Thursday, July 22, 2010
Exasperator
The Chief at sunset 
I have never been to Yosemite, but I imagine that driving in to Squamish and seeing the Stawamus Chief for the first time would be like seeing El Cap for the first time. The amount of granite here is overwhelming. We arrived in the afternoon and decided to acquaint ourselves with the area and the whats happenings. We figured out the scene and grabbed dinner at the Howe Sound Inn and Brew house. Great I.P.A.
The next day we headed to the grand wall and climbed some very nice lines. As you hike up you move through a very nice boulder field. There are some many boulder problems that beg to be climbed. We made it to the base with no one around. We roped up and climbed an amazing splitter Exasperator. Next we climbed Apron Strings next with was some work. The whole line is a 25m lie back with smears on granite. TOUGH!!! Super fun though. Placing passive gear on a lie back is harder than it sounds. When the sun peaked above we headed to Murrin park to scope that out. Cool day. We were pooped and ready to plan our next days adventures.
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