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Nighttime cleaning session was a success. It is good to go, nice and clean.

Thanks for posting our topo Dave. If you want to download the topo http://www.quickdrawpublications.com/Free%20Downloads/Squamish%20Buttress%20Variation%20Topo.jpg EDIT: Just a heads up...We are gonna clean it up Tuesday Sept 6th around 7pm, when there should not be anyone up there. There should not...

It is way more fun and definitely more sustained than the one move 5.9 face climbing pitch it avoids. Thanks Nathan, I'm glad you enjoyed it.

Walk up the forest trail that leads to the original 5.9 face climbing pitch. Instead of waiting in line there, you may now climb a new 5.9 variation that starts up a triple tiered arete 20m to the left. Climb up, and balance onto a bolt protected ledge that leads to an arete. Fun climbing up the are...

The Reaper was first repeated by Eric Weinstein and Scott Flavelle in 1976. Eric had tried several times previously, taking some long pendulum falls on the third pitch. When they did it, he led the third pitch, Scott the fourth. I'm not sure (yet) who did the third ascent, but the appearance of sti...

Apart from the quality of the rope, does the thing actually work? That is, does it actually make it simpler/safer for an inexperienced climber to negotiate that part, as opposed say to being belayed? I could not believe it when I saw someone had set up a fixed line. For myself, I always stay high w...

Hey Squamish Climbers I am looking for partners to go cragging or do long routes with. I live in Vancouver and am available to climb in Squamish any Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday which are my days off. Potentially, I can zip up for an evening weekend climb, but I usually have a partner already for...