Jason Kruk - SquamishVideo

20th August, 2012

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Jason Kruk - "Genius Loci" © Alias Cinema — Jason Kruk - "Genius Loci"
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Coming up on UKClimbing from Alias Cinema is a four part video series "This Way", profiling Arc'teryx Athletes Jason Kruk, Will Stanhope, Jon Walsh and Will Gadd.

Here we have Episode 1 - Squamish - Genius Loci, featuring Jason Kruk and Squamish pioneer Hamish Fraser.

"In 1991, tallying more than 20 days in ground up style, Hamish Fraser, Peder Ourom and Mark Gandy established "Genius Loci", a stunning 5 pitch route leading up the Squamish Chief Grand Wall. Despite it's classic and legendary status, close proximity to the ground, and modest grade (by modern standards), the route has believed to have not been freed in a single ascent until 2012."

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Tom Briggs

20 Aug, 2012

Awesome. I repeated some of this route in '95 with the late John Rosholt. Pretty sure Hamish came up with us. I didn't bother trying the clearly under-graded and massively runout slab pitch (which I think Hamish had given 11 something?), taking an easier variation to get to the crux 12b wall pitch: http://www.ukclimbing.com/images/dbpage.html?id=3991 From memory the route had a big rep because Croft had fallen off the bouldery start to the 12b wall pitch and it was the first time he'd fallen off something in 3 years.

jon

20 Aug, 2012

Brilliant! What an ace looking route. Hamish Fraser must have been a force to reckon with. A sort of Canadian Bachar... Bachar/Yerian?

goli

20 Aug, 2012

That starting slab looked intense!

henwardian

20 Aug, 2012

Looks like a lovely line with lots of great climbing. I think the video could do with less, lets be honest, a bit pretentious, lead in and more video of the route though.

Lil_Pete

20 Aug, 2012

Awesome video! (Was waiting for him to shit himself all the way through, though ;) )

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