Trip Report
Where Have All The Climbers Gone? (Squamish)
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Sunday June 14, 2015 9:53pm
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Ghost wrote:
13 June 2015
Perfect climbing weather.
Which we took advantage of for our annual trip up the best moderate climb at Index.
Which, as usual, we had completely to ourselves.
6 June 2015
So was there an anthrax scare on the Chief today or something?
We got to the base of the Grand Wall kind of late (maybe 10:00) and...
...and we were the only ones there! Gorgeous Saturday
16 April 2014
Mari and I were the only climbers on the Papoose on Monday.
17 June 2013
Other than us, one party on one climb on the entire Upper Town Wall.
Anyway, I'm not complaining about the lack of crowds, just baffled.
12 August 2012
Crap Crags ought to have been one of the most popular long routes at Squamish.
I know I've said this before, but I never understood why there weren't line-ups for it.
15 May 2012
That none of you saw me at Exasperator doesn't mean I wasn't there.
Sometimes I'm hard to see.
I don't know where the other climbers have gone, but in the past month…
Brendan leading The Oracle
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Burgers and Fries Right
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Tom on Seam of Destiny
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Jim, Oscar, and Jola on S&M's Delight
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Sierra on Arrowroot
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Sierra on Seasoned in the Sun
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Sierra on Flex Capacitor pitch 1
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Andy on Flex Capacitor pitch 2
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Andy on Apron Strings
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Murrin Park
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Tom leading Wicker Cranium at Up Among the Firs
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Trespasser on Caboose
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Sierra coming up Quagmire Crack
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Birds of Prey traverse
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Sierra at the top of Peasant's Route
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Sierra on Movin' to Montana pitch 3
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Andy belaying Sierra on Movin' to Montana pitch 3
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Sierra on The Burglar, Dylan belaying
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Sierra on The Great Game
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some crack in the woods
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MH2
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Comments
Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Jun 14, 2015 - 10:09pm PT
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Nice Andy!
They are out there! Ghost just has amazing luck avoiding other people apparently... Lol
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Hoser
climber
Vancouver,Rome
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Jun 14, 2015 - 10:27pm PT
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Killing me Andy...this work thing is really getting in the way of my climbing!! Great pics of ALL the classics!!
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BLUEBLOCR
Social climber
joshua tree
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Jun 14, 2015 - 10:43pm PT
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man'o man that's some good lookin rock!
Way to Represent:)
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Hardly Visible
Social climber
Llatikcuf WA
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Jun 14, 2015 - 10:47pm PT
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Woohoo!
Nice one Andy.
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Ezra Ellis
Trad climber
North wet, and Da souf
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Jun 15, 2015 - 03:45am PT
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Awesome shots, thanks!
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Jun 15, 2015 - 07:13am PT
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So, what you're trying to tell me is that all the climbers are with you?
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MH2
Boulder climber
Andy Cairns
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Author's Reply
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Jun 15, 2015 - 07:31am PT
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Just reassuring you that there are climbers climbing outdoors on climbing routes. There will be more of that during July and August.
We were able to walk up to almost all the classics without finding anyone on them. Even at Burgers and Fries where there was a crowd on each route, we only waited a few minutes to do Burgers and Fries. Come to think of it, all the climbers are at Burgers and Fries. If there are any more climbers, I don't want to see them.
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MH2
Boulder climber
Andy Cairns
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Author's Reply
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Jun 15, 2015 - 07:47am PT
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Burgers and Fries Left
Burgers and Fries Right
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Mike Bolte
Trad climber
Planet Earth
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Jul 14, 2015 - 11:18pm PT
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wow - some classics here that I had forgotten about. Seasoned in the Sun, Arrowroot, Caboose, Apron Strings (I always thought this was hard for the grade). Nice shots, good memories. Thanks
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MH2
Boulder climber
Andy Cairns
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Author's Reply
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Jul 15, 2015 - 09:46am PT
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Long time passing
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this just in
climber
Justin Ross from North Fork
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Jul 15, 2015 - 11:27am PT
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Nice Andy, missed this the first time. That's a nasty sign next to that beautiful crack.
Some brand new helmets in that one pic.
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hobo_dan
Social climber
Minnesota
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Jul 15, 2015 - 07:07pm PT
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Digging the rail road track belay anchor
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Jul 15, 2015 - 09:28pm PT
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Digging the rail road track belay anchor
Yeah, there's that. But if you want the real story, try to find an old Squamish climber who will talk to you about "train rush."
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this just in
climber
Justin Ross from North Fork
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Jul 15, 2015 - 09:36pm PT
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Ghost will you tell me about a "train rush"?
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Nov 18, 2017 - 09:53pm PT
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Ghost will you tell me about a "train rush"?
Not sure what led me to this old TR, but... Yeah, train rush.
Now you gotta unnerstand that you didn't hear this from me. And I sure didn't hear it from the guy I heard it from. But here's the deal...
In those pictures Andy posted of climbing at the Malemute, you can see train tracks. They're right up close to the cliffs, and, if legend is true, some idiot once did tie off to them for a belay.
Of course, now there is no climbing near the tracks. It's illegal, and no one would ever do it (nudge, nudge, wink, wink). But back in the distant past, it wasn't illegal and we all did it. The Malemute may have the highest concentration of great crack climbing in the Galaxy, and both the train crews and the passengers got a kick out of watching us.
But for some, the rush of hard climbing wasn't enough, and that train... well, hmmm... It's designed really well to stay about half a meter above the ground, right? And those ties are actually below the level of the rails, right?
So, speaking hypothetically of course, if, when you heard the train coming, you were to lie on your back with your head between two of those ties, the train would pass over you without touching, right?
Wanna try?
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eeyonkee
Trad climber
Golden, CO
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Nov 22, 2017 - 12:50pm PT
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I miss Squamish. Thanks for that.
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