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guido

Trad climber

Santa Cruz

Nov 17, 2008 - 10:43pm PT

WOW!

Mighty Hiker

Social climber

Vancouver, B.C.

Nov 17, 2008 - 10:45pm PT

Except for the first and possibly the last photo (the ladybug!), all the pictures in Andy's first post were taken about ten km from where I am sitting right now.

Chiloe

Trad climber

Lee, NH

Nov 17, 2008 - 11:21pm PT

Well, of course! And except for that Peñón.

Chiloe

Trad climber

Lee, NH

Nov 17, 2008 - 11:22pm PT

Low-adventure seacliff climbing:

Todd Gordon

Trad climber

Joshua Tree, Cal

Nov 18, 2008 - 09:06am PT

Todd Gordon

Trad climber

Joshua Tree, Cal

Nov 18, 2008 - 09:07am PT

MH2

climber

Topic Author's Reply - Nov 18, 2008 - 12:49pm PT

Climbing near the water promotes interesting choices in clothing, even in February:

MH2

climber

Topic Author's Reply - Nov 18, 2008 - 12:52pm PT

"Costa Blanca?"

Dang, I thought that was Heaven.

The lady bug was on the traverse, Anders.

Ghost

climber

A long way from where I started

Nov 18, 2008 - 01:11pm PT

Hi Andy -- long time, no see. Maybe we should rectify that once the sun shines on Squamish again. Or maybe you should come down and check out what we're doing on Zeke's Wall.

As to the seaside stuff, maybe it's just me getting old and forgetting things, but I sure don't remember that woman in the bikini being there when I last traversed those cliffs...

David

Edit: Hmmm. She probably wasn't even born when I last traversed those cliffs.

Chiloe

Trad climber

Lee, NH

Nov 18, 2008 - 02:08pm PT

Dang, I thought that was Heaven.

This place is called Paradiset. Felt a little ominous to me.

GOclimb

Trad climber

Boston, MA

Nov 18, 2008 - 03:29pm PT

Whoops, is this the right way to go?

GO

MH2

climber

Topic Author's Reply - Nov 19, 2008 - 03:02am PT

David,

Not knowing what to make of this beehive, it was reassuring to find your own contributions to the Squamish-in-the-70s thread.

I hope we do venture out again. Is this Zeke's business as good as rapping through a tangle of wet saplings to scarify the rock and bombs-away adjust the rope to the height of the outcrop?

MH2

climber

Topic Author's Reply - Nov 19, 2008 - 03:05am PT

Through the forest primeval,

bearded in moss,

to risk my neck on wet rock just for a pose. 18 November 2008

MH2

climber

Topic Author's Reply - Nov 19, 2008 - 03:13am PT

Chiloe,

Sweden? "a superb area of granite cliffs and boulders set beside the sparkling sea"

sounds on topic

I like to see veins of lighter or darker rock running through the main mass.

Chiloe

Trad climber

Lee, NH

Nov 19, 2008 - 07:36am PT

Sweden? "a superb area of granite cliffs and boulders set beside the sparkling sea"

The sunnier photo I posted above was from Kullen, in Sweden.
Not granite, but I had superb times there, and it sparkled some, on my two visits.

Chiloe

Trad climber

Lee, NH

Nov 19, 2008 - 07:44am PT

The gloomier of the two photos I posted first page, Paradiset, was from Lofoten in Norway.

Chiloe

Trad climber

Lee, NH

Nov 19, 2008 - 08:37am PT

Then of course there was the low-adventure shot, climbing the walls of Fort McClary
in Portsmouth Harbor. That's illegal, though it might not have been back when these
photos were taken.

Ghost

climber

A long way from where I started

Nov 19, 2008 - 10:36am PT

Is this Zeke's business as good as rapping through a tangle of wet saplings to scarify the rock and bombs-away adjust the rope to the height of the outcrop?

Oh it's much better. Much better. The saplings are bigger and wetter, there are more of them, and they're much harder to get to, the scarification is on a whole new level, the bombs are bigger, and they fall from much greater heights.

Here's a start for your education: http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.html?topic_id=660999&msg=660999#msg660999

And here's something to whet your appetite for a trip to Zeke's:

Mixed climbing, Pacific Northwest style

D