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Canada 20-May-2010 At 11:41:13 AM james

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On 18/05/2010 One Day Hero wrote:
>On 18/05/2010 AaronLowndes wrote:
>>MASSIVE 700M VERTICAL WALL OF SOLID GRANITE
>
>Look, I love Squamish, but lets try to stick with reality.
>
>What's really there is a 300m wall of mostly less than vertical granite
>with only 5 routes up it!! Also, lots of other walls with tiers which maybe
>add up to 500m in total, but separated by 'jungleering' pitches. Also,
>lots of 1-3 pitch trad crack and face routes from slabby to very steep
>(this is what most people climb, most of the time). Amazing single pitch
>sport wall with 30ish routes, Pet Wall, on slightly overhanging, highly
>featured amazingness.
>
>The rock at squami is top notch, best granite I've ever touched. (which
>means better than: Cham, Val di Mello, Yosemite, Frecinet, and miles better
>than A.C.T. and victorian stuff)
>
>What's with the dude bullshitting about the Bugaboos?...there's a myth
>going around that it's "Squamish granite in an alpine setting".....utter
>crap! It's like booroomba granite but the cracks are more weathered out
>and there's a lot more loose stuff lying around.......which is what you
>would expect in an alpine area, unless you've been bullshitted. Super unreal
>place to climb but rock quality is 'alpine great' not 'crag great'!

the man speaks the truth!

also someone else mentioned cheekymus or whatever its called. AVOID THIS PLACE LIKE THE PLAGUE. seriously its utter crap.