I must be taking crazy pills
I'm going to cut straight to the point.
I walked to work this morning, the clouds broke, and I saw this
THAT WASN'T THERE YESTERDAY
August 10th. Fresh snow. Must be in Canada. Can't wait to see what all the mountains look like. Still cloudy with veyr low-hanging clouds so it really cuts down on the visibility
And now I'm going to go on one of those tangents that seems designed to scare the life out of my parents and loved ones. I'll not comment on whether or not this is actually true.
This is Grassi Lakes in Canmore - huge sport climbing here. SO soso so many routes, and, obviously, some nice scenery too. Bonnie and I went out for some climbing. This is me climbing!
You'll notice that there's only a rope going up from the bottom. That's cause I'm going up first and "setting" the route. Fun! So you can see a coupel things in this photo. For instance, look at where the rope is attached to the rock. WHat you can't see are the secured bolts that somebody else has placed into the rock. YOu climb up along the route laid out by the bolts, attaching your rope to the bolts as you get to them. In this way, as you climb higher, your protection is getting higher with you. If you fall, though, you're not secured from the top so you actually do fall some distance (the full distance is dependant on how far above the last bolt you are. For the super-curious, the actual distance is: Double your distance above the last bolt plus rope stretch and pull on the belayer). Really gets the adrenaline pumping when you are "run-out" above the last bolt (meaning you're a good distance above it. Usually just before clipping in to the next bolt which is probably just barely out of reach).
At the top is great though. Get to hang out up there and create an anchor so that the next people up can climb and be top-roped (meaning that they are secured the entire way from the above). I have a personal anchor, (thanks Trace and Anth!) and attach it directly to the final bolt then it takes several minutes to do my work. All along, just hanging (quite safely too!) 20-30m above the ground and checking out the view. Good stuff!!!
This is me doing that. Hanging out, making the anchor, enjoying the sun.
Can i get some smelling salts for my mother on aisle 4 please?
I walked to work this morning, the clouds broke, and I saw this
THAT WASN'T THERE YESTERDAY
August 10th. Fresh snow. Must be in Canada. Can't wait to see what all the mountains look like. Still cloudy with veyr low-hanging clouds so it really cuts down on the visibility
And now I'm going to go on one of those tangents that seems designed to scare the life out of my parents and loved ones. I'll not comment on whether or not this is actually true.
This is Grassi Lakes in Canmore - huge sport climbing here. SO soso so many routes, and, obviously, some nice scenery too. Bonnie and I went out for some climbing. This is me climbing!
You'll notice that there's only a rope going up from the bottom. That's cause I'm going up first and "setting" the route. Fun! So you can see a coupel things in this photo. For instance, look at where the rope is attached to the rock. WHat you can't see are the secured bolts that somebody else has placed into the rock. YOu climb up along the route laid out by the bolts, attaching your rope to the bolts as you get to them. In this way, as you climb higher, your protection is getting higher with you. If you fall, though, you're not secured from the top so you actually do fall some distance (the full distance is dependant on how far above the last bolt you are. For the super-curious, the actual distance is: Double your distance above the last bolt plus rope stretch and pull on the belayer). Really gets the adrenaline pumping when you are "run-out" above the last bolt (meaning you're a good distance above it. Usually just before clipping in to the next bolt which is probably just barely out of reach).
At the top is great though. Get to hang out up there and create an anchor so that the next people up can climb and be top-roped (meaning that they are secured the entire way from the above). I have a personal anchor, (thanks Trace and Anth!) and attach it directly to the final bolt then it takes several minutes to do my work. All along, just hanging (quite safely too!) 20-30m above the ground and checking out the view. Good stuff!!!
This is me doing that. Hanging out, making the anchor, enjoying the sun.
Can i get some smelling salts for my mother on aisle 4 please?
posted by Anonymous at 9:53 AM
2 Comments:
I love that picture of Grassi. So gorgeous, amazing colours... I'm glad it turned out in the picture!
cancel aisle 4, too late. already fainted.
mom
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