2015.06.21 The Camel

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Two of us climbed The Camel, regular route.  Nice day, no bugs (and no water), super trip. 8)

Photo: Rappelling off the summit of The Camel.

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The Camel

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Free-air rappel acrobatics.

PHOTO: Overhang rappel from the top of The Camel.

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At the summit of The Camel. Crown Mtn. at the back.

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Lynn2014

弱弱地问：高处不胜寒？  :bb102:

vera

Camel山，和相邻的Crown及远处的Lions一样，也是我们这里标志性的山峰，辨识度很高。平时开车时，常常能看到它。去年去Crown，在山顶看到一侧的Camel，绝对的悬崖峭壁的感觉，想想怎么可能上去呢？压根就没往自己身上靠。当时刚学Alpine不久，大概考虑到我的初初级的水平，所以博士也没提及上Camel的设想。可能博士也没想到有一天会带我来这里吧？

最近一两个月，我都在跟着博士往返于温哥华－Ｓｑｕａｍｉｓｈ之间，用Alpine的装备，练习攀岩，用爬山的boots，练习到５.６级，climbingup　加上climbingdown，每次５个回合，结束后再去ｂｃｍｃ来锻炼体能。可能到了测试的时候，所以博士见我周日不用上班，就说我们去Camel吧，我当然是不变的回答“好啊”，这就开始了我的第一次真正的攀岩。

杜鹃花

在lulu的贴里也看到博士的照片。  你们同一天怎么做到走两条trail的？传说中的分身术？

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We climbed "normal" route(#7). 8)

PHOTO: Topo of The Camel.

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Below The Camel (base of route #9 in the topo above). We will rappel right here from the summit. Our rappel  rope will be too short and won't reach the ground, but under body weight it will stretch just enough to get us down. 8)

PHOTO: At the base of Camel. Crown Mtn with people on it at the back.

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杜鹃花
在lulu的贴里也看到博士的照片。  你们同一天怎么做到走两条trail的？传说中的分身术？

We hiked with Lulu on June 20th, and climbed Camel the next day.

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Our packs combined weigh was 50 lbs, 40 lbs of this was alpine climbing gear (another 4 lbs was drinking electrolyte solution). After a month of easy rock climbing sessions at Squamish this was feeling a bit heavy:  to reach base of The Camel we had to climb Crown Mtn. first. Yet we were glad that we brought what we brought.

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Panorama from the summit of The Camel

PanShiBo

骆驼山很像真骆驼。

beijihu

北美户外最佳贡献奖 :hw:  :cool!:

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This place, exactly three years ago, was completely under snow.

PHOTO: Approaching Crown Pass.


Hard to believe, rescue helicopter picked up people right here without landing. The maneuver "..the most challenging part of flying a helicopter.." is called hover entry. Even skilled pilots were much impressed by this. The story is still quoted on the Talon Helicopters website. 8)

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在到达Rappel station之前，从顶峰首先要下爬一段距离（要是从summit开始的话，绳子更是远远不够），而这段距离，是没有保护的。我一往下看，真晕！我连问了博士好几遍“你就这样下去吗？”博士说“对啊，这个应该没有什么问题，我们5.4的rock都可以啊，而且石头很干燥”。我坐在峰上拍他，都觉得腿肚子发软，心里想一旦失足，可真是万劫不复了。（想不到我后来鼓起勇气也下去了，榜样的力量真是无穷！）

博士就这样下到了他认为可以rappel的地方，第二个piton就这样登场了。

PanShiBo

This is The Summit! 8)

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beijihu

太玩命了吧？！

那石坡大概是多少角度？你们下去有多少米？