Conrad Kain route on Bugaboo Spire

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Uploaded by on Nov 9, 2007

Our ascent of the classic Conrad Kain route on Bugaboo Spire, British Columbia, Canada. This was my first real alpine climb and was an exhilarating day. The footage varies in quality but hopefuly captures the essence of this amazing place. If you open the video location in Google earth you can see some amazing topography.

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  • damn your fast what was that descending 10,000 ft in a few hours??

  • Hey 1041022, no we were not that fast. I can't recall the actual height gain we made, certainly much less than 10,000 ft since the hut is already quite high. It was approximately 10 hour round trip, leaving and returning to the hut. Pretty standard time I imagine. We moved fast but enjoyed the view everynow and then as well. Some soloists went past us, they would have done it in probably 7 hours, maybe less.

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  • yeah..

  • Mount Bugaboo ha

  • There is always electrical activity in the Bugs in the afternoons. Best to climb early and get off as soon as you can. This vid reminds me of the days I climbed there (I feel old). The gendarme on the CKR is easy but exposed. The rock in the Bugs is fantastic though and very solid.

  • Awesome... hopefully doing pigeon this summer. Great work! Glad those storm clouds didn't materialize

  • There is a 16 pitch 5.8 climb on the spire as well. These guys went up the classic Kain route which is rated 5.6. This route takes alot a scrambling. Alot of this journey is third and fourth class scramble.

  • thx OR inspirING ME. Started climbing in 1988. By the time of 1997 I was climbing multi pitch 5.5 to 5.8 A1 could climb 5.11 unaided. Started to do water ice v4 .. Then I had a knarly accident shattered my patella in three pieces. Stopped climbing skiing trekking and went to make money as I realized being poor was no longer fun not being able to do what I loved. 10 years later im having another revelation to climb . This video has made me realize what Ive missed .Thx for INSPIRATION

  • Great video!!! im heading to Bugaboos/Vowell glaciers in July with ACC - thanks for the preview!

  • nice Vid guys. Well Done!!

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