Archive:Intro to Ice Climbing 2008
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Introduction
Date
February 9nd -10th, 2008
Pre Trip meeting Wednesday Feb 6th 2008, 6pm, clubroom
Pre-requisites...
Ideally, all students will have done some leading on rock (sport OK), and will have experience belaying a leader. Some exceptions can be made. If in doubt, just ask me...
Gear
- Rigid(ish) mountaineering boots
- Harness
- Belay device, some screw-gates
- Helmet
- Crampons
- Ice tools
- Waterproofs, jacket+pants
- Gloves (lots of pairs, thin ones for climbing and thick ones to thaw your hands while belaying)
- Toque
- Headlamp !!!!
- Camping gear - tent, stove, sleeping bag, sleeping pad, warm clothes etc etc
The Club gear room has a few pairs of double plastic mountaineering boots, and a huge supply of harnesses and helmets. We have a limited supply of decent climbing crampons too. You will however need to have your own belay device, and ideally a few screw-gate biners to go with it. If you have slings, quickdraws, daisychains etc, bring those too. I will try to organise ice axes for everybody closer to the time by borrowing tools from everybody I know who won't be instructing, but if you can arrange your own then please please please do - there will be a shortage.
Instructors will be responsible for bringing ropes, screws and draws/extenders/screamers, however I will help out with finding screws if you don't have enough.
Location
The location of this trip will depend on ice conditions and will be announced at the pre-trip meting, however by far the best bet is the Lillooet area. The Rambles (on the Duffey Lake Road before Lillooet) or Marble Canyon are possible destinations. The trip will definitely involve wild camping beside the climbs to maximise climbing time, and we will try to leave on friday afternoon (but not before 6pm). I'm afraid a long drive will be required...
Student Sign Up
- Ran (ice tools, crampons,6 ice screws, general climbing gear)
- Philipp Zielke
- Felix Heinen
- April Hall (set of ice tools)
- Paweł Mirski (1/2* of rope)
- Paul Bates (sounds great)
- Liam Harrap
- Marcin Mirski (other 1/2* of rope)
- Evan S. (Friend of April - has set of ice tools, ice screws & rope)
- Jannu Casanova
- Emma V-B
- Jade Littlewood
- Gili
- Ravi (ACC)
Waiting list
Student sign-up currently suspended until I get enough instructors!!! I mean it!!!! (he doesn't really mean it. cmon you know this guy he's too happy to be firm.) - Piotr
- Madelaine Wiese
- Jason Kwok
- James Painter
- Gordon Wetzstein
- Ernesto Elias-Nieland
- Heike Blankermann
- Mike Blicker
- Josh Zukewich
- Jan McPhee
- Tif
Instructor Sign Up
- Piotr F.
- Saar Moisa (Piotr's friend and climbing partner from outside the VOC)
- Thomas Brunner
- Ian Bennett
- Will Whitty
- Edward Estabrook
- Dustin Hines
Cars
- Edward Estabrook's vehicular device - 5 spots, leaving friday afternoon 7pm ish
- Edward E.
- Piotr F.
- Evan (can meet up anywhere)
- April (can meet up anywhere)
- Jannu (can meet up anywhere, 7782390830)
- Gili Rosenberg - 5 spots (4 passengers), one of the seat belts is questionable, leaving UBC at: TBD (EARLY on Saturday)
Dustin is instructing under the condition that Gili comes, so Gili gets to go, but we'll take everybody up to Santi anyway...
- Gili Rosenberg
- Dustin Hines (Gili's friend)
- Ravi (ACC)
- Paul Bates (Vanier, UBC)
- Ian B (?)
- Thomas Brunner - 5 spots (4 passengers), leaving Dunbar&20th at: TBD
- Thomas
- Jade Littlewood
- Felix
- Marcin
- Paweł
- Will W. - 5 comfortably + lots of room for gear (leaving from UBC Friday evening 1900, returning noonish on Sunday)
- Will
- Ran (Yukon & W 4th, Friday evening)
- Liam Harrap (Surrey, with firewood)
- Emma V-B (UBC)
- Philipp Zielke (Cambie & 19th)
Carless
Tents & Stoves
Piotr - 2 man tent, small stove
Philipp - 2 man tent, stove, but no pot though
Ed - 2 man tent, stove
Thomas - 2 man tent, stove
Ian - 2m.t.
Gili - 2 man tent, stove, paired with Paul Bates
Dustin - 2 man tent, stove, paired with Ravi
Ran - 2 m.t.
Will - Stove
Paweł - 2 m.t.
Marcin - stove
Evan - 2P Tent, Stove
Felix - 2 man tent
looks like we do have enough tents and stoves now!
firewood, songbook and guitar for singing.
Car groups are encouraged to form food groups among themselves, if they wish to do so. We'll be camping right next to the cars, so you won't have to carry anything very far.
We will all be camping at Marble Canyon, and some people will be driving down to the Rambles for the day on Saturday or Sunday (Ramblers on Sunday can pack up in the morning and then drive back to Vancouver along Highway 99)
Driving Instructions
Highway 1 to Hope (150km)
Highway 1 to Cache Creek (190km) - don't go the usual way E, up Highway 5 towards Merritt and Kamloops!! That'd suck!)
Highway 97 N from Cache Creek towards Prince George for 11km, then take a left onto Highway 99
Highway 99 for 25km to Marble Canyon (Crown Lake)
The guidebook says the alternative route from Lytton (Highway 12 to Lillooet) is shorter but slower, so don't take it :-)
The carpark and campground are at Crown Lake; the climbs are 200m across the frozen lake...
The trip organiser will hopefully be pitching a tent there sometime around midnight on friday night... See you all there!
RDV with Gili and co. is there at 830am on Saturday.
