Snow is on the way

Well, there is finally some snow forecasted for the Wasatch, so I can get my touring legs back under me over the next few days. In the mean time, I have been slaving away at creating a slide show about ski touring in the Valhallas at the lodge. I scrounged together some old footage to make a quick powder skiing movie, check it out, it will get you psyched for the snow. I am getting excited to shoot some more footage this winter, so with the high speed internet at the lodge, look for regular video posts.

Getting back to it...

Here is a video clip of me trying a classic route in Squamish, Flight of the Challenger. I didn't send it that day, in fact I came back to it 2 years later and finally did it.

The Whipper

This is the dreaded whipper on the crux. I was trying to place another piece of gear, but was WAY too pumped to get it in. Notice the cam in my hands as I fly through the air. Must of been about a 20 footer!

More Photos...

Starting the pitch


In the middle of the 1st crux


Trying hard on the 2nd crux with Howe Sound in the Background


Finishing the 2nd crux

Here goes nothing...

Well, I can't think of a better way for family and friends to keep track of what's going on in my life, from the day to day, week to week.

I am always bouncing around from one mountain to the next, a crag in BC one week, Utah the next, so I can post a sort of on line diary and some photos here, to give you a grasp of what's going on with me.

So to start it off, I am here in Squamish for just another 2 weeks. Right now the weather is perfect. Some people have been complaining that we never got summer this year on the coast, but another day of temps around 70 degrees seems great to me, especially with Salt Lake City on the near horizon. Jasmin leaves on Saturday, so I am trying to climb as much as possible with her this week. Last week she sent a long term project of hers, the Great Arch, 5.12+ techno-stemming and laybacking, and that was the first female ascent and maybe 4th or 5th overall ascent of the route. The last few days she is helping me out as I try and send my LONG term project, Men Holding Hands, 5.12+, off of Freeway on the Chief. I have fallen off at various high points now the last two days I have been out there, so it should be in the bag soon, I hope!

I will try and get some photos of it. Right now there is a picture of the route on Gripped magazine's cover, you can check it out online at www.gripped.com to see young Will Stanhope firing it.

Well, that's it for now...