[MCR] Revelstoke, we can still climb

Subject: [MCR] Revelstoke, we can still climb
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2012 08:41:13 -0700
Hello Everybody

Well, winter is in the mountains and the snow-line is well below tree-line. 
Temperatures are at the cooler side and the moist air hanging out in the 
valleys makes climbing rather difficult. Yesterday I climbed on the Victor Lake 
Wall. Warm temperatures and try rock on the upper part of the wall. We walked 
the descent trail to the top of the Victor Lake Wall and rappelled from the top 
of the wall into several routes, climbing the top few pitches in the warm 
radiation of the sun. While standing or hanging on the belay, doing my job, my 
eyes and mind kept escaping into the snow covered slopes and glaciers of 
Mt.English, looking forward to the arriving winter and al this inspiring 
powder-turns. Anyway, if you still wish to climb some warm rock, then this can 
be found in larger walls with southerly aspects. In the Revelstoke area the 
Victor Lake Wall and the Columbia Buttress are great for this type of climbing 
until late October. 

Enjoy the last days on the rock, skiing is here soon.
Ruedi Beglinger
A.C.M.G  I.F.M.G.A. Mountain Guide
www.selkirkexperience.com
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