Compared to 2015, the summer has been slow coming. We’ve had pretty extended periods of unsettled weather and not much for hot sunny stretches. This, combined with a good winter snowpack, means that conditions in the alpine are actually pretty good when the sun does come out. I’ve gotten in a few pretty awesome days climbing up high and some fun days running and training in the valley. Too much to talk about in a single post so here’s some photos instead (mouse over pics for captions):
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- Climbing on the Coleman Headwall of Kulshan in Washington. (Nick’s Photo)
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- Easier terrain on the Headwall.
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- Stano booting to the snow for one last ski of the season at Kulshan.
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- Andrea dancing up Sky Pilot early this season.
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- Summit of Sky Pilot with Andrea!
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- Sightseeing flight with Mom and Andrea!
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- Snow patters from the air.
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- Flying past the Sky Pilot group.
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- Nick scrambling on the Chief in Squamish.
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- Exploring new trails – Nick debating continuing along the ledge…
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- Climbing steep bush in the Sky Pilot group. I probably should have had my axe out! (Nick’s Photo)
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- Nick scrambling on the Lions in North Vancouver.
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- Summit of Serratus in the Tantalus Range!
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- Experimenting with some lightweight gear.
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- BEAR!
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- I jumped in the Canadian Mountain Running Championships and finished 2nd to Nick.
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- After the race, I joined a group of the fast young guns and showed them up Sky Pilot.
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- Nick scrambling on Mt. Habrich.
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- Nick walking off Mt. Habrich.
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- Climbing the North Ridge of Sky Pilot. (Nick’s Photo)
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- Proof that Nick takes a break occasionally. (Summits only!)
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- Squamish
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- In June, we had a girlfriend day on Tahoma via the Emmons Glacier.
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- Sunrise at Camp Schurman.
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- The ladies leading the charge up Tahoma.
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- Carl and the girls – Andrea, Kate, and Kyle – taking a break before the top.
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- Summit!
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- Carl leading the descent.
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- Nick and Jim looking towards the peaks at the back of Lake Lovely Water in the Tantalus Range.
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- Nick and Jim scrambling on Ionia.
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- Nick looking back at Pandareus, Ionia, and Serratus.
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- Mountain running on the Blackcomb Buttress with the Smileys.
