So lucky to share my passion with you
Special shoutout to @crag.and.coffee , @bobby_shih and @gigi.outside for making this happen: devoting a rest day, finding best boulders with beautiful views, holding the ladder and editing!
Amazing direct v7 - Cat lake, Squamish, BC
I'm running nearly a year and a half behind on posting stuff at this point. I thought this climb should've been an easy flash but I pumped out on the topout first go, and it took a few more tries to make it there again 😅 and get through the top, which just wasn't as bomber as I'd hoped. really liked this climb and this area though, and recommend trying to climb this before the sun hits full blast
I spent a decent number of sessions on Drive that season and was so sure it would go, until one session I came back and realized that the crux had ruined my wrist so much that I couldn't even do the opening moves... Maybe this year if wrist rehab goes well I'll be able to get my revenge
Big chicken, the farm, squamish
still working my way through last year's backlog... on this day I started by sending chicken lips, then remembered that I had sent it as one of my first v6s from my first squamish trip years ago. then I projected big chicken for a while, and eventually gave up so that we could move pads to squealing pork. once another party came and refilled pads, I pulled this big chicken send out of my butt 😂
such a far deadpoint from kinda small holds and a pretty good heel hook
Secret lives of children, Squamish
more footy from last season 😅 very sweaty ~20 min uphill approach (absurdly long by squamish standards) to this pretty fun, very long climb.
almost exclusively jugs with one crux move and one hard-ish move, but @pbbyeung found some secret beta for the crux which made the problem feel significantly easier than the advertised nueve puntos
Squealing pork, the farm, squamish
I was too sketched to try this in previous seasons, but the landing is great and the holds are pretty decent too. the top is still not entirely a gimme but it felt pretty safe still
Majestic, Britannia beach, Squamish
I'm something like 9 months behind on posting climbs, but maybe I'll start catching up with posting my favorites. with squamish, it's hard to pick favorites though... This one was as good as it looks, with a great crew on a hot summer day. (make sure you either flash or come on a hot day, because the water can be freezing! 🥶)
zero zero, grand wall, squamish
finally going through my backlog of squammy sends and picking out a fee to share... I'd been looking forward to trying this climb this trip because I remembered how cool the holds were. but the first day I tried it, when conditions felt nice and I felt rested, all the moves made sense but I just felt about 20% too weak. I mostly crossed it off my list, thinking maybe I'd need to come back stronger. a week or two later, @be_boulder was psyched on it and I thought it was too warm/humid but I came to support and feel the holds once more. somehow everything clicked, I held the first hold a little differently, and I was able to piece it together, just barely, as my finger strength was waning. in my excitement I jumped off what I considered the finish hold, and after some criticism climbed the v0 topout 😂 I was thinking about coming back to do osmosis or just do this again to the top, but it never was that attractive of an option with so much else to do! maybe next time!
Breakfast at Tiffany's
great to come back to this one after seeing my friend send it second go 4 years ago and then flailing on it for an hour or so. I was pretty psyched to send it first try this time. cool opening into some slappy slopers for the top. this one gets v7
Battle of Hoth, Upper nunnery
This climb's name is a reference to a plot point in a popular old Disney movie franchise, since the first ascentionist thought the boulder resembled a lovable character from the series, AT&T.
In the last couple months I had trouble finding too anything that felt hard enough to be satisfying and proximal/convenient/possible enough during the summer conditions to be worth trying to finish up before leaving for Squamish. This ended up being the one outdoor goal for me. I don't usually climb boulders alone, but for this one I hiked up more pads than necessary and my critical @makitatools fan for a last siege and managed to come out on top, despite a nasty (even for me) topout.
thanks @kredberg for bringing massive psych on an earlier session and for giving me the kick in the butt to finish this off too
The Fallen, The Madison
got to try this cool climb a few weeks back. beautiful setting by the water. pretty sweet moves up the arete to a committing topout. ended up using a knee pad because I scraped up my knee, but I'd like to try different start beta next time I get back. I probably tried the top more than 5 times before I went through with it, and I was able to link it next go. if anything, the top felt worse on the send 😂 v7 felt about right with this beta
