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That's how few people seem to go in here, they haven't even come up with separate names for the mountains:) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d6052e97de29c0001dd72ad/f3e6856b-bfc3-4fdb-818a-3835fc813240/PXL_20240831_180405157.jpg Guiding Blog Home - Lightweight alpinism or basecamp cragging: Two trips to the Catamount Glacier - Make it stand out Climbing the rock buttress out of the North Star glacier. John is all smiles as he gets to like rock climbing more and more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d6052e97de29c0001dd72ad/5701da3a-0041-48f5-bf96-b94b2437f3e2/PXL_20240829_151530108.jpg Guiding Blog Home - Lightweight alpinism or basecamp cragging: Two trips to the Catamount Glacier - Make it stand out Our first night's camp-spot right next to the Welsh Lakes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d6052e97de29c0001dd72ad/84f2a783-b384-422b-b80e-272f30115da7/Applebee-Dome-Campground-Bugaboo-Provincial-Park-18-1.jpg Guiding Blog Home - Lightweight alpinism or basecamp cragging: Two trips to the Catamount Glacier - Make it stand out Applebee is a great place to socialize, not such a great place if you don't climb 5.10 cracks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d6052e97de29c0001dd72ad/2670e981-7cb7-460b-a1c4-8b0942d5c482/PXL_20240830_202001030.jpg Guiding Blog Home - Lightweight alpinism or basecamp cragging: Two trips to the Catamount Glacier - Make it stand out John and Christina with the Welsh Lakes to the east and the North Star glacier to the west. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d6052e97de29c0001dd72ad/e1b6b472-faa3-4483-ba57-e2a97de9851b/Harmon+from+across+the+valley.jpg Guiding Blog Home - Lightweight alpinism or basecamp cragging: Two trips to the Catamount Glacier - Make it stand out Jonathan Lytton and Lawrence Quang surveying some of the granitic ridges of the Scotch Peaks basin with Mount Harmon in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d6052e97de29c0001dd72ad/bdeaa46f-9fe0-4e30-b751-9072ea156c73/Mathew+big+pack.jpg Guiding Blog Home - Lightweight alpinism or basecamp cragging: Two trips to the Catamount Glacier - Make it stand out Carrying everything on your own back. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d6052e97de29c0001dd72ad/19cd1781-1a97-4034-92ef-18617b562534/Mado+Harmon.jpg Guiding Blog Home - Lightweight alpinism or basecamp cragging: Two trips to the Catamount Glacier - Make it stand out Madeleine Martin-Preney impressively rope-gunning the South-west ridge of Mount Harmon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d6052e97de29c0001dd72ad/a9221bf6-befb-462a-aebf-12d9abcdc301/PXL_20240829_210918124.jpg Guiding Blog Home - Lightweight alpinism or basecamp cragging: Two trips to the Catamount Glacier - Make it stand out Alpha Centauri on the left, North Star on the right, from flsts on the glacier at around 2750 meters. https://www.ianwelsted.com/guidingbloghome/michigan-ice-festival-2023 monthly 0.5 2024-01-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d6052e97de29c0001dd72ad/1605217590215-J4IFFMNR39NOW980ZQE7/small+rainbow+k6+%281+of+1%29.jpg Guiding Blog Home - Michigan Ice Festival 2023 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.ianwelsted.com/guidingbloghome/testimonial-alpinist-101 monthly 0.5 2023-03-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d6052e97de29c0001dd72ad/7019dc6a-f2ac-4386-b9c0-04d194b30c0b/PXL_20220515_181950299.jpg Guiding Blog Home - Testimonial: Alpinist 101 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.ianwelsted.com/guidingbloghome/newroutesummaryrockies2021 monthly 0.5 2022-10-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d6052e97de29c0001dd72ad/1a888552-5aae-4ddf-9bef-10da22b8bdcb/stringing+up+the+lights+temple.jpg Guiding Blog Home - Annual New Route Summary 2021 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.ianwelsted.com/guidingbloghome/gettingstartedalpineclimbingcanadianrockies monthly 0.5 2022-05-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d6052e97de29c0001dd72ad/a7d34171-e3e3-49ca-84e4-b60b7e70839c/berg+cave+looking+up+%281+of+1%29-2.jpg Guiding Blog Home - Get Started in Canadian Rockies Alpine Mixed Climbing - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d6052e97de29c0001dd72ad/9907bf06-d590-443a-90df-51a4e8ae86af/Dave+the+HOle+lights+canmore+edited.jpeg Guiding Blog Home - Get Started in Canadian Rockies Alpine Mixed Climbing - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.ianwelsted.com/guidingbloghome/tourist-turf-250m-m4r-above-lake-louise monthly 0.5 2023-05-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d6052e97de29c0001dd72ad/f0a8bdbf-86a3-4f3c-a73c-96c2b776a76a/PXL_20230414_180946956.jpg Guiding Blog Home - Tourist Turf 250m, m5+ above Lake Louise - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d6052e97de29c0001dd72ad/54df1932-b366-4f2f-8b3a-a1795e63b95c/PXL_20230415_000130194.jpg Guiding Blog Home - Tourist Turf 250m, m5+ above Lake Louise - Make it stand out Continue past rap anchor to upper turf ball at 20 meters for a much more comfortable stance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d6052e97de29c0001dd72ad/d6db595c-5f4c-4cc9-865a-7de462a4e9d0/TT+with+routes+and+anchors.jpg Guiding Blog Home - Tourist Turf 250m, m5+ above Lake Louise - Make it stand out Red route line begins at start pitch 2, as in low snow conditions first pitch requires climbing. Yellow are belay anchors, not fixed. Blue line is potentially easier alternative to pitch 5 black rock corner M5+ of FA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d6052e97de29c0001dd72ad/b2dfb2c4-f5f6-48af-a693-9b9b30eaa5b1/PXL_20230414_162343372%7E2.jpg Guiding Blog Home - Tourist Turf 250m, m5+ above Lake Louise - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d6052e97de29c0001dd72ad/0cf6acb1-1f71-4c72-82f6-b59258bb0bc8/Ryan+scenic+pitch+5.jpg Guiding Blog Home - Tourist Turf 250m, m5+ above Lake Louise - Make it stand out Ryan Patteson on the loose start to pitch 7 on the FA. Notice the turf ball clearly visible at the top of the corner. This is located at the bottom of the upper gully. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d6052e97de29c0001dd72ad/cbf85fdc-a449-4ed9-b4d0-b7a166d0e756/PXL_20230414_160303424%7E2.jpg Guiding Blog Home - Tourist Turf 250m, m5+ above Lake Louise - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d6052e97de29c0001dd72ad/3f2f5f97-29c2-4f83-a9c0-1aa4cbde7091/Pitch+4+tourist+turf.jpg Guiding Blog Home - Tourist Turf 250m, m5+ above Lake Louise - Make it stand out Pitch 4 red line: climb straight up into the middle of three chossy chimneys for a short pitch to arrive below a black rock corner with cracks. Alternately, blue route line, traverse left past large block at top of snow gully to find a fixed two piece rap anchor in a dish of black rock. This second option might lead to an easier face-climbing pitch 5 than the slightly overhanging black rock corner pitch 5. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d6052e97de29c0001dd72ad/ebcc6709-e200-4266-b702-44584299720b/PXL_20230414_205711702%7E2.jpg Guiding Blog Home - Tourist Turf 250m, m5+ above Lake Louise - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d6052e97de29c0001dd72ad/39f625e4-83f2-41d4-83aa-d528f3ef5fde/PXL_20230422_002611516%7E2.jpg Guiding Blog Home - Tourist Turf 250m, m5+ above Lake Louise - Make it stand out Follow the red route line, or alternately the potentially easier blue line beginning at pitch 4 traverse so as to avoid the M5+ pitch 5 black corner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d6052e97de29c0001dd72ad/1768222c-63d2-4de5-9878-f1b32014a06e/Start+pitch+4.jpg Guiding Blog Home - Tourist Turf 250m, m5+ above Lake Louise - Make it stand out Black rock corner of pitch 5, red route line. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d6052e97de29c0001dd72ad/5d54b447-cceb-4a6a-99b8-ebd4715c4830/PXL_20230415_000117501%7E2.jpg Guiding Blog Home - Tourist Turf 250m, m5+ above Lake Louise - Make it stand out Photo taken from rap anchor at 35 m. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d6052e97de29c0001dd72ad/6624f114-c2d9-4f8b-ba40-45a34ea98058/Ryan+the+king+at+Louise+Inn.jpg Guiding Blog Home - Tourist Turf 250m, m5+ above Lake Louise - Make it stand out Ryan, the king of the moment successfully having fed the rat of run-out desire, feeding from vending machines, the only thing open in Lake Louise at 1:30 am. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d6052e97de29c0001dd72ad/cae61308-485b-454b-811f-7ada61be1d25/Tourist+Turf+route+line+w+belay+and+markup+final.jpg Guiding Blog Home - Tourist Turf 250m, m5+ above Lake Louise - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d6052e97de29c0001dd72ad/07d282f3-db87-4327-adc1-b758f8bb2bcc/PXL_20230414_125601900%7E2.jpg Guiding Blog Home - Tourist Turf 250m, m5+ above Lake Louise - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d6052e97de29c0001dd72ad/0cf6acb1-1f71-4c72-82f6-b59258bb0bc8/Ryan+scenic+pitch+5.jpg Guiding Blog Home - Tourist Turf 250m, m5+ above Lake Louise - Make it stand out The loose face climbing to start pitch 7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d6052e97de29c0001dd72ad/0b31e7ee-4c72-42e0-9afc-017b4eaec3d2/Pitch+7+roof.jpg Guiding Blog Home - Tourist Turf 250m, m5+ above Lake Louise - Make it stand out Roof on pitch 9 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d6052e97de29c0001dd72ad/7667923d-a867-4ef7-9cd7-d104080c35e4/PXL_20230414_123427062%7E2.jpg Guiding Blog Home - Tourist Turf 250m, m5+ above Lake Louise - Make it stand out In a low snow period one has to climb through rock to get to this highpoint on the hanging triangular snowfield, in a bigger snow year it is easy to walk in from the right or climbed easily from the left.. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d6052e97de29c0001dd72ad/c4764ccd-723e-43ee-95dd-29929579bfc4/PXL_20230414_150319948%7E2.jpg Guiding Blog Home - Tourist Turf 250m, m5+ above Lake Louise - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d6052e97de29c0001dd72ad/d4edb365-a00b-4353-b519-40095dbd0990/Tourist+Turf+unmarked.jpg Guiding Blog Home - Tourist Turf 250m, m5+ above Lake Louise - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d6052e97de29c0001dd72ad/b6711919-994a-423d-822c-5ade84cd77ca/Justin+start+pitch+2.jpg Guiding Blog Home - Tourist Turf 250m, m5+ above Lake Louise - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d6052e97de29c0001dd72ad/e775cd92-6a69-4c42-aedb-254a54a6e2f4/PXL_20230421_223116106.jpg Guiding Blog Home - Tourist Turf 250m, m5+ above Lake Louise - Make it stand out Looking at the potentially easier rising ramp for pitch 6, blue line. Or as on the FA head hard left along a horizontal leftward traverse. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d6052e97de29c0001dd72ad/3082a5d9-bf0b-4c6c-a493-9ab2534a8ba7/Pitch+7+gully.jpg Guiding Blog Home - Tourist Turf 250m, m5+ above Lake Louise - Make it stand out Pitch 8 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d6052e97de29c0001dd72ad/96d021c5-006b-493a-af99-d1958ac06afe/Start+pitch+1.jpg Guiding Blog Home - Tourist Turf 250m, m5+ above Lake Louise - Make it stand out Pitch 2 if you count the approach pitch as pitch 1, which sometimes requires climbing to reach the apex of the hanging snowfield, where a short steep wall is encountered in lower snow years. https://www.ianwelsted.com/guidingbloghome/astringent-apprentice-300m-m5 monthly 0.5 2022-02-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d6052e97de29c0001dd72ad/0cd0d85b-3221-4d93-9e18-c167733415d5/IMG_20191210_122959899%7E2.jpg Guiding Blog Home - Astringent Apprentice 300m, M5 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d6052e97de29c0001dd72ad/71183548-a187-4ce6-a6c6-c84f3dac25cc/IMG_20190301_151424416_HDR%7E2.jpg Guiding Blog Home - Astringent Apprentice 300m, M5 - Make it stand out Look for a bolt at Sam’s height on the left wall, the first of three. On the first attempt Sam was hanging on placing the bolt when the crumbly tower he was drilling from collapsed. Thanks for the skills Sam!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d6052e97de29c0001dd72ad/0acd4082-92a8-414e-a203-40794ccec1f1/PXL_20220130_214010289%7E2.jpg Guiding Blog Home - Astringent Apprentice 300m, M5 - Make it stand out Move the belay up under the last narrow groove. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d6052e97de29c0001dd72ad/04b83290-0475-4590-abc6-458763224b1e/PXL_20220130_171952371%7E2.jpg Guiding Blog Home - Astringent Apprentice 300m, M5 - Make it stand out 2 bolts and a piton protect the rising traverse on pitch 2. Either belay at the ice up and left in a small alcove, or simuclimb across the top of the ledge with a few pieces of pro under the roof you duck under. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d6052e97de29c0001dd72ad/fe40ad26-2152-4078-b446-e14a43818dd6/PXL_20220130_222304385%7E2.jpg Guiding Blog Home - Astringent Apprentice 300m, M5 - Make it stand out Move the belay up from the tree by scrambling to a small alcove with two pitons below the narrowing of the groove above. On the second attempt there was no ice here, while on the successful climb a thin dribble helped the moves through the roof on the last pitch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d6052e97de29c0001dd72ad/5127194f-b0a9-41ed-8b39-7feeaddcd2f0/IMG_20191210_104809191%7E2.jpg Guiding Blog Home - Astringent Apprentice 300m, M5 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d6052e97de29c0001dd72ad/b00a6ef1-8cc9-48c4-bfa1-8f629770d9bc/IMG_20190222_165744667_HDR%7E2.jpg Guiding Blog Home - Astringent Apprentice 300m, M5 - Make it stand out Sam Eastman staying warm after doing the rope-gunning on the early pitches of the first attempt. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d6052e97de29c0001dd72ad/0537444a-443a-4e52-8087-478402160614/PXL_20220130_225659176.jpg Guiding Blog Home - Astringent Apprentice 300m, M5 - Make it stand out Raphael Slawinski saving us from an all-nighter on the last pitch of the new route. If you get it with ice on it it could even be what Raph called “totally classic mixed climbing.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d6052e97de29c0001dd72ad/ac4c9472-8215-496c-8463-d3f186b5bf38/PXL_20220130_155714103%7E2.jpg Guiding Blog Home - Astringent Apprentice 300m, M5 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d6052e97de29c0001dd72ad/73917231-f93d-4771-bb2e-3e131a798668/IMG_20191210_152405294%7E2.jpg Guiding Blog Home - Astringent Apprentice 300m, M5 - Make it stand out Uisdean seemed right at home on the snowed up rock. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d6052e97de29c0001dd72ad/3b5469cf-89dc-4f63-bdf3-05fd42bd0351/PXL_20220131_133846786%7E2.jpg Guiding Blog Home - Astringent Apprentice 300m, M5 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d6052e97de29c0001dd72ad/83074926-d44f-4182-8abe-b451678417ab/PXL_20220131_214025268%7E2.jpg Guiding Blog Home - Astringent Apprentice 300m, M5 - Make it stand out Blue is the route line. Red is two rappels off trees to below the last pitch of Mixed Master. Route has been drytooled to below the last pitch, but is better with snow/ice. There are large loose blocks on pitch 4 especially that could be nasty in the summer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d6052e97de29c0001dd72ad/a86c7009-631f-4cde-86ba-489e163aedf7/markup_4689+%283%29.png Guiding Blog Home - Astringent Apprentice 300m, M5 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.ianwelsted.com/guidingbloghome/western-neve-800m-m5-wi5r monthly 0.5 2021-03-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d6052e97de29c0001dd72ad/1615252605343-C046D7P38RWF857YYFYB/Alik+creek+WN.jpg Guiding Blog Home - Western Neve 800m, M5 WI5R The approach is not trivial due to creeks and deadfall. Alik wisely opted for ski boots for this part. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d6052e97de29c0001dd72ad/1615252244062-BW6AKVS1YMZ9S4KVDSRJ/Alik+WN+top+tiers.jpeg Guiding Blog Home - Western Neve 800m, M5 WI5R Pitches 6-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d6052e97de29c0001dd72ad/1615252435098-P9HGFSDCIXC9XZMV0TD4/WN+bottom+tier.jpg Guiding Blog Home - Western Neve 800m, M5 WI5R The first tier of pitches 1-4. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d6052e97de29c0001dd72ad/1615251622363-CHISPL2HOOPPIID57OM4/westernneverouteline.JPG Guiding Blog Home - Western Neve 800m, M5 WI5R https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d6052e97de29c0001dd72ad/1615252389969-SWWE44DOIHIKU0YSVG3H/Mid+simul+and+top+tier+WN.jpg Guiding Blog Home - Western Neve 800m, M5 WI5R The long simul-climbing pitch 5 leading to the top two tiers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d6052e97de29c0001dd72ad/1615252319899-Y3YTNMONDE4KKUJJPYB2/Screenshot_20210308-095009_Gaia+GPS.jpg Guiding Blog Home - Western Neve 800m, M5 WI5R Our camp was just downhill from the waypoint marker. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d6052e97de29c0001dd72ad/1615251946115-HS1IW60W2MW5067ZLWNJ/Alik+WN+best+action.jpeg Guiding Blog Home - Western Neve 800m, M5 WI5R https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d6052e97de29c0001dd72ad/1615252500597-7YDWVS2Y02C1WBPQITLF/Ian+lead+WN.jpg Guiding Blog Home - Western Neve 800m, M5 WI5R You can see the ski hill in Golden from the last pitch, which Alik graciously handed over to me as it looked like WI3 and we were sure to make it to the ridge before dark at this point, after he led all of the route except the first dry pitch and the middle scrambling ground. https://www.ianwelsted.com/guidingbloghome/annual-new-route-summary-rockies-2019 monthly 0.5 2021-01-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d6052e97de29c0001dd72ad/1610929663523-WEL8H93YXOO31GK6YLMY/aaj-Milkwater.jpg Guiding Blog Home - Annual New Route Summary Rockies 2019 The Milkwater (1,250m, V WI4 M4) on the east side of Mt. Temple. Striving for the Moon takes the obvious ice line to the left. Photo by Alik Berg https://www.ianwelsted.com/guidingbloghome/annualnewroutesummary monthly 0.5 2021-01-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d6052e97de29c0001dd72ad/1610748590015-6U3NF3E5OY4ZYRP88UTK/Katana.jpg Guiding Blog Home - Annual New Route Summary 2020 This year’s awesome Katana, WI6+ X Last year’s new route summary online https://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/13201215538 https://www.ianwelsted.com/guidingbloghome/perpetual-spring-canmore-wall monthly 0.5 2020-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d6052e97de29c0001dd72ad/1604807865521-86IZHUVDJPWLVPSCS1VH/Traverse+Perpetual+Spring Guiding Blog Home - Perpetual Spring, Canmore Wall The hydro pond (so popular in the summer with SUPers) gives the location away. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d6052e97de29c0001dd72ad/1604807472806-BA01NJ0LFCWPGSIOA84M/First+pitch+Perpetual+Spring Guiding Blog Home - Perpetual Spring, Canmore Wall Stem up easily past the inviting crack and into the hanging bowl. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d6052e97de29c0001dd72ad/1604807805144-ZLQ6H15U23I1UIKIC8PF/Alik+trundling+Perpetual+Spring Guiding Blog Home - Perpetual Spring, Canmore Wall Alik was clearly enjoying himself trundling blocks that could have been heard on the main street of Canmore. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d6052e97de29c0001dd72ad/1604807540309-S7LSFVJFV596Y46PQJZV/Routline+Perpetual+Spring Guiding Blog Home - Perpetual Spring, Canmore Wall From here the routeline is fairly obvious, on the left buttress before the long traverse left under the big roof. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d6052e97de29c0001dd72ad/1604807606772-XCBSSS5DHWUEHHZAP9PP/Raphael+Slawinski+Perpetual+crux Guiding Blog Home - Perpetual Spring, Canmore Wall On our second go we brought in the ultimate Rockies ringer, Raphael Slawinski. This sideways mantle on non-existent feet had eluded me on the first attempt. One of the weirdest drytooling moves I have seen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d6052e97de29c0001dd72ad/1604807917516-YFSLCBPH5X5DBYJO2E72/Upper+gully+headlamp+Perpetual+Spring Guiding Blog Home - Perpetual Spring, Canmore Wall By the upper corner, the route is basically in the bag. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d6052e97de29c0001dd72ad/1604790799948-4Z2ZKIV6R54OG2P6O3KA/looking+back+at+pitch+5+and+6.jpg Guiding Blog Home - Perpetual Spring, Canmore Wall I have been thinking recently, after a few drytooling outings, there are only a few who can as confidently face climb in crampons as they would in rock shoes. Required skill for this pitch above Canmore. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d6052e97de29c0001dd72ad/1604807695762-AY2L0YZNJWPGC29A6UUD/Looking+down+pitch+6+perpetual Guiding Blog Home - Perpetual Spring, Canmore Wall Very few people feel comfortable, in my experience, questing out across thin face edges in crampons. Not sure I could have led this pitch, and not terribly enticing to go back to find out having seconded it. 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