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I think those are mine! Thanks for posting. Please call me at 778 773 2399 so I can ID them. - Rich Wheater

Climbers planning to visit Box Canyon, at the south end of the Coquihalla Highway 30 km north of Hope, are advised that a major highway infrastructure improvement project is underway to expand and upgrade the chain-up / chain-off pullouts at the entrance to Box Canyon. Current construction has rende...

I had the same experience climbing Undertaker a few weeks ago. I was quite surprised to pull around the roof and stand up on the large juggy flake when the entire flake shifted several inches underfoot. I thought I was going to pull out completely with me standing on it. Presumably this is the sort ...

John, Glad you've enjoyed those routes. Bouldering in that area leaves a lot to be desired, but it's there.. The top of Tower of Power often requires a clean up since hikers like to lob garbage off the viewpoint directly above the climbs. This doesn't affect the climbs, just the top where you leave ...

The issue at Quarry Rock is ongoing, despite efforts to communicate with the landowner. Here is the background: Approximately 30 new climbs were established along the base of Quarry Rock (below the viewpoint) between 2012-2014. The developers of these routes, myself included, routinely hiked down th...

Climbed at Sully's Hangout (North Van) this morning, and one of the more popular warm up climbs has been quite badly scratched up by someone dry-tooling there recently. I feel that dry tooling at popular, well-traveled crags is far too destructive. It takes a lot of time, energy, and money to develo...

Climbed at Sully's Hangout (North Van) this morning, and one of the more popular warm up climbs has been quite badly scratched up by someone dry-tooling there recently. I hope others share my opinion that dry tooling at popular crags isn't a very good idea. It takes a lot of time, energy, and money ...

Andrew, There is a wall on the west side of Indian Arm known as Jellyfish Rock that may have a couple TR anchors but that's about it. I understand it's accessible only by boat. There is a photograph on the wall in The Raven pub (Deep Cove) that might be it, but it isn't labelled as such. Other than ...

J Mace... Glad to see more people have visited the Classic. In so many ways it is a very cool route in a unique position (for Vancouver). The river approach described in Kevin's old guide isn't always possible and the original first pitch is terribly overgrown with rusty hardware - not worth the eff...

Clearing out my gear closet, and Im open to reasonable offers on this stuff. Cheap! Metolius 2, 3, 4 TCU Metolius 2, 3, 5, 6 Fat Cams BD Camalots .5 (2), .75, 1, 2 (2), 3 Wild Country Flexi-Friend .5, 1, 2.5, Wild Country Rigid Friend 3, 3.5 (2) Wild Country Off-set Friend 2.5 various sized Petzl re...

The mysterious bolted line right of Garfield is scruffy (go figure) now and quite hard even for 10d. It also requires gear in a dirty crack to get to the top of the wall (bolt station). I have also seen recently an interesting, long haired guy frequenting Comic Rocks with a chainsaw 'working' on cle...

You can take the bus to Cypress Falls Park really easily. Its West Vancouver bus '253 Caulfield' and you can just google the route. From where the bus drops you off you can easily walk to all three cliffs in Cypress Creek but the closest one for sure is the Cougar Cliff, which would be a ten minute ...

After spending several days climbing at Copper Cove recently, and also speaking with Robin B directly, I've learned that the farthest wall (topo in McLane's 99 Squamish guide) is actually called Supratidal Zawn . The other large cliff, the first one you reach when approaching the area, is Tidal Zawn...

Way to go Sandbag, great effort there! We are going to climb there this evening actually after 3pm... I will try to take some photos - Rich

Julian,

I believe that line still needs one more bolt at the top, and as far as I know (anyone, anyone?) has still not been climbed. However if you climb it 'as is', please do tell. It is an open project, grade unknown, likely in the 12+ range.

Rich