Saturday, May 27, 2006

Se ya Selane

Well the Oilers had a pretty sensational game shuting Anaheim out of the playoffs once and for all tonight. A shot wired into the net from Pronger and tipped in by torres sealed the deal early in the second period. Nice to see them come back from being on there heels in game 4 to putting the puck in the zone and being more aggresive in the forecheck during game 5. Good fast paced hockey. Carolina or buffalo?, thats the million dollar question.

Saturday, May 20, 2006

sporting

Had a pretty good time sport climbing at Lake Louise yesterday. The fire is burning again for bolts and I find myself content with just trying to get strong at the crag and having a good time with friends and enjoying my surroundings. For the last few years it seems I have pushed sport climbing away, or at least at arms reach, dabbling in here and there just for "completness" sake. Trying at least to pursue climbing on mountains and on longer traditional climbs. From 99-02 I was sport climbing a lot and having a fine time out there, not yet living in the hills but getting out from Edmonton every weekend, the sport climbing worked its way into my confidence and those yeasr I was able to do some of the best climbs of my ability both on yam (dreambed, jimmy and the cruisers, etc) and at the crag (lots of 12s done in an afternoon)..... I think that great well rounded climbers are not chained to any one discipline but are accepting of all techniques and types of climbing and that the style in which these things are done in carries the most importance.....

Friday, May 12, 2006

Cholkstone Corner




Jeff Macpherson and I climbed one of the classics on Yamnuska this past Thursday, Cholkstone corner. The rock is quite nice and at times the situtation is really good. We hiked up with Marc-Andre and Natalie as they were on their way to "grey goose". Later we had great pizza and beer at the rocky mountain flatbread company in town. The pictures are a bit blurry and the lighting was like wlking around with a shoe box on your head so bear with the photos please.

Monday, May 01, 2006

Southern Great Divide






As it seems our big trip of the spring time was not to be. Travelling "light" from the Alexandria river valley (just south of the columbia icefields) and finishing at Lake Louise 12 days later, we were to try the "Southern Great Divide traverse", a line through the crest of the southern rockies that links most of the major icefields along the way. After 4 days of waiting in the "Alex", waking to plus temperatures and discovering that it can infact rain in April at 9000 feet, we pulled the plug. A slightly frustrating end to a great time out with the mates. Later that week, the temperatures became cold enough to warrant another attempt. Mike and Dave headed in for another try and made it, a solid effort on their part. The rest of us headed down to Skaha for some rock climbing for a week or so, then it was back to work.

Popes peak






Back in early March we went out to ski Popes peak. Conditions were the best they had been all winter and the time was right to "rage the alpine". Light powder and great views from the col between popes peak and the "unnamed peak" into the plain of the six glaciers and the death trap. If every ski day was like that they would have to lock me up.