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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Dec 29, 2015 - 07:15pm PT
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The sunset on the ferry was awesome tonight!
Hard to reconcile that photo with what you were posting just a day ago.
Southwestern BC is an amazing place.
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Dec 30, 2015 - 09:58am PT
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It certainly is that Dave!
Thanks Tami! Andy's stuff always deserves a bump!
Crazy outrigger canoe in the Nanaimo harbour
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Dec 30, 2015 - 10:27am PT
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Tied up for the send on the Rock Of Ages, Beagle Channel.
Got a pic of the anchors somewhere. This water would make that
water in the Salish Sea seem toasty.
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MH2
Boulder climber
Andy Cairns
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 6, 2016 - 08:33pm PT
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Great to see the additions, folks.
This is a good time of year on the traverse, though perhaps an equally good time of year on Fluffy Kitten.
My most recent visit on 20 Nov
A few days later I saw dolphins from the shore for the second time.This time I had a camera though the lens was the one that had taken a 40-footer on Squamish Buttress.
Heading for Vancouver
Me traversing in a no traversing zone
The dolphins heading back out.
There were more than one this time.
December 31 was just right. As I left the house it felt way too cold, but when you got into the sun the rock was warm. This was not THE traverse but nearby. Another Squamish old timer was enjoying the rock too.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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That we are related to those wonderful sea creatures is rather delightful when you think about it.
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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The OP counts as poetic photography... a beauty!
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Plenty of seacliff climbing in Norway I would think.
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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MH2
Boulder climber
Andy Cairns
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 9, 2016 - 10:00pm PT
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Always maintain 4 points of contact.
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MH2
Boulder climber
Andy Cairns
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 9, 2016 - 08:07pm PT
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I made my first traverse of 2016 this evening. Someone else had been there, too, either earlier today or perhaps yesterday. Seeing the chalk improved my morale, although going south to north I did not notice it until about half-way, just past the crux. Whoever it was took a couple harder variants, so it could have been Sean. We've had a couple of dry days but recent rains were still draining down parts of the rock. The sun was weak when I was there but the rock was warm.
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MH2
Boulder climber
Andy Cairns
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 30, 2016 - 08:12am PT
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The Caulfeild Sea Cliffs
It's a good year for the apple tree.
Evening is a good time to visit.
You can make new friends but it may take time. This crew was stand-offish on the first encounter but waved at me on the second pass.
And after the sun goes down
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Jun 30, 2016 - 09:17pm PT
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Paddleboarder or the Second Coming?
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MH2
Boulder climber
Andy Cairns
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 9, 2016 - 10:09pm PT
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Today began with clouds and rain but it cleared in the afternoon.
The evening was silvery rather than golden, but the traverse was almost all dry.
The man on the water appeared again.
He was headed away but turned around and came toward me. I thought he just wanted to say hi, but he had become concerned that I might be stranded.
So the question of SUP versus God incarnate is probably answered. The day held other questions, though.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Jul 10, 2016 - 12:27pm PT
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The Good Surftarian...
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
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Jul 11, 2016 - 02:53am PT
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In terms of climbing, it seems that back in the 1980s I was one of the early explorers of the British Virgin Islands. I took my wife (now ex-wife) to Virgin Gorda specifically to go bouldering. I had dislocated my left shoulder in a ski mountaineering accident just a few weeks before the trip, so unfortunately I wasn't in peak climbing shape at the time.
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Jul 11, 2016 - 03:05am PT
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SLR
The "Baths"!. I remember that we were moored at Peter Island cursing out of Tortola.
I was, still in high school so it must have been 78-79.
The tours to the baths from some resort turned a corner just as I was lay backing up
and out a scoop, the sound of the snapping of shutters, got into my head & I dropped with a splash. The tour guide seemed to have never seen anyone climb there.
I was actually wreck diving, did you dive ? Did you go to the wreck of the Rone?
It was said that it was un- lucky for newly weds to dive on the Rone, it was the site of some of the scenes in the C Bisset N Noltey movie " The Deep". Which is how the word got out to some SoCal chick, who couldn't keep a secret,.,.,.,B+D, youth was not wasted on gnome.
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MH2
Boulder climber
Andy Cairns
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 11, 2016 - 05:08pm PT
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Beautiful BVI visuals, Ledge Rat. I am sure I have seen some of them before.
Nice reminiscing, Gnome.
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
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Jul 11, 2016 - 05:09pm PT
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gnome
I wasn't into scuba diving at the time
would love to go back someday with my dive gear
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MH2
Boulder climber
Andy Cairns
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 9, 2016 - 08:06pm PT
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Hurrah!
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