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thekidcormier
Gym climber
squamish, b.c.
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Jun 28, 2012 - 10:29am PT
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Sick! And when we go to the valley you can rope gun me up astroman! So psyked!
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RyanD
climber
Squamish
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Jun 28, 2012 - 11:25am PT
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Jim S & Peter C both seem pretty vital to the history & development of climbing at Squamish. Both put up hard routes of very different styles, Jim S did put up some trad lines too but i don't think PC did any rap bolting until he moved to the eastside. 2 totally different animals. I am still in pursuit of my first Jim S redpoint, doesn't seem like he put up many routes easier than 5.12. Dudes pull down hard to this day.
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MH2
climber
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Jun 28, 2012 - 11:44am PT
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Tell us a tale of The Daily Planet!
I only know a story about me, a wimp but a technically proficient wimp. I followed Sig Isaac up it. Pitch 4 happened to be the sort of thing I could do (and the other pitches, though they didn't play to my limestone experience back in Ontario). I could do them with the assurance of a top rope, that is.
A much better story would be Fortress of Solitude.
The Daily Planet's reputation rippled over the grapevine back in the day and I remember having it enthusiastically recommended to me by Uli and Ira Leuthasser, a talented husband/wife team from Germany, one day in Seattle down at the UW practice rock. The Europeans then were starting to teach things even to those of us who didn't travel.
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hamish f
Social climber
squamish
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Jun 28, 2012 - 11:50am PT
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Dear Ryan.
Apples and oranges.... not even available at the same grocery store.
The End.
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Jun 28, 2012 - 02:07pm PT
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meanwhile an interesting story is developing elsewhere on the web
link?
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Relic
Social climber
Vancouver, BC
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Jun 28, 2012 - 02:52pm PT
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Ya Hamish. Didn't you guys climb Fortress of Solitude threw the pissy rain up dirty rock and all sorts of heinousness? That's the story I heard , or made up.
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hamish f
Social climber
squamish
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Jun 28, 2012 - 02:55pm PT
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Well that's just one of the hundred phenominal shows of strength and endurance regarding P.C. which, like I said, places him in the Apples box in an aisle all by himself, far far away from all us oranges.
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thekidcormier
Gym climber
squamish, b.c.
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Jun 28, 2012 - 02:57pm PT
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Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe diversity is an old old wooden ship used during the civil war era.
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 28, 2012 - 03:23pm PT
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Nope. Start packing! Might wanna wait an extra week though, the weather should be better.
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Jun 28, 2012 - 03:35pm PT
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closed social media sites -
Yeah, I think we should ban Greg. People like him who spend all their time on social media sites and have no real lives aren't needed here. I bet he's never done an outdoor climb in his life.
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Jun 28, 2012 - 03:38pm PT
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Well, here's one to warm up on before you try the Roman Chimneys prow. The Outside Edge. Quite an airy little scramble. Protected by use of double ropes, clipping protection in the right and left sides, so there are no bolts to mar the wilderness experience.
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hamish f
Social climber
squamish
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Jun 28, 2012 - 03:40pm PT
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I saw him pedal his mtn. bike yesterday for five hours straight and that was outdoors.
Different topic but, speaking of new routes up by that arete on the Chimneys.... my 2 cents remembers a great looking line 100' to the right of the arete. Bring your hooks. Weren't there pictures of Luc and friends aiding a nice looking dyke there on this site recently? Mangled hands etc.?
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 28, 2012 - 03:40pm PT
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hahahahahahaha!!!! who got the fa on that one Anders!! ;P
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 28, 2012 - 03:56pm PT
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Damn Tami that would be a stretch even for me!
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hamish f
Social climber
squamish
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Jun 28, 2012 - 04:47pm PT
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So many plums... and then we started riding bikes.
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RyanD
climber
Squamish
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Jun 28, 2012 - 05:24pm PT
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Hamish, big 10-4 there bud, exactly what I was getting at although I couldnt come up with the analogy so eloquently as you did. Maybe more like cabbage & Saran wrap, definitely in different departments of the store but both very useful at the right time.
Anyone ever done Kashmir at the top of the Apron?? At 11c its the easiest graded Jim S route I can find in the book.
Ps some stories from fortress of solitude would be great, I think I read something about it somewhere... Maybe maddalonis site or something. Sounds like a wild place.
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hamish f
Social climber
squamish
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Jun 28, 2012 - 05:58pm PT
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The roof pitch on the fortress is possibly the most exposed free climbing spot in this little corner of the rainforest. Or at least it felt that way.
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Hoser
climber
vancouver
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Jun 28, 2012 - 06:25pm PT
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Might wanna wait an extra week though, the weather should be better.
Thats funny sh#t right there, thats the kinda attitude you need if you want to live in the Pacific North West!
ANOTHER UPPER TROUGH WILL BRING COOLER
WEATHER AND SOME SHOWERS TUESDAY
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hamish f
Social climber
squamish
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Jun 28, 2012 - 06:35pm PT
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No I'm not. I just have a cracked rib and a couple of amped 8 yr. olds running circles around me on their first day of summer holidays.
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