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Tr3v0r
May 11, 2009, 12:05 AM
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Just moved out here. First time in the rockies looking for a partner to climb with. Either someone who knows good routes or someone else new to the scene around here. sport 5.10b on a good day, still building lead confidence. Love to boulder V1-3. Available almost anytime, have my own gear. If interested hit me up at trevor.cardozo@gmail.com
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lovesclimbing
May 13, 2009, 2:08 AM
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Hey you still around?
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Tr3v0r
May 13, 2009, 2:10 AM
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for sure. Im here till end of August, though the snow we just got delays the season a bit :P
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lovesclimbing
May 13, 2009, 2:34 AM
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Good day on Yam today, have you been getting out this year much?
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Tr3v0r
May 13, 2009, 3:34 AM
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I have yet to get out at all. Just got back from Red Rocks in mid April and got out to Canmore last Sunday. Just went into Calgary to rack myself up with some gear and a rope. I was looking at going out this week but this snow puts a little damper on it. My house is in Spray Village, right at the foot of grassi lakes. I dont climb any trad (mostly cause i dont have gear) so the Yam is out of the question for me. Just picked up the guidebook for the climbs here and am super stoked to get on the wall. Gotta start out with some easy climbs to kick the season off. Got any suggestions? This is my first time out west, Im used to rock in southern ontario, and mostly pulling on plastic. How long you been in the area?
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lovesclimbing
May 13, 2009, 3:40 AM
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Been in Canmore for about 3 years and been climbing here for about 8 years, love my limestone and my ice and nothing beats Yam
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lovesclimbing
May 13, 2009, 4:51 PM
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Hey are you intreste in going to the gym today? Half price
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Tr3v0r
May 13, 2009, 9:31 PM
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Hey man, got your message a little too late, just got back from the Gym now
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iluvrocks
May 18, 2009, 12:14 AM
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hey, since forecast sucks for tomorrow, I wanna head up to the Banff Centre gym, I'm done at work at 4pm (I live in Canmore). email me if interested.
otherwise I'm always up for climbing on good weather days!
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lovesclimbing
May 20, 2009, 12:37 AM
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Hey why not just the vision insted of SB
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iluvrocks
May 20, 2009, 2:12 AM
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you know me, I don't like bouldering! I called like 10 of my friends yesterday and couldn't find anyone to climb with... so frustrating... 
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lovesclimbing
May 20, 2009, 4:13 AM
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The vision is just so much better though tell u what I will go to the SB some time just to get the test so that I can go acc nights but give me a holler for getting out climbing
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Tr3v0r
May 20, 2009, 4:13 PM
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Forecast is shit today again, Me and my roomate are going to the vision for 1 when it opens, you should come out.
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lovesclimbing
May 20, 2009, 10:23 PM
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Hey was out at couger today just cliping bolts but thanks
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lovesclimbing
May 21, 2009, 3:14 AM
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No matter what the weather is doing there is always somewhere you can climb around here and if its been pissing down for days you can even go aid climbing on eeor or go dry tooling on routes in Haffner that dont have holds you could break off in the heat. As well most storms around here (even just rain) are ussally in the afternoon so you can get a couple of hours out before the big dumping starts and you can still climb limestone when its wet, a good skill for higher up
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the_climber
May 21, 2009, 5:33 PM
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There's always dry rock somewhere to be had for sure. It's all a matter of searching out the climbs which stay dry and/or are protected by a roof.
lovesclimbing wrote: and if its been pissing down for days you can even go aid climbing on eeor
Come on now, there's more single pitch aid than just EEOR around here.
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lovesclimbing
May 21, 2009, 6:13 PM
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If you have some good close easy aid (a2+) that you know of I would be grateful to know that is among many skills I'm short on and I am not talking about yam, cmc vally or IB thanks
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the_climber
May 21, 2009, 6:18 PM
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We're still waiting for you to show up at pub night. 
What are you woking with for an aid rack? That will have some bearing as to where I can mention routes are. TONS of A2 to A2+ single pitch stuff in the Bow Valley.
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lovesclimbing
May 21, 2009, 6:27 PM
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I know I am a horrible lazy man as for a rack I'm fairly sorted out with 4 atres just need bat hooks got most of the others and a very good selection of pins aside from the obvious double rack
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lovesclimbing
May 21, 2009, 6:43 PM
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Forgot to mention no rurps or bird beaks right now either
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the_climber
May 21, 2009, 7:01 PM
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Sounds like a good start for the rack.
Hooks definitely help with a lot of stuff around here. 1 Tallon, 1 Leeper narrow (bat), one medium leeper (or equivalent), and 1 to 2 cliffhangers is more than enough for the hooking around here. Cassin hooks are nice too.
If you're looking at adding any pins to those you already have, KB's and Beaks. RURP's I have found to be less usefull on limestone than beaks, a couple should do it. Aiding in the rockies is still heavily biased on the iron side. I think a lot of that has to do with the fact that most aid routes around here havn't been travelled enough to have scars for nuts/small cams.
SHALLOW ANGLES.... find them, get them hoard them, protect them, and use them... don't loose them though.
What are you intersted in working on most?
Very short approach to 5-Mile.
Finished this one on the weekend:
I haven't been up to some of the routes listed in Cornell's Guide, but he mentions the Cougar Creek Pull Downs and some routes on Barrier... see Kananaskis Obscure. Kanga is the only real 'published' aid crag, and even at that it's only a few routes. We should chat about some of the areas over a beer one of these weekends. Not really ready to let the cat out of the bag on a couple areas we're working on yet, but we may be able to point you in the right direction.
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lovesclimbing
May 21, 2009, 8:43 PM
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Come on out, got a couch or a bed depending on how busy the house is and we could lap yam and talk aid with beer
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iluvrocks
Jun 2, 2009, 5:07 AM
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anyone wants to get out this Wed. for a full day easy/moderate climb?
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bramlinssen
Jun 3, 2009, 12:08 AM
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Looking for a climbing partner around Canmore on Thursday June 3th, Wednesday June 10th and other weekdays this summer.
I'm in for alpine climbs, multipitch trad or sport and cragging.
Trad 5.9, Sport 10a (but that hopefully should get better soon), WI4 and lots of alpine experience.
Bram
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iluvrocks
Jun 3, 2009, 4:19 AM
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I have Mon/Tue/Wed off all summer and Thu/Sund. afternoons free. I don't usually plan 'til the night before so I've no clue about next Wed. yet. wanna get out this Fri. after work?
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