Vancouver refresher (NOT YET EDITED ... DRAFT... DON'T LOOK)
Emerging from the Lockdown 2021

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Many memories return with a view from the air, including a favourite, Mt Challenger. Immediately upon landing in Vancouver I sped by non-electric, non-self-driving (ugh) rental car up the Sea-to-Sky.
An early start next morning took me to Wedgemount Lake, where there is reserved camping,
around the lake,
and up the glacier at its end.
This is not normally done without ropes, ...
and just because it works out early in the morning, ...
... doesn't mean you'll want to come down it in much softer afternoon conditions!
My goal had been to go up the ridge on the right, but all I could see looked 5th class.
Eventually, after adventures around the south face, I walked up Adjacent Talus Blob instead ...
for a nice panorama of the area.
The intended route up Wedge looks long and pretty,
.. though I had actually forgotten that my plan earlier had been the better idea of going up the beautiful-looking ridge of Weart, on the left (oops).
There are plenty of positive-feedback processes associated with solar radiative forcing.
Descending was an unrecognizable maze, ...
... in near record-breaking heat.
Despite a fearsome, unhealthy combination of smoke and heat,
Jorge Amigo and I visited Sky Pilot using the easy approach (are they really going to keep fixing that thing?!),
... though we added a somewhat contrived (unnecessary) snow climb.
You might say that the "Pink Slab" is neither slab nor very pink.
Overall, the West Buttress route is more aesthetic earlier in the season (or millennium).
From one viewpoint, Habrich (fond memories) aligns with Garibaldi and Atwell.
Easy food matched the easy approach.
Next was a drive with Charles Montgomery and Jorge up the Hurley and further logging roads to the NE ridge of Mt Sloan. That's right: we drove right onto and over the ridge ...
... which we then followed to the summit.
Forest turns to subalpine;
And the scramble begins.
Who needs footholds when there's a perfect hand crack?
The ridge actually splits at the bottom.
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The notch looked a bit icky compared with sticking to the ridge.
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Jorge naps with Vancouver Island peaks behind
Summit snoogle wide view
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