Cheesy title I know, it always cracks me up that the names climbing gyms are usually puns or rip offs from movies that involve climbing, for example the vancouver gym is called Cliffhanger, the one that we we go to is called The Hang Out – I just decided to follow the trend.
This weekend we did our first climbing trip of the year up to Squamish. If it wasn’t for the town of Squamish and the waterfront being really quite ugly, it would be one of the most popular places in the world i’m sure. It is only about an hour from Vancouver and an hour to Whistler, it has amazing hiking, mountain biking, windsurfing, kiteboarding, cross country skiing, white water rafting, fishing etc etc etc. And it has some of the best rock climbing in the world.
We went up on Friday night with Lance and we met Jamie and Hillary up there – these people:
We stayed at this great camp ground, the only picture we took was this one which was from beside our tent:
Some friends from church were nice enough to let us use their rope and fastenings, unfortunately they couldn’t come but we are looking forward to climbing with them in the future. Thanks Nathan and Karen, you guys are awesome.
I have realised again how much I really like climbing, Indoor is fun but when you get outside on the real rocks it just feels right. As well as the climbing being fun, it is a really nice time hanging out with friends, extending yourself and encouraging others to try new things.
I think (but am not totally sure) that it was Lance’s first time on real rocks. He picked it up really well and did this one line better than any of us. It was rated a 5:10b (19-20 for my downunder friends), that is the hardest climb I have done lately maybe ever so I was totally impressed by Lance.
Anyway, here are some pictures:
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I love Squamish…even the town.
But I love all the outdoors stuff around although all we ever did was enjoy my waterfall and hike the Chief a couple times. 
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sweet! glad you guys had a good time!