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21 Sep 02 |
2:36 |
1:45 |
 21 Sep 02
Norquay was a fun scramble. We got a little off route toward the end of the route, but we turned out okay.
Paul and I got a very early start. We started about an hour before the sun came up, so we did the ski run part
in the dark, then we waited for the sun to come up. The nice thing about starting so early is that you are off
the mountain by the time normal people wake up. Then you've got your entire day ahead of you.
This picture is taken from the slopes of Sulphur Mtn later that day. It shows the two summits of Norquay, the
east and west (true) summit.
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 21 Sep 02
As mentioned, we got a pre-dawn start, and when we got to the top of the chair lifts, the sun was just starting to
peak above the horizon. Here is Paul standing on top of the chair lift building. From this point, we went straight
back to the gully. This involves some hands on scrambling immediately, but nothing too tough. Once through that rock
band, we just ascended the gully to the col.
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 21 Sep 02
Once you reach the col, the grunt work is over and the fun begins. Here we see Paul at the col. We have to go
up the two "bumps" in the ridge before coming to the east summit. There's one tricky spot in getting up the
second bump just before the east summit.
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 21 Sep 02
This is the main summit as seen from just below the east summit. Unfortunately, the shadows of the morning are
screwing up my picture.
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 21 Sep 02
This was picture taken on descent, but this is also just before the crux of the climb, just before the east summit.
Click here to enlarge
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 21 Sep 02
This was also taken on descent, but this is Paul going through the crux. In hindsite, it wasn't too difficult.
Just before the true summit, Paul and I got off route, and our "new path" became the crux.
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 21 Sep 02
This is Paul getting off route. It looked like a logical route. The true route actually crosses the gully to the right,
then circles back a little bit behind you. Paul and I failed to see this, and we scrambled up the ridge along the left side
of the gully. This got steep and exposed rather quickly. Click here to enlarge
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 21 Sep 02
Here's a picture of the route Paul and I took. The gully was very icy, so we stuck more onto the ridge, then when the
ridge got too difficult, we cut across the gully and scrambled our way to the summit. The true scramble route cuts across
the gully where this picture was taken.
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 21 Sep 02
After clearing the gully, we were at the summit. Here I am going through the scrambles book, trying to figure out
where we went wrong. This is one of Paul's pictures.
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 21 Sep 02
So, while I'm flipping through the scrambles book, Paul is flipping through the summit register. You'd think he would
take his pack off and rest a little. :-)
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21 Sep 02
This is Paul scrambling up the second bump, just before the east summit. 
