It has been an absolutely fantastic winter. From late
November through to the end of January, we have had multiple good-weather days
begging us to adventure up to Squamish. There have been gorgeous days, sunny and up to 12 degrees, there have been several cold
days where mother nature only spared us a couple degrees, and there was one day
with a balmy high of -6.
But despite the varying temps, what all of these days had in
common was the dryness of the granite. Occasionally we had to seek out these
dry boulders, the Apron being a consistently good bet.
Graham sending Nick's Link (V9)
Kim sending Alien Within (V3)
Graham working the moves on Blast Hole Traverse (V7)
Deeper in the forest wasn’t bad either though, with
locations on the fringe of the woods drying only 1-2 days post rain.
Kim's one billionth attempt on Easy Chair (V4)
Graham working the moves on Sesame Street (V9)
Kim working the beta on Lounge Act (V6)
On the third weekend in January the weather was SO good that
we even climbed up at Lipsmack and in around Sloppy Poppy. Take that wet
top-out moss!
We were so happy to session this winter with so many awesome
people too! Cory, Julia, Marc, Luke, Frank, Phil, Tom, Natasha…to name a few J
Marc's hardcore knuckles after battling the granite
We had a number of key accomplishments too. Sending very long term projects, flashing new
grades, etc. Graham put his talents to work to make a video of the highlights –
check it out to see us in action!
After all this bouldering, we are off to Red Rocks in less than a week. Route climbing, here we come!
