A Great Day On Squamish Rock..

On Tuesday, I went to pick up, Melanie, Anna, and Christoff for a day of climbing.I went to Deep Cove, where they live. We haeded back up to Squamish, to have a great day at the Craggs. We started at Murrin Park, up at the power tower. We arrived there and we were the first ones at the cliff. We set up top ropes, and started our day of climbing. It was great to finally get Melanie, out on the rocks. I was very impressed at how great she climbed, and that she made it to the top!!!.. I gave her alot of encouragement on her first time. Oh yeah, they all come from Germany. Anna, and Christoff were pretty good on the rock as well. It was great to have the company of others. We went to the Smoke Bluffs, to the burgers and fries area. We tried a couple, of other climbs, and then we relaxed in the sun for awhile at the top of the cliff. Then it was off to the Brew Pub for beers, and burgers, out on the patio. It was a great way to celebrate a fun outing. And end a great day. Squamish Rocks!!!..

Smoke Bluffs, The Apron, And Royal Robbins..

On thursday Dave Jones, came up to meet me for some fun climbing. We met at the smoke bluffs, and went to Burgers, and Fries area. We did a few different climbs. After that we went to the Brew Pub, for Burgers and beer. on Friday we met up and went to the Bluffs again to be interviewed, and filmed climbing. It was fun to do that and get the chance to talk about what we liked about climbing, and what it meant to us to do that. We also explained what we were doing, and how we were doing it. It was a good experience, and it will be even better to see the dvd, when it is produced. After all that we decided to head for a quick snack and then it was up to Banana Peel, on the Apron. We completed the climb and made it back down to the car by 6:45pm, and then it was off to the Eagle Eye Theater for some climbing movies. While we were on route, there were five soloists that climbed past us. Lots of climbers were up there. The grandfather, of modern climbing Royal Robbins, did a great presentation of his climbs and what he has accomplished in his life. He wrote a book, I picked one up and he signed it, I got a picture with him. It was an awesome day, great climbing, and it was great to be up there with my good buddy Dave...

Island Lake 2010. The Gang!!...

I just spent a week up at Island Lake, with Andy. We met Russell, jeff, Kris, Spencer, and Jorden, along with Scott, Rob, and Denise, and my friend Dave. It was great fun fishing with all of them. The fishing started off kind of slow, but it got better as the week went on. Andy and I had some great days with some good numbers of fish. We fished chironimids, alot and did well with that. I fished a halfback on a full sinking line, and a bloodworm, under the indicator on the floating line. I tried alittle dry fly fishing in the evenings and did ok, with that. We had some great weather, pretty hot!!. It was a great relaxing week of fishing, socializing, and a few cold beers. It was great to see everyone after a year. I will look forward to seeing the Island Lake gang next year..