Rock Climbing Photos : Comments
Comments by dan2see (5)
I took this snapshot from the Trans-Canada Highway.
K: Kid Goat (23 routes, 4-5 pitches, 5.6-5.8)
N: Nanny Goat (11 routes, 5-8 pitches, 5.7-5.10)
S: Goat Slabs (12 routes, 8-17 pitches, 5.9-5.10)
Behind this ridge, on the west side (you can see the back-sides of the peaks):
K: Door Jamb Mountain (3 routes, 3-5 pitches, 5.5-5.6)
N: Loder Peak (scrambles)
S: Goat Ridge (hiking route)
Off the picture to the right (north) are Goat Wall and Yamnuska.
No.
Tie each sling with a tape-knot, and then equalize them with more knots if necessary. Clip the lockers to your belt, ready for another use.
Those lockers pulling sideways don't add any strength or security. I think they add stress to the system, and they are extra components that add complexity but not redundancy.
The eight-foot boulder is a great idea! I used to climb in an area with some of those, and we certainly enjoyed the safety of them. We always insisted on two independent anchors for our top-ropes. Sometimes we forgot to hang the biners over the cliff-edge, and we paid for that, in friction.
Those two non-lockers are OK, but I wish you'd use lockers for the top anchor. The reason is, you depend on them 100%, and they are un-attended. If anything should happen to those gates (s--t happens!) you won't know until somebody is airborne.






In these mountains, all the crags are at the base of a mountain. This one is at the top -- 700 meters above the highway.
The hike up is a lot of fun, and it shows you some really beautiful scenery.
Be prepared for the west wind, which streams up this west-facing slab.