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August 8th 2008

Published: August 8th 2008

Climber/Author Mark Twight asserts in his book “Extreme Alpinism” that suffering may be a by-product in many aspects of climbing and indeed recreation in general but in alpinism it is the goal in itself. I would not agree on hundred percent with this statement but then again who the hell am I and what the hell do I know. On the other hand I like this idea in that it validates the time we just ... Read Full Entry

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Marmots

a couple of Marmots had a pose off for us.

Haystack- North Gully

Our route followed the large seam up the left side...looks alot less imposing from this angle...

Base of our route up Haystack

this was taken at the base of the tower, from the shoulder of Haystack

Haystack base

the self timer beat him.

I'm not scared....

I'm terrified.

North Gully

Looking down the first pitch

Spot the climber

I'm somewhere up there, I swear just look for the black and white dot.

At the Summit.

We made it...

Our tent from Haystack

Look! there's our tent- in the notch in the lower right...its there, i swear!

View from the top

Summit

Home

for a moment I thought he was going to find a nice cave to live in forever. You can see the Cirque in the distance, about to get pummeled by rain...he he...Clear Lake is directly to the left, and Big Sandy Lake is beyond...

Rappel

getting down is usually the the trickiest part.

Haystack

From the west side of Clear Lake (across from our camp) the north tower is prominent in the foreground...its a long mountain...

haystack

this time from Big Sandy Lake

8th August 2008

Christie
non-member comment

woohoo!! I got a shout out and you haven't even visited me yet!! You are very welcome for the gift. the lake is beautiful!!! Still don't know if I can actually go camping yet though as fun as Stephen makes it sound.

11th August 2008

Ana
non-member comment

peeing on myself.
Stephen, Thanks for making me laugh so much that i almost pee on myself!!!! I don't remember the last time, i laugh so hard.

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