Ed and I and two others (aaron and amy) took a little road trip. the destination....Squamish, BC, Canada. the goal....some climbing...some hanging out..some photography...and a whole lot of vacationing...
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it took us roughly 16hrs to get to Squamish. That did not include the horrific friday afternoon traffic between Tacoma and Seattle, or the long holiday traffic in Vancouver. Seriously, maybe I've been away from highly populated urban areas too long, but the traffic really sucked! Not only did the traffic suck, it seemed to me that most of Vancouver was in the Sea-to-Sky corridor. hmmm.... note to self....remember the long weekend for the Canada.
we did have fun though. i think my pitch count was roughly the same as last year....49 pitches in 6-ish days. the weather was perfect until the last day. now it wasn't perfect like sunshine all the time, it was perfect for the reason that it was threatening to drizzle and kept the sun covered.
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| Aaron on Poster Boy, 10b |
we climbed for five days before we took our first rest day in Vancouver. Then it rained (or really, the threat of rain increased from 30% to 60%). we left Squamish and headed south to Index, WA. There the rain really hit.
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| Ed |
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| Ed and I on top of Angel's Crest 10c |
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| Aaron and Amy |
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| Barbs |
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| Kale!! |
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| Ed on The Zip 10a |
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| Howe Sound in the waning light |
Of course, we had to console ourselves for not being able to climb in the rain and ended up at the Red Hook Brewery....
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| consolation prize....the porter |
We spent the night at Seattle and headed out early in the morning. Dinner at an awesome Oaxacan restaurant in Seattle and breakfast at and awesome diner in Portland. Then the long road home..... it was awesome!
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| had to take the photo..... |
link to the photos...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cragbetty/sets/72157624698405034/with/4880168603/
a little update.....
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| Ed, looking like the rugged mountain man he would love to be, on Angel's Crest...photo by amy jordan |
