I was at Wilson’s Prom last weekend on a relaxed trip with my parents who are visiting from the UK. We stayed in a cabin, rather than camping, and had fun on the beaches and surveying the extent of the recent bush fires. I had heard from friends that there was some bouldering at the …
A day of climbing with Norico!
My shoulder is still injured. I can use it a little and do some exercise: yoga (but no hand balances), pilates, run, swim (with a kickboard; no freestyling) and some leg/abdominal strength stuff. But I can’t load the muscle so I can’t climb or do pull-ups. I guess it will get better eventually but for …
Up and out early both days this weekend. Saturday to climb at Rogues gallery with Alex (rain was forecast for the afternoon although it didn’t come!) and Sunday to hike up the Horseshoe Bay to Eagle Bluffs section of the Baden Powell trail (also known as Black Mountain) with Alex and Steve. We had planned …
The picture above was taken April 2004, the picture below was taken August 2005… see the effects of climate change? … heh, not really… I first did this hike with Ross Easter w/e last year. We arrived and the trailhead and carpark was under at least a metre of snow. We had a somewhat epic …
I feel like I spent a little too much time on the Sea-to-Sky highway this weekend! I needed a break Friday and so took the day off and ended up spending the afternoon at the Squamish Smoke Bluffs with Lukas, Megan and Jazzy. We climbed the classic crack Penny Lane and then climbed some featureless …
Three of the best things about living in Vancouver are 1 Proximity to Squamish 2 Having an 8th floor apartment overlooking English Bay, which, for four nights a year, hosts the Vancouver Celebration of Light tri-nation firework competition 3 Cheap and excellent sushi. The weekend has been relaxing so far…. Friday night barbecue on Nicole …
I arrived back in Vancouver last week Tuesday.
And I climbed four days in a row: