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Chief
climber
The NW edge of The Hudson Bay
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Jan 12, 2014 - 04:07am PT
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For the record, it's "Little Feat" as in; Lowell and the gang or; no big deal, circa 1980 by yours truly.
The bolt was added long after I quit soloing laps up and down it as part of my Smoke Bluff routine and placed without the courtesy of a phone call.
I will get up there and remove it at some point.
Companion route to the left, "Big Foot".
Daryl was the master of stacked pins; Leepers, arrows, blades, rumps; you name it.
Anyone who had the privilege of climbing anything with Daryl would attest to his mastery of the craft. As Jim pointed out, we may have been light by comparison, but Daryl's personal trajectory had the ballistics of an anvil.
Respect, RIP.
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
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Jan 12, 2014 - 02:04pm PT
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Daryl was the master of stacked pins; Leepers, arrows, blades, rumps; you name it.
Anyone who had the privilege of climbing anything with Daryl would attest to his mastery of the craft.
I feel real grateful to have learned from a master. He really was that good. I was an eager student and had a few questions that he was more than happy to share. I am still light.
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Chief
climber
The NW edge of The Hudson Bay
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Jan 12, 2014 - 03:38pm PT
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It was a bomber long Bugaboo and there's acceptable natural gear nearby.
It's only 10c, shorter than most highballs in the boulders and over plenty of flat ground for the pad armies.
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Oplopanax
Mountain climber
The Deep Woods
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Jan 12, 2014 - 07:35pm PT
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The climb out to the left, between Trixie and Big Foot/Stink Foot, that got put up a few years back has 2(I think) bolts on it and it still mossed over rapidly.
Frankly that whole area from Little Feat to the Boekwyt climb on the other side of the trail is the best growing zone in the bluffs... I mean something can be buffed perfectly clean one day and be totally overgrown a week later. It's way faster than any of the other crags there. Is it the shade? The wetness? The lack of traffic? Floating spores? Runoff from a hidden grow-show?
Somebody should do a microclimate study. The hundred square meters next to the stairs there is probably the biggest carbon sink within 100 km of Squamish.
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 12, 2014 - 08:49pm PT
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That spot is quite riparian indeed. There are some nice looking slabs next to the stairs as well. Probably nothing worth disturbing the local eco system over though. ;)
6670/846 days this thread has been in existance= 7.85 posts per day. I wonder if we are supertopo's most consistent thread? Climbing thread at least.
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RyanD
climber
Squamish
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Jan 12, 2014 - 09:07pm PT
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The bolt in question is in kind of a strange spot, I always thought. Bruce may be right tho, that thing would fade quick.
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 13, 2014 - 12:07am PT
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Turtles??????!!??? Surely you cannot pique my intrest like that and then run!!
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 13, 2014 - 12:11pm PT
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Sounds good Bruce. I'll shoot you a pm with some titles when i get off the hill.
Thanks for the Wayne Flann mention, btw. Great snow blog from an avalanche savant. Good info too!
http://www.wayneflannavalancheblog.com/
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 13, 2014 - 12:16pm PT
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Deal.
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Oplopanax
Mountain climber
The Deep Woods
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Jan 13, 2014 - 02:08pm PT
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Turtle Mountaineering was what turned into Extreme Mountain Gear right?
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Tricouni
Mountain climber
Vancouver
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Jan 13, 2014 - 04:46pm PT
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Do you guys know anything about the early history of Serratus equipment??
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harryhotdog
Social climber
north vancouver, B.C.
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Jan 13, 2014 - 08:09pm PT
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I know Ross Wyborn aka (The Australian Bushwacker) started Serratus. I still have a large cordura mountain pack that is still holding out 26 years on. He loved bushwhacking and had the size to force the issue in that regard. His gear wasn't fancy but it certainly was functional and durable.
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Tricouni
Mountain climber
Vancouver
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Jan 13, 2014 - 08:21pm PT
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Thanks, Harry & Tami. Yeah, it's really too bad the stuff went offshore.
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Jan 13, 2014 - 08:26pm PT
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I knew Ross reasonably well. And yeah, it was kind of sad to see him bought out by the coop. Double-edged sword that is, for sure.
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Chief
climber
The NW edge of The Hudson Bay
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Jan 13, 2014 - 08:47pm PT
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What happened to Serratus?
Same thing as the rest of the North American textile sector and manufacturing industry.
Let's be clear, lower prices trump a robust and innovative domestic manufacturing sector.
Cheaper is always better right?
A small Kitsilano mountaineer's buying cooperative has insidiously transmogrified into….
"A bastion of mediocrity flogging bland and inferior imitations of innovator's product in the name of benevolent social consumerism."
I just think I'm going to barf.
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hamish f
Social climber
squamish
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Jan 13, 2014 - 09:44pm PT
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This should be good...
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MH2
climber
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Jan 14, 2014 - 12:04pm PT
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"It's rectangulated beauty is sure hard to ignore."
Big Box Store
Arrogant Worms
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 14, 2014 - 05:44pm PT
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Bruce- pm sent.
It's pretty sad that mec has basically become the wall-mart of outdoor retailers.. I do like their crag pants and shorts a lot though..
"Trevor would do it". What is it with being named Trevor and skiing this sh#t?
Damn! I've been scoping those lines for years! Man that looks fun!!
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