with 2 biners.
Welcome to the club Mike. You can't really claim to be a true Squamish Climber until you get your ass kicked on the Grand Wall. Just about everybody here has been humbled one way or another on that climb.
Thanks Ghost. I've always felt the same way. Can't wait to go do it again!
Thanks everyone else for the compliments. It was a pretty fun story to write since I was so stoked about it.
Hey Hamish, it's ok if you think your stories all sound the same, they are still exciting & fun to read for most of us.
+1 Except I would change it to read, all of us. I was at the gym the other night and saw Peder's picture of you on Clean Crack. It was amazing to look at it and think about the story you told. It made it so much more vivid.
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MH2
climber
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May 22, 2012 - 02:04pm PT
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It made it so much more vivid.
In a humorous train-thundering Peder idea kind of way.
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Topic Author's Reply - May 22, 2012 - 02:28pm PT
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mh2 i noticed your photos have been very vivid as well lately. Have you been playing with photoshop a little?
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hamish f
Social climber
squamish
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May 22, 2012 - 04:51pm PT
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I'm pretty chuffed with myself as I'm just in the door from riding up to 19th hole, then angry midget, then fred, then word of mouth, back to my house, all in less than 3 hours. I'm aware this is a foriegn language for everyone here but there are many similarities to the climbing game. Tough physically and at the same time pretty demanding on your brain. The best part is, unlike climbing, if you start to short circuit, you can just put your foot down and take a minute. Make sure you try it one day. That's my semi-annual plug for the sport.
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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May 22, 2012 - 04:55pm PT
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As a past and sometimes current bicycle commuter, racer and triathlete, and a busy person already, I may pass on adding mountain biking to the repertoire, although I'm sure that it's fun.
Plus I have enough to be modest about already, NTTIAWWT. Luckily my fans here are quick to remind me of my shortcomings.
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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May 22, 2012 - 06:10pm PT
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Hamish said, re mountain biking: That's my semi-annual plug for the sport.
I was lucky enough to be in on the beginning of the whole North Shore mountain bike thing. Lived just a few blocks from the top of Mountain Highway, and could take the Grouse Mtn. service road up as far as we felt like and then try our luck getting back down on whatever trail (or non-trail).
It was a blast, and I've got some wonderful memories. I rode a lot with Mike Blenkarn, whom some of you may know. Incredible rider -- an order of magnitude better than I was. Also got to watch Pete Shackleton try to break both femurs -- fortunately he wasn't successful and it was hilarious instead of tragic. Also remember coming off a drop into a sharp turn one time, stopping, and turning to watch as Barry Blanchard came sailing through the air head first and disappeared into the bush. But no bike. I'd told him that riding with toe clips hanging under the pedals was a bad idea but he was having too much fun to stop and unscreww them. One of them caught a root, the bike stopped dead, and Bubba kept going.
This was all before suspension, so by modern standards the trails we thought were so tough are probably child's play now, but it was a fun few years.
Makes climbing look safe and tame.
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RyanD
climber
Squamish
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May 22, 2012 - 09:06pm PT
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Seems like there is enough interest on here to start a separate " Squamish mountain biking photos & stories" thread(hint,hint).
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hamish f
Social climber
squamish
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May 22, 2012 - 11:24pm PT
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Sorry Ryan, I'll put a lid on the bike lingo. See if I can come up with a near-death tale for you.
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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May 22, 2012 - 11:32pm PT
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Seems like there is enough interest on here to start a separate " Squamish mountain biking photos & stories" thread(hint,hint).
Well, yes... and no. Sometimes climbing and Mtn Biking are totally separate things, sometimes they're inextricably linked. But since the number of biking posts on this thread is about two out of 2,500, I don't think we're getting too wheel-crazy. Yet.
Anyway, here's a picture for Hamish. Bike parked at the end of a ride and the beginning of a climb. Uh... okay, at the beginning of what will be a climb (or five) once the scrubbing is done. Cliff is about 5 minutes away, and bikes are the perfect way to approach it because the roads are all gated.
Oh, I'm so bad. Not only is it a bike shot, it's not even at Squamish!
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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May 22, 2012 - 11:37pm PT
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Michael was special. Probably still is.
Really good climber and skier, too.
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RyanD
climber
Squamish
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May 22, 2012 - 11:38pm PT
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Yeaaahh, that's more like it Hamish, FYI if you started a mtn bike thread and told harrowing bike tales i wouldn't have much to contribute but i'd definitely read them as i'm sure they are every bit as interesting as your climbing stories.
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hamish f
Social climber
squamish
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May 22, 2012 - 11:55pm PT
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That might be pushing it; like I said, if it gets rough you just put your foot down.
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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May 22, 2012 - 11:58pm PT
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I bet Hamish could tell some good stories about tree work.
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hamish f
Social climber
squamish
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May 23, 2012 - 12:02am PT
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10-4; lots of near-death in that department.
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hamie
Social climber
Thekoots
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May 23, 2012 - 02:02am PT
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Good work BM. Sorry to be a nag, but the Grand and U Wall both end at the top of the Roman Chimneys, not at Dance and the Escape Route. Just sayin'. Nice pix too.
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Topic Author's Reply - May 23, 2012 - 12:03pm PT
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Hamie! Of course you are correct sir. Hence my use of the word "lite" to describe my lightness at only going half way.
Nice to hear from you! Haven't seen much of you since we went up YPLS and were too light to skip the bolt.
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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May 23, 2012 - 12:21pm PT
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the others on the starting lineup (with a spare) included in no particular order: Don Serl, Tom Herbst, Dave Kunin, Dave Vernon, Brian Rose and Erin McGann. Of course I am a tad biased,
That kind of bias is forgivable.
But you missed a name or two. One in particular: Rob Brusse. Maybe he was gone before you arrived? Not sure. But he was the one who rolled the snowball up to the top of the hill, allowing the rest of us to have the fun of rolling it down.
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thekidcormier
Gym climber
squamish, b.c.
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May 23, 2012 - 01:55pm PT
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Sorry Anders, Didnt mean to offend. I was simply trying to get the facts straight.
An impressionable youth like me is bound to atleast question the rumours I read on the internet...
In this case I've gotten my doasge of juicy gossip from squamish climbing rumours newest monthly webisode
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGS8re8cIVI&feature=related
...dont shoot the messenger..
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