Of Ice, Rock and Man
Here are some pictures from our Mountaineering Course in the Whistler Backcountry. I hope you are blown away.
There's got to be at least one of these pictures on every trip.
This is our glacier camp on the Diavolo Glacier between Cheakamus Mtn. and Fitsimmons Mtn. The picture was taken from the site of our water source which was glacial run-off trickling down a rocky outcrop just on the other side of the burgschrundt.
This was one group's descent to the Diavolo Camp.
This is my group balancing on a six inch ice ridge with a steep snow slope on this side of us and a vertical drop into the bergschrundt on the other.
This is Tim's group taking the cul route between Fitsimmons Mtn. and Benvolio Mtn. Notice the huge ice fall to their right... one of the many dangers of the mountains.
This is Joel Barret ("big sexy") looking good for the camera (as usual). He couldn't have picked a better backdrop.
This was my group's lunch spot... WOW. (that's me in the green jacket)
This is our camp at Russet Lake. The morning after we got about 10 cm of new snow.
This is the night before as it was snowing.
This was our ascent of Whirlwind Mtn. off of Overlord Glacier.
I forced Joel to take this picture of my favourite alpine flower, the Fireweed.
This is Brent ice climbing out of a crevasse.
Check out the sweet crevasse field behind me.
Me scoping out Mt. Overlord the day that we bagged it.
This is what I would consider a gnarly crevasse.
A massive crevasse field on the Overlord Glacier with the beautiful Spearhead Range behind.
Tricky navigation.
Epic.
posted by Stewart at
10:42 AM
6 Comments:
nice work man! I'm jealous. good pictures
wow, beautiful, amazing pictures! Also, they make me a bit sick because I would be freaked out climbing out of a crevasse!!!
Hey boy, i love seeing your pitures. i'll write you a personal e-mail soon! mand.
Does mount overlord float and have long tentacles that dangle below it?
Geez stu... if you said the word "crevasse" just one more time, it might have become my next favourite word! =)
awesome pictures!
Oh man, those pics are almost as sweet as the 'stache you were sporting in school last week. If I could, I would chain myself to that stache. Dominant facial hair!
My sign in word was "ozuuot", which sounds like some dutch food my mom used to make. Or maybe it was a dutch swear word. I can never remember.
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