Mt. Hector Attempt 22/03/07

Me and Tim B. went for hector and found good times, high winds but no summit. Mind you we would have been able to see nothing up there as it was clouded in all day.
Tim tried with out ski's and found out the snow pack was deep.

Tim up through the rock bands.
Our first stop for food and drink.
A look around, this was as much sun as we got this day.

I lead the whole way but didn't mind. I'm a stronger skier than Tim so i paved the way.
Howz it brah dah !
And we are off after a brake.

Just about to crest the ridge to the glacier .. so we thought. It was another 2 Klms.
As you can see here. You should see the summit here but the clouds are blocking it. It is to the left of the rock ridge and about another 4 hours.
Fruit by the foot makes Tim go yum.

We we bailed on the summit due to weather and time for the ski out. With Tim being a newbie it would have been a hard ski out for him/us by head lamp so I dropped this cornus and another cliff and we skied out. Good times had by all.


Tim is in the pic below, can ya find him ?

Ok here he is. Above. Tim did really well for a guy who has only ski in the back counrty and 6 times at that. And me saying until later Hector, I'll be back.

Above first is the scoop and me dropping a cliff.

Bear Spirit WI4 / M7 20/03/07

Topping out on Bear spirit Finally ! The first time I came here it was above my ability level but now is my limit. I hit my ice tool and dropped it as I was placing an ice screw on my first lead so Mark lead it and I lead it after that. We did laps on it and the mixed route all day. we were the only people there this day. Awesome !


It was SOOO much bigger than when I was hear in December.
Dead vertical !

I was climbing NO Love M7 on top rope after the lead. It's a fun route with a nice transfer to the ice. To bad I got to pumped to finish the route.
This is Hocus Pocus M7 as well.

Hocus Pocus.... M7 again.
A look up as the sun made peak out. Beautiful !!
" The Cathedral" a look up on the inside of the waterfall or around back what ever.

Behind again.
Mark on his lead, he is getting really good now with strong technique.
Nice new M10 crampons Mark. ooooo shiny !!!!


Mark Leading.

Me leading the route

The rappel down. Weather changes ?

Hanging out on the edge....

Mt. Wedgemont 93/94? "The Start"

This was my first summit. I was 16 I think? If you have been climbing for a while you can tell from the slings and the purple MEC pants LOL It was a bit ago. The other guy is Braden my first climbing partner, I miss him now as good partners are HARD to come by.

This pic is from my second summit The Lions, or was it my first ? Now that I have the pics and think about it ... it was my first. I'm way younger here than above. Any way I started young.


This one is from the glacier on Wedge 1993-94 ??. My mom found these and fixed this one up.... I guess but you get the point. MAN DID I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT MOUNTAINS THEN. I'm still learning and hope to until the day I die.

Five 7 Zero WI4- / WI 3+ 03/04/2007

This day was awesome with + temps and great climbing, other than it was vertical slush! for real ! I would grade the climb a WI3+ as it was a soft (no pun intended) WI4 when we climbed it. This was also marks first WI4 lead. Well done brother !

This is Five 7 Zero WI4.
AHHHHH !
1st pitch Mark was given'er on lead.
The love of an Ice tool.

Me rapin down.

Mark isn't falling, although it looks that way but he's rappelling.