Any climbers out there?

Originally Posted by steve

I managed to lose ~25 lbs last month...but I don't really recommend the method (something about the whole near death experience is just not that desirable!)

Yeah, my brother did that last year. Lost quite a bit on the liquid diet, then gained it back with a vengeance when he got out of the hospital. Now he's wondering if he can get a nurse to put him back on the IV nutrition for a while. Nutbag.

Hope all is well with you now.

Originally Posted by steve

I managed to lose ~25 lbs last month...but I don't really recommend the method (something about the whole near death experience is just not that desirable!)

Hey Steve - Don't you need your heart? How you get along after they took that 25 lb. sucker outtaya chest?

Totally kidding here - I hope you're feeling better!

Got out to Maligne Canyon in Jasper National Park on the long weekend. We had three days on the ice. The first was mostly a scouting mission. The second day we climbed all day at the waterfall in the first picture. This pic was taken from a walking bridge over the canyon by a hiker who e-mailed it (and several more pics) to us.

The second pic shows me nearing the top of the climb. We did a short rap into the canyon just about the top of the waterfall. Then a 25+m (almost 100 feet) rap to the bottom of the climb, and top roped it.

The canyon has 4-5 other nice places to climb and lots of cool features to see as you hike along.