The Word from Mount 7 » Alberta http://mount7.org from off grid living to eclectic travel and adventure Thu, 10 Jun 2010 15:15:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 The Brick Shit House http://mount7.org/2010/06/10/the-brick-shit-house/ http://mount7.org/2010/06/10/the-brick-shit-house/#comments Thu, 10 Jun 2010 15:13:27 +0000 Robson http://mount7.org/?p=451 Well, its not a shit house and its built out of concrete blocks instead of bricks.  Check this out….

http://robson.smugmug.com/Architecture/Concrete-Blocks/12498259_tFZp8#896052225_sAGDW

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_ZBWj_bU-o


]]> http://mount7.org/2010/06/10/the-brick-shit-house/feed/ 0 The Replicant http://mount7.org/2008/12/14/the-replicant/ http://mount7.org/2008/12/14/the-replicant/#comments Sun, 14 Dec 2008 20:46:27 +0000 Robson http://mount7.org/?p=303 Last Thursday Marco Delesalle took Felix Camire and I up the Replicant.  This was my 3rd waterfall climb and a real schooling for me in the art of steep ice.  On the approach we met up with Zoe and Max, who climbed T2 right beside us which offered some added entertainment.  The T2 is a nasty looking, several tonne, hanging dagger of ice that you have to step on to from the rock.  It looked like a real gamblers’ special.  The Replicant is three pitches of near vertical mushroomy ice with a lot of quality hooking for the ice tools.  The climb is half way up the side of Mount Rundle on the Trophy Wall so the location is spectacular.  Felix and I almost froze in the hanging belays, but we survived.  These are Felix’s pictures from the climb.

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Marco Delesalle and Robson Gmoser climb Dreambed on Mt. Yamnuska. This is their hardest climb to date on Yamnuska. The music is by Fela Kuti.
]]> http://mount7.org/2008/08/09/dreambed/feed/ 2 Direttissima http://mount7.org/2008/07/25/direttissima/ http://mount7.org/2008/07/25/direttissima/#comments Fri, 25 Jul 2008 21:31:14 +0000 Robson http://mount7.org/2008/07/25/direttissima/
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Jefff Glynn, Felix Camire and I climb Direttissima on Mt. Yamnuska with commentary by Felix.
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