Misadventures of the Wasatch and beyond: August 2009

Friday, August 21, 2009

Squampton Part 2

jas emerging from the forest on silly putty

and the ever photogenic split beaver

jeremy w/ an impressive send on the squaw (forget the name and grade of the route, its on the right side, anyone?)

the boys nearing the top

wow, i even took a bouldering photo

corey 'rich'ards, broken pins, whiskey shakes, and sentry box

a photo that i've had in my mind for years - evan stevens on even steven

holy sh*t, sonnie trotter is wearing my shoes

jeremy and his rig

the man - peter croft

simon yates

Squampton Part 1

such a beautiful cliff

such a beautiful valley

and then the clouds

and the rain

checkamus, pretty uninspiring

the ques were 2 parties deep for the four dry routes

but we found one partially dry roof crack

yup, full on squampton

Sunday, August 16, 2009

The Following is Hijacked from

www.squamishmountainfest.com

It was standing room only again at the Howe Sound Inn & Brew Pub for this year's Steep Shot photo Shoot out.

Five professional photographers from across North America were each given up to 5 minutes to showcase the very best of their climbing photography talent in front of an eager and enthusiastic audience of more than 200 people.

The judges deliberation was tough - but in the end it was a unanimous one and first place , with a prize of prize of $1500 went to Andrew Burr, who graciously gave his winning cheque back to the Squamish Mountain Festival and The Squamish Access Society.

Second & third place went to Keith Ladzinski & Cory Richards respectively.