atlantis
Originally from the South of England, UK.Ex-forces (RAF).
British Ex-Pat. Lived in Canada on the West Coast near Squamish. Similar temperature to the UK, not as cold as the rest of Canada, but far better, and longer hot summer days.
Now living on the East coast of Canada and missing the mountains of BC but other than that it's all good weather here just a bit too humid in summer, and cold in winter, but more consistent than the U.K.
Not my personal webpage below but my guide for my trad lead course at Squamish.
Location
Canada
Best Climbing Experience
Was on the Chief - face climbing and crack climbing, and Squamish crack climbing. Also stemming a 5.10d though it had to be on top rope due to nowhere to place gear. A flake climb was also good fun, there's a good mixture of climbing at Squamish.
Smith Rock, US, 2nd.
Favourite Climbing-Related Discussion Topic
Trad rock climbing.
Recently climbed at Smith Rock, among the 10 climbs we did in 2 days, 'Spiderman buttress' was one; and we were prepared for the 4 pitches of Monkey face, being led mind you, and the 3rd pitch is an aid pitch. The weather prevented that, so I am going back to do that in the not too distant future. The climbing grades there are old skool, meaning the same grades at Squamish are 2 grades higher at Smith Rock' basically. So 5.8 is more like 5.10 commonly.
Recent Postings
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Interests Outside Climbing
Skiing downhill; Mountain biking XC , hiking, trail running, swimming, kayaking, camping.
About My Photography
I've a Nikon coolshot, 10 mega pix as it is a good size for climbing/ skiing etc and not too big. Many locally tend to like my camera and tell me they want to buy the same one. Though there are better ones, such as SLR professional cameras.
Photo Gallery
Panorama Ridge and Garibaldi Lake, Whistler, BC
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The Chief - Squamish
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'Penny Lane' - Squamish. The smoke Bluffs.
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The Cascade Mountains - showing Mount Baker
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The Cascade Mountains - Washington
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The Cascade Mountains - Washington
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Waterfalls - The Cascade Mountains - Washington
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Smith Rock
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Anything Else We Should Know
New for 2016: in December I'm being introduced to ice climbing. I met Fred Beckey in Washington via a friend that climbed with him over there, and got his autograph (not sure I still have it around though).
I completed my intense one day trad lead course at Squamish by a recognised guide 'Colin Moorhead' who is also known for first ascents at Squamish, such as 'Brothers in arms' on the Chief 5.12C in 2003 as Squamish Select guide book shows. He teaches aid, trad, sport, and alpine. He taught me a one day lead course (intense) instead of 2 days after seeing me climb with his friend a Physics Professor at UBC that recommended him to me, a 5.10c 'popeye and the raven' stemming climb on top rope.
He assessed my nut placements as 'bomber'
http://www.squamishrockguides.com
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