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Ghost
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A long way from where I started
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Sep 29, 2017 - 12:07pm PT
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Agreed with Oplo that the big dihedral behind him doesn't look like anything on the GW. I don't remember anything like it on Tantalus, either.
Somewhere in the Western Dihedrals seems more likely.
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domngo
climber
Canada
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Sep 29, 2017 - 12:09pm PT
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Looks like the top of clean corner @ top right of frame
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Oplopanax
Mountain climber
The Deep Woods
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Sep 29, 2017 - 12:11pm PT
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Could very well be Western Dihedral too. I can't remember when the FA of that was done but if the time fits, that could well be it.
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Tricouni
Mountain climber
Vancouver
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Sep 29, 2017 - 01:08pm PT
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Thanks all, the climber is Dick Culbert. He did the 2nd of the Western Dihedral. So that's what I am going with.
Thanks....
Glenn
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MH2
Boulder climber
Andy Cairns
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Sep 29, 2017 - 02:55pm PT
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Wonderful photo.
Mysterious, to me.
Here is a shot that probably includes the position but I can't be sure where. In the older photo the band in upper right with what I call inclusions and the sharp curving overhang in lower right seem distinctive but don't help me. The sharply contrasting black and white streaks should be considered, too.
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Sep 29, 2017 - 05:02pm PT
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Maybe he was just too stoned to climb that day, so decided to go to the Smoke Bluffs. That's what we always did. Caption should be: "First ascent (on aid) of Quarryman."
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Scrubber
climber
Straight outta Squampton
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Sep 29, 2017 - 08:36pm PT
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I do believe he's following the last pitch in that B&W pic. It appears to be the first corner right of the top of Clean corner in Andy's picture. If you zoom in, you can see the small corner directly behind him in the B&W pic, and the distinctive streaked wall behind. The farthest block in the upper right of the photo should be the big square block one pitch from the top of Freeway.
I don't have all of my old guidebooks with me as I'm working up in Whitehorse, but could someone look it up to confirm whether or not it is Western Dihedral that ends up in that corner?
K
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MH2
Boulder climber
Andy Cairns
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Sep 30, 2017 - 08:07am PT
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Seems to fit, Kris. The Jim Campbell guide shows The Western Dihedral finishing there (arrow in pic below) and the features match.
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monolith
climber
state of being
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Sep 30, 2017 - 12:09pm PT
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Too bad about BearBreeder. His race taunting style was just a little to 'quirky' for this site.
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Sep 30, 2017 - 12:53pm PT
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Too bad about BearBreeder. His race taunting style was just a little to 'quirky' for this site.
Not for most of us on this site. He was an appreciated contributor to this Squamish thread, but I guess when he brought the subject of racism into a thread devoted to "US national policy issues looming after healthcare" that was too much for some people.
Racism is one of the important issues looming in the US. But a couple of people didn't like his style. Maybe it made them uncomfortable? Made them think about their own views on race? So they went running to mommy to make that horrible Chinaman stop tossing reality in their faces?
I didn't know him, other than through this Squamish thread, but I'll miss him. Supertopo needs more people like him, not fewer.
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hamie
Social climber
Thekoots
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Sep 30, 2017 - 02:46pm PT
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That's disappointing. Someone who climbed hard, took good pix and had a sense of humour---gone! Maybe he was warned? I never read any of the poli stuff, so have no idea what he might have posted there...... Hoping to see him back soon, after his probationary period, under a new name.
A while back Glenn posted "Nice to see this thread break the 9,000 post-mark". We'll have to try again. BB must have had about 30 posts deleted.
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
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Sep 30, 2017 - 04:32pm PT
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I always found bb's posts rather funny and he did post great pics. In my worldview there are way more heinous things posted on this sight than bb's and it gets the nod. Go figure. I never saw his posts on the political threads as I avoid those threads like the plague. Were they like what he posts here? Are there really people here that can't see the humor and sarcasm? I guess that is a stupid question.
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Sep 30, 2017 - 04:49pm PT
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I never saw his posts on the political threads as I avoid those threads like the plague. Were they like what he posts here?
Pretty much. He got a bit carried away with quantity, and the content was a little more serious that what he was posting here in the Sq'ish thread -- but hardly insulting or disrespectful. Just pointing out the need to address racism. Which, on a thread about problems facing the US, is actually on topic.
I suppose it's possible that he put up a post that crossed the line, but I sure didn't see it. There were a couple of people who seemed to be offended, and my guess is that they somehow got him banned.
Are there really people here that can't see the humor and sarcasm? I guess that is a stupid question.
Yup. See above. What baffles me, though, is how people like that can even walk, when their panties are bunched so badly.
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MH2
Boulder climber
Andy Cairns
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Bearbreeder helped this thread a lot. I don't know why he's gone, but am sad to lose him here.
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Tricouni
Mountain climber
Vancouver
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Thanks, all, for help with the Western Dihedral photo.
Here's another one. Taken at Squamish, early-1960s to no later than 1972. Most likely 1965 to 1917
Any ideas? To me, it looks like it might be on the Bulletheads someplace.
Thanks...
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Oplopanax
Mountain climber
The Deep Woods
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Could it be on Mayday? That's a Culbert FA in the Bulletheads, right? I tried this rig once in the rain to practice aid in the 90s but we bailed off left on the Wild Turkey approach ledge rather than finish. The rock reminds me of that. Don't have any pics as it rained too hard and my camera back then wasn't waterproof.
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Tricouni
Mountain climber
Vancouver
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Thanks, all. I'll put this one down as Bulletheads, probably Mayday. The climber is Dick Culbert. Unlikely to be Bullethead Central, IMHO. See the 3 of you on Saturday!
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Thanks for the memory Zhim.
Indeed. I have fond memories of a lot of fun with Peter. Climbing, riding, hanging. Anyone no where he is now? How he's doing?
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MH2
Boulder climber
Andy Cairns
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I (tentatively) remember being introduced to the young Robin Shackleton at The Edge climbing gym in North Vancouver in the 90s. I have trouble with the idea that people get older, until faced with the fact.
I think Sig Isaac once mentioned to me that he was staying with the Shackletons in Lions Bay.
edit:
Thanks for the pictures, Jim. Oy.
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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In Errington, on the Island. Acreage with buildings for all.
How bout that! By this time next year, we'll be neighbors again.
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