Photos by saltspringer

Our first trip up the fourth pitch of My Best Friend's Girlfriend was mostly about controlling fear: Sam led off through this Big roof & then disappeared for about 1/2 an hour during which time we could hear much colourful language...

Ken Danner finishing a route on Cankers in the last light of the day. This is one of the most satisfying times to be on the rock when it's warm from a day of full sun & just cooling off as you're climbing...

Perfect route to relax somewhat after all of the notorious Josh sandbags...Sam Ellison is in the groove on this one

Gary Quiring leading this nice little route: short crux low down & then on to 5.7 climbing for the remainder

This superb wall is home to one of the best long moderate pitches in Squamish: High Mountain Woody, 5.8. It takes a lot of gear so be prepared

Steep, well protected jam crack: makes this 5.6 a classic! Here's Brian Thornburn enjoying a perfect jam...

Steep for .10a...here I am going too high & about to suffer the consequences...

Adriana Rossi stemming through a steep section of this moderate corner crack. Great for beginners or to get back into placing gear after a long winter...

This is Adriana Rossi placing a nut at the crux of this great route: a 5.8 that has bomber gear and a small roof!

I swapped leads with Ken Danner on this fine two-pitch route; here he is on the bypass

Especially fun at high tide, here's Pyp making the rounds late in the day with only the starfish to save him

one of the premier problems at the Quarry, Swoosh follows the curving arete up this boulder to a steep finish. Gus Oliviera is pictured here on the start

here I am on the FA of this problem. This one can only be done in the Summer with lots of sun & a low tide. Kerouac (dog) didn't even lend me a paw!

A classic line on Echo Rock, I missed climbing this route on my first trip to J-tree due to a sprained ankle but managed to pull it off the next year. This is Ken Danner watching me finish the climb. Photo: the Michael Levy Collection

Whew! Thin face moves past a bolt & you've got through the technical crux: here I am pulling the second crux through the roof. Joshua Tree, Ca. Photo:Gus Oliveira

Paul Campbell pulls hard through the first of two roofs on MTW, one of the latest climbs in the Maxwell Bluffs. The view in the background is Burgoyne Valley part of a recently aquired Provincial Park on the island

Moi on my second J-tree climb, The Bong, 5.4 a climb definitely worth doing as an intro to the area

One of the all-time great sandbags, Doublecross is a beautiful fist jam crack: Ken Danner has no trouble with this one...

This is Sonia on her second lead...very focused and keeping her cool on the crux of Fussy Parts, 5.9

Probably the World's smallest self-supported climbing wall, this facility has been open since 1995 and continues to help keep climbing alive on the Gulf Islands

5.11a, 5 pitches and all on Salt Spring Island! Only trouble is the rock...this is a picture of Pyp taking off on the FFA of the fourth pitch: a 5.10+ that begins with a roof, to an overhanging fist-jam crack , and ending with a section of bat guano to

Kjell on the first ascent of this short but sweet little route. There is plenty of potential at the base of Maxwell for single pitch routes...

Here is a shot of climbing parties on the Split Pillar (.10b, lower pitch) and Sword (.11a) pitches of the classic Grand Wall route on the Chief

Main areas on the Stawamus Chief, Squamish, BC. The Chief offers great climbing from scary slabs on the Apron to classic multi-pitch cracks on the Grand Wall & elsewhere...

This large sweep of granite may look low-angle from the ground but is surprisingly steep once you're on it! Great place for honing your slab skills