Squamish

Yay! Getting to know some of my tennis team better, I discovered one of the guys, Dave, was a keen climber and hence scored an invite to go bouldering sometime. We decided the following weekend would be good as Matt had already indicated it would be a boring weekend for me as he had a big assignment due Monday. Of course when I came home with the incentive of being able to 'go play with rocks' and that he couldn't come unless his homework was done, procrastination vanished and the assignment was done quick as a flash. The four of us Dave, and a friend of his Pat, Matt and I headed out to meet at the climbing gym in North Van and from there headed out to Dave's favourite spot in Squamish. It was a chilly 3 degrees and our fingers were frozen after two moves, but it was fun anyway. It's amazing how crap you become after 4 months off! (And I was bad to start off with!)

Yay! Rocks and mountains! ...and a whole 3 degrees!

Squamish bouldering area, over shadowed by "the chief".

Matt half way up a nice slab (Friction Slab, V0-). NB: the grin : )

Me having a go (Friction Slab, V0-). Slab good, overhang bad.

Matt tests out his contact strength on some chalked slopers (Easy in an Easy Chair, V4).

Stopping for lunch. Dave on the left, Pat in the foreground and Matty.

Later in the day- its a longer reach than it looks! (Alien Within, V4)

Matt... pretending... on Dave's project (Cutting Edge, V4).