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Yeah, there used to be a hut on the Dance Platform.

Now that this old post has resurfaced I see I didn't read Dave's last post.. Dave, it's gone free without the pins - trust me. If you want me to cite my sources please feel free to contact me. Sure, remove them... but please don't replace them. Believe me, I'm almost as fixed-pro friendly as any guy...

Just be personable. And fast.

From my experience, if you are prodigious at these two skills you will never have to wait on Diedre - you can pass every party.

I've done the left variation. It's very green and dirty, often the wettest option, and involves considerable flakey rock. Some people, myself included, feel these qualities detract from a pitch of climbing.

That being said, I'd recommend it - because really, why not?

Driving any pins into rock that has gone clean (and still undoubtably will without fixed gear) seems like a clear step backwards to me.

Did I mention it's a free climb?

Let's have some proper resource management, folks.

The Flight of the Challenger and Zap Crack are hands down the best 12c and d single pitches in the Sea-to-Sky Corridor

You've been told wrong.

which 10c after Perry's - the left, middle, or right? There are 3 lines and are all about 5.10.

As for the chimneys, you can miss out on the 4" piece if you can lieback like a champ, otherwise, one big cam will see you through.

There is a trail which is a few seasons old that leads to the NN Arete and NN gully. It is the next trail beyond the Angels' Crest and as of last fall, was flagged at the head and along its length with pink flagging tape.

Keep your eyes peeled on the right just as the Squaw comes in to view!

J

Those pins are not critical to the free ascent. It has been successfully led without them. My point remains that the continued use of iron changes the rock.

J

I'd have a problem with the replacement of pins on U Wall. It's a freeclimb, and I consider the eventual widening of locks on our freeclimbs as a bad thing, indeed.

Besides, for aid climbers, small BD stoppers usually work well enough in the scars left behind.

Hey, thank for scrubbing out the South Arete. It's a fun rockclimb.

As far as chemical cleaning agents in Squamish, their use is a time-honoured tradition. I personally do not utilize them, nor do I condone their use.

I got a little a head of myself.. The above (in italics) is the actual image file on the web, your post contained only the page in which the image was found.

Yeah, I agree it is the big 'so what'.

Good thing I wasted both our time..