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Canadian Rockies Alpine Guides: Whiteman Falls (W6) & Redman Soars (M5+) with Chris
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Friday, March 8, 2013. Whiteman Falls (W6) and Redman Soars (M5 ) with Chris. Are two of the best climbs in the Kananaskis area, and I always enjoy heading into climb them. Chris joined me for the day and was keen to get on some steep ice and mixed terrain! The day starts with an hour long ski down a closed road, and we were treated to a beautiful sunrise along the way. After the ski, we entered the canyon where a couple short bits of ice and some skirting around waterholes brought us to the routes.
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Canadian Rockies Alpine Guides: The Maul - M7, 300m
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Tuesday, November 17, 2009. The Maul - M7, 300m. The Maul climbs the snowy corners in the middle of the face. Ian Welsted belaying Rapheal Slawinski on pitch 1. Me climbing the excellent chimney on pitch 5. For a complete route description and more pics, check out Gravsports. For an account of the first ascent a couple years ago. CRAG Owner and Head Guide. Posted by J. Mills - www.cdnalpine.com. November 19, 2009 at 9:18 AM. Looks cool, nice one. Great website and blog. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Canadian Rockies Alpine Guides: Drip at the Center of the Universe - W5+, 600m
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Monday, February 23, 2009. Drip at the Center of the Universe - W5 , 600m. The Drip" is the white line in the middle of the face, leading almost to the summit. Headed out for a challenging solo climb yesterday on The Drip at the Center of the Universe. Close up of "The Drip at the Center of the Universe". Self portrait from 3/4 of the way up the climb. CRAG Owner and Head Guide. Http:/ www.cdnalpine.com/. Posted by J. Mills - www.cdnalpine.com. July 5, 2010 at 5:35 PM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Canadian Rockies Alpine Guides: Guinness, Bourgeau L. & Coire Dubh with Kenji!
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Sunday, February 3, 2013. Guinness, Bourgeau L. and Coire Dubh with Kenji! To finish off 2012, I was joined by Kenji from Japan for a few days of classic ice climbing! He had climbed lots of ice in Japan, so we were able to do some great routes. He was very impressed with the quality of the climbing the Canadian Rockies and by the end of the trip was even talking about trying to move here! We started out by climbing Guinness Gully and Guinness Stout. Kenji approaching Guinness Stout. I had a great few da...
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Canadian Rockies Alpine Guides: New Route - The Undertow (V, WI6, 600m+)
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Saturday, April 17, 2010. New Route - The Undertow (V, WI6, 600m ). The Undertow (V, WI6, 600m ). Had a fantastic ice climbing adventure up on Tangle Ridge near the Columbia Icefields earlier this week with Steve Holeczi and Mike Verway. The result was a new route which we named The Undertow. We approached the day before by climbing Shades of Beauty. And then a long walk through the snow to a nice camping area below the cliffs. Steve rekindling his love for walking through a Rockies snowpack! Mt Robson F...
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Canadian Rockies Alpine Guides: Alaska Climbing Spree!
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Thursday, May 28, 2009. Made it back safe and sound after an excellent trip to Alaska with my good friends Dave Edgar and Jody Sutherland. The weather was unbelievably good and we managed to climb 4 routes. Mt Hunter - The main goal of our trip. Both the Moonflower and Deprivation climb the steep rock butress on the left side of the mountain. Mt Hunter - Moonflower Buttress (VI M6 A0 WI5 - 4000ft to top of buttress). Dave leading across the initial ice slopes on the Moonflower Buttress. It was windy so w...
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Canadian Rockies Alpine Guides: Another great summer in the Rockies!
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Monday, December 16, 2013. Another great summer in the Rockies! Despite a raging flood in the spring (which unfortunately did severe damage to my house and many of my neighbours in Exshaw), the summer was otherwise one of mostly excellent weather! With the Slawinski/Takeda route (M5) climbing the thin snow gully into the rock buttress in the middle of the photo. Mark Taylor leading a mixed pitch on the Slawinski/Takeda route. An early season ascent of Mt. Abraham's Shoulder Route. Kids love this stuff!
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Canadian Rockies Alpine Guides: Ice Skills Clinic
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Thursday, January 31, 2013. After a great Ice Skills Week, I was joined by another great group of guys for a 2 days Ice Skills Clinic. Again I had met all three of them before so knew it would be a fun weekend with Mark, Chris, and Steven! Saturday we headed into Haffner Creek and as usual got pumped silly on the steep ice and mixed routes. It was a good chance for everyone to work on both movement techniques, and leading skills like placing screws and building anchors. Steven leading on The Water Hole.
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Canadian Rockies Alpine Guides: Mt. Alberta - North Face (VI 5.10 A0)
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Thursday, August 13, 2009. Mt Alberta - North Face (VI 5.10 A0). The North Face of Mt. Alberta climbs the steep wall on the right. Soloing up the 500m lower ice face. Dana rock climbing one of the 1st hard pitches. On the 1st day of the trip we hiked over Woolley shoulder to the Mt. Alberta hut. The views from the pass are spectacular, with the biggest faces in the Rockies dominating the view. We also took a couple of hours to go scout the route before settling in for a few hours of sleep. August 20, 200...
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Canadian Rockies Alpine Guides: Ice Climbing at King Creek
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Sunday, February 3, 2013. Ice Climbing at King Creek. After a nice Christmas break in Manitoba, I was back in the Rockies for a day of climbing with a group of guys who work together and who's company flew them down from Houston, TX for some ice climbing and team building. It was organized by Shawn P ( Shawn's Blog. Whom I have climbed with a bunch of times over the last few years. The others had never ice climbed, and for one of them it was his first introduction to Canada! August 12, 2013 at 2:01 AM.
