so. much. climbing!

Today is consecutive day 6 of climbing in Squamish. The past two days we have been climbing multi-pitch routes in preparation for one of the longest routes up the Chief. The amazing thing about climbing in Squamish is that trad, sport and bouldering can all be found in close proximity. Yesterday we took a semi-rest day. We climbed 6 easy pitches up one portion of the Chief called the Apron. On our decent, we ran into some friends who were bouldering, so we joined them for the rest of the evening. World-class multi-pitch trad and bouldering in one day, you can't beat that! In case half of these climbing-related terms are foreign to you, you can check out the definitions here:

climbing term definitions

Today we climbed another multi-pitch route, it was much more physically challenging and took more than 5 hours.

Below are some pictures of our latest adventures!

Cooking delicious post-climbing dinners under a tarp (it was raining earlier)

Sport climbing a classic route at Rogue Gallery

Just another beautiful scene from a climbing area that is a short hike from the car

Our good friend Keith trying a really hard really long route

Patrick on the first pitch of Exasperater...lots of hard pitches still ahead!

Getting a drink at belay station #2 of the Exasperater/Peasant's route extension. 

All that hard work yields a gorgeous view! 

Patrick at the anchors of today's multi-pitch route. See the little people above us on the left? They are climbing a very looong and challenging route that we would love to do before we leave Squamish.