Squamish 2006: Part 1
8-3-06
Daniel Soto driving in the wee hours
Back to Squamish for a two week trip. No TINTIN this time, not with gas prices well over $3 and only going for two weeks. Lyn, Cam, Daniel and I piled into the Jetta with a crapload of stuff and headed up to Canada. Cam and Lyn were crammed in the back with hardly enough space for both to face forward at the same time. It was going to be a long trip. After stopping for dinner in Ashland, we got the crazy idea to just keep driving instead of sleeping in Grants Pass which was our original plan. We had left the Bay Area at 3:45pm and drove out of Ashland at 10pm. After stopping for diesel and fueling up on coffee and chocolate covered coffee beans we drove until we arrived in Squamish at 8am.
8-4-06
Lyn repeating the classic: Viper [v5]
Nora on Sloppy Poppy [v4]
A little woozy from our drive, we spent our first day cruising around the forest with our Berkeley friends Courtney & Randy and Ingar & Nora. We had a great time climbing on fun moderates and simply moving around after our long drive. The forest was as magical as we remembered, albeit a bit crowded with all the other climbers who had the brilliant idea to head to Squamish in August.
Randy Puro on Black Slabbath [v7]
After a while we went over to try one of the best slabs around (also with probably the coolest name for a slab) Black Slabbath. This thing is tall and scary with the crux at the top. While we all tried valiantly, Randy got the send for the team. Perhaps the climb was intimidated by Randy's game face, but it may have been his crazy campus moves that got him to the top. After attempting to climb a bit more, an analysis of people's skin condition brought about the end of the day.
8-5-06
Daniel taking full advantage of the rest day
Rest day geekin'
We took a rest day partly to recover from climbing on Friday but also to recover from the drive. After lounging and checking emails; Cam, Courtney and I went out to the boulders to check in with Lyn - who was climbing with Ingar and Nora. Daniel remained on the couch in a prone condition.
This is the first trip to Squamish where we aren't camping and although we miss the view from the Spit and the otters playing in our "backyard", having showers, a kitchen and a dry place to hang out when it rains is quite nice. We are also enjoying all the orange furniture. The funny thing about being on vacation is that when we aren't climbing, we spend a lot of our time sitting in front of computers looking up stuff on Wikepedia and other random stuff.
Daniel Soto driving in the wee hours
Back to Squamish for a two week trip. No TINTIN this time, not with gas prices well over $3 and only going for two weeks. Lyn, Cam, Daniel and I piled into the Jetta with a crapload of stuff and headed up to Canada. Cam and Lyn were crammed in the back with hardly enough space for both to face forward at the same time. It was going to be a long trip. After stopping for dinner in Ashland, we got the crazy idea to just keep driving instead of sleeping in Grants Pass which was our original plan. We had left the Bay Area at 3:45pm and drove out of Ashland at 10pm. After stopping for diesel and fueling up on coffee and chocolate covered coffee beans we drove until we arrived in Squamish at 8am.
8-4-06
Lyn repeating the classic: Viper [v5]
Nora on Sloppy Poppy [v4]
A little woozy from our drive, we spent our first day cruising around the forest with our Berkeley friends Courtney & Randy and Ingar & Nora. We had a great time climbing on fun moderates and simply moving around after our long drive. The forest was as magical as we remembered, albeit a bit crowded with all the other climbers who had the brilliant idea to head to Squamish in August.
Randy Puro on Black Slabbath [v7]
After a while we went over to try one of the best slabs around (also with probably the coolest name for a slab) Black Slabbath. This thing is tall and scary with the crux at the top. While we all tried valiantly, Randy got the send for the team. Perhaps the climb was intimidated by Randy's game face, but it may have been his crazy campus moves that got him to the top. After attempting to climb a bit more, an analysis of people's skin condition brought about the end of the day.
8-5-06
Daniel taking full advantage of the rest day
Rest day geekin'
We took a rest day partly to recover from climbing on Friday but also to recover from the drive. After lounging and checking emails; Cam, Courtney and I went out to the boulders to check in with Lyn - who was climbing with Ingar and Nora. Daniel remained on the couch in a prone condition.
This is the first trip to Squamish where we aren't camping and although we miss the view from the Spit and the otters playing in our "backyard", having showers, a kitchen and a dry place to hang out when it rains is quite nice. We are also enjoying all the orange furniture. The funny thing about being on vacation is that when we aren't climbing, we spend a lot of our time sitting in front of computers looking up stuff on Wikepedia and other random stuff.
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