Sharing Stories from the Climbing Community
Photo by P. Ourom
Podcasts for some of these stories are HERE We hope you enjoy them!
List of Stories
- El Capitan Mescalito Wall
- El Capitan Shield Wall
- El Capitan Zodiac Wall-1
- El Capitan Zodiac Wall-2
- Genius Loci-Squamish
- John Rosholt Memorial
- Laps on the Grand
- Mt Slesse Fraser Ribber
- Mt Slesse Heart of Darkness
- Mt Slesse Introduction
- Mt Slesse N.E. Buttress
- Outward Bound 1984
- Saving Canada-The Beginning
- Saving Canada-The Mountain
- Saving Canada-The Stunt
Mt Slesse, N.E. Buttress
Written by Peder Ourom
Mt Slesse, N.E. Buttress, Joe Buszowski following, July 1979. Photo by Peder Ourom.
Joe and I had driven up late in the day, anticipating an early morning start. We were at the logging harvesting heyday for this valley and could drive up and up and up the switchbacks almost to the Alpine. Joe owned a huge monster Ford truck with a custom camper built on the back, a great vehicle for grinding up the switchbacks on the rough logging roads. On longer trips like the Rockies or Bugaboos, the huge motor burned though vast amounts of both gas and oil. In every small town on the journey you needed to stop and fill the tank. Luckily fuel was 20 cents a litre.