Canada – Day 10 – Profesor Falls WI4
Today nobody had a problem getting up at 7am. We all knew what was awaiting us – an amazing 8 pitch, 210m monster climb – Profesor Falls. It’s a Canadians Rockies must do classic. We quickly drove out to Banff,…
Canada – Day9 – Carlsberg Column WI5
This WI5 climb can be pitched in different ways (depending on how it’s formed in given year). We did it in following way: Derek Aherne – Pitch 1 30m WI4 & Pitch 5, 20m WI5 Michal Samsel – Pitch 2…
Canada – Day8 – Rest day, relocation and Banff
Our original plan to move up the valley today changed as we discovered the area more over the week. Basically the 2 options for accommodation for ice climbers in the Bow Valley are either Canmore (where we arrived 7 days…
Canada – Day7 – Guinness Gully WI4
With: Derek Aherne – Pitch 1 & 3 Padraic Gibbons – Pitch 2 Michal Samsel – Pitch 4 For today we had planned to do of amazing 300m of Cascade Falls WI3, however upon arriving to the base of the…
Canada – Day6 – Weathering Heights WI4
They say not to step into the same river twice – I mostly agree – unless it’s a Ghost River Wilderness Area. We’ve revisited the place after scouting it yesterday – this time fully geared up From Canada2016-Day06-WeatheringHeights with intentions to…
Canada – Day5 – Rest day aka location scouting
A bit different schedule than usually today – instead packing up early for climbing we decided to take a day off and do some research on the Ghost River area. It’s a very remote place- around 2h drive from Canmore.…
Canada – Day4 – Lake Louise Falls – WI4
Yet another epic day – completely different than yesterday, when we were pretty much done by lunch time. Today we got up as usual at 7am, I made my famous eggs and bacon, and by 9.30 we were gearing up…
Canada – Day3 – Grotto Canyon Falls – WI3
Easy ground. Short drive, short walking. Good WI3 2 pitch climbing – I led both, boys followed, and then free solo’ed. From Canada2016-Day03-GrottoCanyon Place is set in amazing canyon – you walk up frozen river for around 2km.…
Canada – Arrival and first climbing- Moonlight Falls WI4
We arrived to Calgary on the 4th of March. It took over 20 hours, as our flight was delayed and we missed a connection in Toronto. Luckily I planned ahead and had a hotel booked at Calgary airport. Good night’s…
Day3 – West Kyoto: Arashiyama and Sagano
Today I’ve woken up around 4.30 am (the jet lag is still in me), and decided to spend the morning planning the day. Original plan was to hire some bikes and cycle around the city, but considering it was supposed…