Sunday, July 18, 2010

Ghostly Daydreams

I had the luck/good fortune/joy of joining some friends on a climbing adventure in the Ghost River Wilderness area on the eastern slopes of the Canadian Rockies. We had an excellent time...

The Owen's, Very good company. Dinner was an amazing pasta with bacon, sausage, spinach and other goodies. A nice organic Malbec accompaniment was also enjoyed by people wearing patagonia.
Erin on the super-ultra-mega-classic, "Consolation" on the Wully Wall, Ghost River.
Ms. Urton making the moves on the arete look easy.
After Consolation, Rob and I teamed up for a 2 hour car to car ascent of the classic Cyclops. We literally ran up the trail in spots, racked up in 5 min and did this amazing almost pure crack climb. Both pitches delivered and we were pretty stoked to get this in that night! On the way down to the car while trying to slam a beer and again running I must have slipped a dozen times. The ladies had an amazing dinner and campfire waiting for us when we came back.

The next day we slept in, lounged around and did a couple of sport pitches in the area before driving home.


A very good time.

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