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New Route on McGillivray Slabs, Mount McGillivray.

verticalventures — Thu, 2 Jul 2009 01:19:59 MDT

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New Route on McGillivray Slabs, Mount McGillivray. - McGillivray-New-Route.jpg

Mount McGillivray from the Trans Canadaa Highway near Morley Flats, Alberta, Canada

verticalventures — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:26:22 MDT

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Mount McGillivray from the Trans Canadaa Highway near Morley Flats, Alberta, Canada - IMG00027.png

Saturday June 27th 2009 Photo taken on a BlackBerry™ Curve 8900 Photo by: Kevin Watson©

McGillivray Slabs

verticalventures — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:18:47 MDT

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Saturday June 27th 2009 Photo taken on a BlackBerry™ Curve 8900 Photo by: Kevin Watson©

Eric (front) & Kyle (behind) on Launch Ledge - ["Launch Ledge" is the launch point for 6-routes on the West end of McGillivray Slabs].

verticalventures — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 23:01:23 MDT

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Eric (front) & Kyle (behind) on Launch Ledge - ["Launch Ledge" is the launch point for 6-routes on the West end of McGillivray Slabs]. - IMG00029.png

Saturday June 27th 2009 Photo taken on a BlackBerry™ Curve 8900 Photo by: Kevin Watson©

Kyle on Launch Ledge

verticalventures — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 22:53:41 MDT

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Saturday June 27th 2009 Photo taken on a BlackBerry™ Curve 8900 Photo by: Kevin Watson©

Kyle on Launch Ledge with Grotto Mountain & CragX in the background

verticalventures — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 21:46:46 MDT

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Kyle on Launch Ledge with Grotto Mountain & CragX in the background - IMG00031.png

Saturday June 27th 2009 Photo taken on a BlackBerry™ Curve 8900 Photo by: Kevin Watson©

Looking down & across the slabs that lead off of Launch Ledge

verticalventures — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 21:29:55 MDT

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Looking down & across the slabs that lead off of Launch Ledge - IMG00032.png

Saturday June 27th 2009 Photo taken on a BlackBerry™ Curve 8900 Photo by: Kevin Watson©

Looking down P1 with a little bit of Launch Ledge still visible at the far right.

verticalventures — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 21:20:28 MDT

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Looking down P1 with a little bit of Launch Ledge still visible at the far right. - IMG00033.png

Saturday June 27th 2009 Photo taken on a BlackBerry™ Curve 8900 Photo by: Kevin Watson©

Looking East from the top of P1 towards Heart Mountain (upper right) and unnamed (upper left) and Lac des Arcs.

verticalventures — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 21:12:39 MDT

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Looking East from the top of P1 towards Heart Mountain (upper right) and unnamed (upper left) and Lac des Arcs. - IMG00034.png

Saturday June 27th 2009 Photo taken on a BlackBerry™ Curve 8900 Photo by: Kevin Watson©

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verticalventures — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 20:58:52 MDT

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Eric Belaying Kyle up P1

verticalventures — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 20:47:54 MDT

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Eric Belaying Kyle up P1 - IMG00036.png

Saturday June 27th 2009 Photo taken on a BlackBerry™ Curve 8900 Photo by: Kevin Watson©

Kyle cleaning P1

verticalventures — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 20:38:06 MDT

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Kyle cleaning P1 - IMG00038a.png

Saturday June 27th 2009 Photo taken on a BlackBerry™ Curve 8900 Photo by: Kevin Watson©

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verticalventures — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 20:09:55 MDT

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Kyle approaching belay ledge at the top of P1

verticalventures — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 19:59:21 MDT

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Kyle approaching belay ledge at the top of P1 - IMG00039.jpg

Saturday June 27th 2009 Photo taken on a BlackBerry™ Curve 8900 Photo by: Kevin Watson©

Kyle approaching the belay ledge at the top of P1(2)

verticalventures — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 19:51:37 MDT

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Kyle approaching the belay ledge at the top of P1(2) - IMG00040.png

Saturday June 27th 2009 - Photo taken on a BlackBerry™ Curve 8900 - Photo by: Kevin Watson©

Kyle climbing up to belay ledge

verticalventures — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 19:43:07 MDT

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Kyle climbing up to belay ledge - IMG00041a.png

Date: Saturday June 27th 2009 - Photo taken on a BlackBerry™ Curve 8900 - Photo by: Kevin Watson©

Kyle being belayed on a 7mm static line

verticalventures — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 19:36:01 MDT

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Kyle being belayed on a 7mm static line - IMG00042.png

Date: Saturday June 27th 2009 - Photo taken on a BlackBerry™ Curve 8900 - Photo by: Kevin Watson©

Eric (front) kyle (behind) at belay ledge.

verticalventures — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 19:28:38 MDT

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Eric (front) kyle (behind) at belay ledge. - IMG00044.png

Date: Saturday June 27th 2009 - Photo taken on a BlackBerry™ Curve 8900 - Photo by: Kevin Watson©

Eric (front) Kyle (behind) on belay ledge.

verticalventures — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 19:22:08 MDT

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Eric (front) Kyle (behind) on belay ledge. - IMG00045.png

Date: Saturday June 27th 2009 - Photo taken on a BlackBerry™ Curve 8900 - Photo by: Kevin Watson©

Intermediate anchor for hanging belay on P2.

verticalventures — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 19:10:21 MDT

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Intermediate anchor for hanging belay on P2. - IMG00046.png

Rock Climbing, Trad, New Routing, Mount McGilivray, McGillivray Slabs, Alberta, Canada

Kyle cleaning P2

verticalventures — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 19:00:51 MDT

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Kyle cleaning P2 - IMG00047.png

Date: Saturday June 27th 2009 - Photo taken on a BlackBerry™ Curve 8900 - Photo by: Kevin Watson©

Eric just above the P2 belay ledge.

verticalventures — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 18:49:19 MDT

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Eric just above the P2 belay ledge. - IMG00049.png

Date: Saturday June 27th 2009 - Photo taken on a BlackBerry™ Curve 8900 - Photo by: Kevin Watson©

Eric (white helmet) waiting at an intermediate stance from where he tagged the drill (directly above him red) up to me in order to place the only bolt we drilled.

verticalventures — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 18:26:44 MDT

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Eric (white helmet) waiting at an intermediate stance from where he tagged the drill (directly above him *red*) up to me in order to place the only bolt we drilled. - IMG00050.png

Date: Saturday June 27th 2009 - Photo taken on a BlackBerry™ Curve 8900 - Photo by: Kevin Watson©

Another shot of Eric (white helmet) waiting at an intermediate stance from where he tagged the drill (directly above him red) up to me in order to place the only bolt we drilled.

verticalventures — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 18:19:35 MDT

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Another shot of Eric (white helmet) waiting at an intermediate stance from where he tagged the drill (directly above him *red*) up to me in order to place the only bolt we drilled. - IMG00051.png

Date: Saturday June 27th 2009 - Photo taken on a BlackBerry™ Curve 8900 - Photo by: Kevin Watson©

Looking down from P2 with Eric (white helmet) and Kyle (red helmet) below on the P1 belay ledge.

verticalventures — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 18:11:27 MDT

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Looking down from P2 with Eric (white helmet) and Kyle (red helmet) below on the P1 belay ledge. - IMG00052.png

Date: Saturday June 27th 2009 - Photo taken on a BlackBerry™ Curve 8900 - Photo by: Kevin Watson©

Crux on P3 - This photo really doesn't accurately portray how steep or void of holds this section actually is.

verticalventures — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:40:34 MDT

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Crux on P3 - This photo really doesn't accurately portray how steep or void of holds this section actually is. - IMG00053.png

Date: Saturday June 27th 2009 - Photo taken on a BlackBerry™ Curve 8900 - Photo by: Kevin Watson©

Looking East across Lac des Arcs through the Bow Valley gap towards Calgary

verticalventures — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:32:00 MDT

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Looking East across Lac des Arcs through the Bow Valley gap towards Calgary - IMG00054.png

Date: Saturday June 27th 2009 - Photo taken on a BlackBerry™ Curve 8900 - Photo by: Kevin Watson©

Re-Directed Belay on ledge at the top of P2

verticalventures — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:25:41 MDT

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Re-Directed Belay on ledge at the top of P2 - IMG00055-20090627-1548.jpg

Rock Climbing, Trad, New Routing, Mount McGilivray, McGillivray Slabs, Alberta, Canada

Camera hand got yanked while belaying Eric (hence the crooked shot)

verticalventures — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:22:14 MDT

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Camera hand got yanked while belaying Eric (hence the crooked shot) - IMG00057.png

Date: Saturday June 27th 2009 - Photo taken on a BlackBerry™ Curve 8900 - Photo by: Kevin Watson©

Out of Order

verticalventures — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:14:59 MDT

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One of the drawbacks to the way you load images on Photobucket is.. that if you want to have some assemblance of order to your album, you have to load your photos in reverse order. Sounds simple enough, until an image fails to load. Upon reloading this image, depending one the size of batch loads you are doing, the photo can end up anywhere from slightly misplaced to confusingly out of order. If there is a way to rearrange your photos without reloading the entire album,, I have yet to find it. ---- Date: Saturday June 27th 2009 - Photo taken on a BlackBerry™ Curve 8900 - Photo by: Kevin Watson©

Eric approaching the short steep section just below the belay ledge.

verticalventures — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:06:28 MDT

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Eric approaching the short steep section just below the belay ledge. - IMG00060.png

Date: Saturday June 27th 2009 - Photo taken on a BlackBerry™ Curve 8900 - Photo by: Kevin Watson©

Eric just below belay ledge.

verticalventures — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:44:02 MDT

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Eric just below belay ledge. - IMG00059.png

Date: Saturday June 27th 2009 - Photo taken on a BlackBerry™ Curve 8900 - Photo by: Kevin Watson©

Kyle coming over short steep section to the belay ledge.

verticalventures — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 15:46:24 MDT

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Kyle coming over short steep section to the belay ledge. - IMG00068.png

Date: Saturday June 27th 2009 - Photo taken on a BlackBerry™ Curve 8900 - Photo by: Kevin Watson©

Eric clearing his rope before pulling onto the belay ledge.

verticalventures — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 15:21:32 MDT

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Eric clearing his rope before pulling onto the belay ledge. - IMG00061.png

Date: Saturday June 27th 2009 - Photo taken on a BlackBerry™ Curve 8900 - Photo by: Kevin Watson©

Eric standing on top of P2 Belay ledge

verticalventures — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 15:15:39 MDT

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Eric standing on top of P2 Belay ledge - IMG00062.png

Date: Saturday June 27th 2009 - Photo taken on a BlackBerry™ Curve 8900 - Photo by: Kevin Watson©

Eric on P2 belay ledge.

verticalventures — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 15:11:21 MDT

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Eric on P2 belay ledge. - IMG00063.png

Another out-of-order shot of Kyle coming up to the top of P2.

verticalventures — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 15:03:53 MDT

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Another out-of-order shot of Kyle coming up to the top of P2. - IMG00064.png

Kyle starting up the steeper section below P2 belay ledge.

verticalventures — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 14:57:23 MDT

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Kyle starting up the steeper section below P2 belay ledge. - IMG00065.jpg

Kyle coming up on a 7mm static rope to P2 belay ledge.

verticalventures — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 14:56:44 MDT

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Kyle coming up on a 7mm static rope to P2 belay ledge. - IMG00066.png

Kyle looking up at the last little steep section before P2 belay ledge.

verticalventures — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 14:51:28 MDT

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Kyle looking up at the last little steep section before P2 belay ledge. - IMG00067.png

Kyle on the last few pulls up to the P2 belay Ledge.

verticalventures — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 14:46:02 MDT

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Kyle on the last few pulls up to the P2 belay Ledge. - IMG00069.png

Kyle contemplates the final moves to gain the P2 belay ledge.

verticalventures — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 14:13:59 MDT

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Kyle contemplates the final moves to gain the P2 belay ledge. - IMG00070.png

ERic rapping down off of tree on P2 belay ledge.

verticalventures — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 14:07:53 MDT

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ERic rapping down off of tree on P2 belay ledge. - IMG00071.png

Looking up from P1 brlay ledge at Eric Rapping down P2.

verticalventures — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 14:01:53 MDT

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Eric rapping down P1.

verticalventures — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 13:49:15 MDT

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Eric rapping down P1. - IMG00073.png

Eric rapping P1

verticalventures — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 13:42:42 MDT

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Eric rapping over slabs below P1 ledge

verticalventures — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 12:52:51 MDT

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Eric rapping over slabs below P1 ledge - IMG00075.png

Eric rapping for P1 ledge tree anchor(2)

verticalventures — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 12:38:45 MDT

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Eric rapping for P1 ledge tree anchor(2) - IMG00076.png

Eric rapping down from P1 ledge tree anchor

verticalventures — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 12:24:02 MDT

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Eric rapping down from P1 ledge tree anchor - IMG00077.png

Eric on the last rap.

verticalventures — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 11:58:52 MDT

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Eric on the last rap. - IMG00078.png

Unnamed - (Rum Doodle) Bow Valley, Alberta, Canada

verticalventures — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 11:34:30 MDT

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Unnamed - (Rum Doodle) Bow Valley, Alberta, Canada - IMG00026.png

This minor bump-in-the-road by comparison with the surrounding peaks, has been a first summit for many young aspiring mountaineers. Having zero approach, as it is located literally right on the side of the highway, and with features that on the west side which allow for a simple hike to the top, yet increase in difficulty as you move around to the east, it allows you to make this peak as easy or difficult of a climb as the perspective peak bagger is comfortable with.