Jamie Chong

I’ve been so busy since I got home from Europe at the start of this month. Sarah and I bought a condo in North Van. It’s beautiful. We have a view of the city from the 15th floor. Move-in day is this Friday. I’m so excited! Last weekend we did some climbing in Horne Lake. I witnessed Gary Foster redpoint  his long standing project, Save the Pushers. Great work meingh!

This weekend I finally got out to Squamish. It was my first day back after 2 months of abstainence! The rock was still pretty wet, but I managed to do a few problems. I went up with Sean McColl, who was motivated to try Dreamcatcher. This route has yet to see a repeat. I got on it earlier this year to just play around. Holy shit does it feel hard. So bouldery! If there’s anyone capable of doing the second ascent, it’s Sean. Especially after I saw him do the route with only 1 fall the other day. He stuck the dyno for his first time ever then easily made his way to the “slots”. Bad news was that the slots were soaking wet. But somehow Sean managed to clip and make two more moves before he wet-fired out. He boinked back up, shook out, then finished the route to the top. No problem! I wager that Sean would have made the 2nd ascent if the holds were dry.

I’ve slowly been adding photos to my Photo Gallery. You can also see them on my Flickr Page. There are some photos from our trip to Europe as well. Take a look and let me know what you think in the comments section. Below is one of my favourites!

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