Climbing in Shannon Falls - Centerfold

Had a great day out with my friend T!  We climbed a route on the Papoose in Squamish called Centerfold.  It's a 3 pitch climb in a VERY NICE position and stellar climbing.  Highly recommended.  You can see the route on the right of this photo.  

Photo shamefully taken from Squamish Rock Guides 

Here is another picture of the route...and if you look closely you can see one of us on the bottom right hand side

the last pitch is a runout slab

This is really a fun route.  For beta, go here.  For memory the pitches go something like 10a (crack to a crux slab move past a bolt); 10b/c (crack to stemming to crux awkward traverse into a flaring crack); and 10a (face move crux to easy cimbing to crux slab above and left of the last bolt).  

Enjoy!

Squamish Skywalker

blitzed to Squamish at 5am for a multi-pitch morning (i.e. lots of climbing)...was back home before my day even started....perfect.  Enjoy the pics (shot entirely on my iphone...so so sorry about the quality)

We did a new route in Squamish near Shannon Falls called Skywalker.  Skywalker is a beautiful line and a VERY GOOD contribution to the Squamish climbing community.  This is pitch 3 (above)

it overlooks Howe Sound and has a great view of the Squamish Chief

there's even a really fun and easy traverse with LOADS of exposure

the climb ends on an low angle slab with a beautiful view

I took one of my students, DP!  He was new to the multi-pitch world but not new to anything mountain related...he had FUN...which made me really satisfied.   

We even explored a bit and were rewarded with BEAUTIFUL views of Shannon Falls in full summer melt.  We yelled out, "Praise God" as we got misted by the intense water.  So refreshing...

These are good days folks...