Pushing a season is always a hot topic. Why do people always try to jump into a season as early as possible when they could be enjoying the current season? Why suffer trying to climb on cold rock when you could be skiing? By the time summer is half over you will be tired of rock and will probably try finding early season turns two months before it snows. This happens all to often, so why did I try pushing the season this year? I mean climbing in the middle of march, seriously? Well the reason is simple, Winter F'in sucks this year! That's right, I said it. Whats the point of snowing 50+cm's in two days when temps are just going to push into the positive digits? We had two wicked days (season savers!) then all hell broke lose on every aspect, angle, and elevation, turning the backcountry into a death trap across BC and Alberta. I think five people have died in the backcountry in the last week, which is a terrible loss! I sat for two days drinking beer in a trailer park listening to a buddy tell me how it hasn't snowed for two months at Castle mountain and bitching about three, four, five, I don't even keep track anymore, layers of surface hoar that are waiting to nail us. The call to go climbing came pretty easy, and you know what? It wasn't that bad, actually it was really good! So it looks like I have gotten a good start to the climbing season and I am now closer then ever to tossing the towel in on winter... and i am not ashamed!
Dre scouting the next climb.
First Climb of the year! Well for me at least, Dre gave up on winter a long time ago and in hindsight it was probably a good call.
A sweet arete! Arete's seemed to be the flavour of the trip, not a bad thing.
Sorting gear and being a climbing bum!
A self portrait of a disgruntled ski bum, some how still smiling :)
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