Archive for July 2008

Bugaboos trip pictures published

More pictures of the tripMy pictures from the Bugaboos are now online in the picture gallery.

There isn’t a full write up yet but the short story is…

Simeon and I drove to Roger’s pass and had bad weather for an attempt on Mount Sir Donald. Went and had a look at getting into the north end of the Selkirks but were defeated by a very closed logging road.

Carried on driving, driving, driving to Golden for lunch and then into the Bugaboos where we climbed; the Kain route on Bugaboo Spire and the West ridge of Pigeon Spire to warm up. Then after a weather enforced rest day, during which we hiked out to the car for beer, we managed the NE Buttress on Bugaboo and the Kraus-McCarthy route on Snowpatch. We also climbed a route on the Crescent Towers on our rest day.

The weather looked like it was going to break so we spent the last couple of days in Penticton doing a little bit of cragging on the Skaha Bluffs. It was very hot but we managed to stick to the shade and get a few nice routes done before heading back home.

Massive slide blocks main road to Whistler

080730_whistler_rockslide[1]Looks like nobody is going to be heading to Squamish any time soon.

Read the full story on KOMO News, Seattle.

Back from the Bugaboos

Ended up road tripping the Selkirks, Bugaboos and Skaha in two weeks.

Photos will be up later this week…