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Irishguy
Aug 2, 2011, 4:46 AM
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Hey....
So I climbed my first mountain yesterday and being Irish, I'm a bit dumb and never got the name of it ha ha.
It's beside East Mount Rundle in Canmore with the Groat Creek parking lot between it and Rundle. Can anyone help name it? It might have China in the name?
Thanks.
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Irishguy
Aug 2, 2011, 5:15 AM
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If anyone thinks they might know it I can e mail you pics. They're too large to upload here.
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Rocquestar
Aug 2, 2011, 6:17 AM
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"Ha Ling Peak" (a.k.a. "Chinaman's Peak")
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Irishguy
Aug 3, 2011, 6:35 AM
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THAT'S IT, that's it, thanks a lot. I knew it was China....something or other.
Chers,
Mo.
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brews
Aug 5, 2011, 7:51 PM
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You can call it "Irishman's Peak" now if you like :)
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Rocquestar
Aug 6, 2011, 2:24 AM
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Did you do the 5.7 trad Northeast Face, or one of the Sport routes over by Sysiphus (sp?)
There's a WikiPedia page that tells the story of how it got it's name (and why "Irishman's Peak" isn't a reasonable re-dubbing) and how & when it was changed to "HaLing". Also, there's a photo here on RC that makes one of the Northeast face pitches look awesome (if you don't read the comment):
edit: fixed photo link
(This post was edited by Rocquestar on Aug 6, 2011, 2:27 AM)
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Irishguy
Aug 8, 2011, 5:33 PM
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'Irishman's Peak'..... I like it, ha ha.
I'll have to get on google after breakfast and look up the namesake.
That picture is fantastic.
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Diphthong
Aug 8, 2011, 5:46 PM
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Irishguy wrote: I'll have to get on google after breakfast and look up the namesake.
No. You will Google now!
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Irishguy
Aug 8, 2011, 5:53 PM
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I love it. This guy set out at 0700 and was back in town for lunch, that's classic; RESPECT.
You can imagine him rocking back into town saying "What's next lads?"
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bearbreeder
Aug 8, 2011, 6:03 PM
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We left the car at 7 and was back for end of lunch beers at the grizzly paw pub
We were quite slow too
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