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I have tried to put in events that are significant or interesting in some way.
July 1961
First ascent of the Grand Wall, over 40 days, by Jim Baldwin & Ed Cooper
July 1962
First ascent of Diedre, by Jim Baldwin and J. Sinclair, now probably the most climbed multi-pitch route in Canada.
1979
Greg Cameron solos Pipeline (5.10c) for the first free ascent. The crux is an overhanging squeeze chimney, several hundred feet up!
1982
First free ascent of University Wall (5.12a), making it one of the worlds hardest long free climbs of the day, by Peter Croft, Hamish Fraser and Greg Foweraker
July 1986
Peter Croft and Perry Beckham climbed all of the Grand Wall and Roman Chimneys (16 pitches, 5.11c) in 3 hours 15 minutes.
August 1988
Peter Croft on-sights The Shadow (5.13b) on the first ascent
September 1991
Hamish Fraser solos Squamish Buttress via Diedre, in 38 minutes
August 8 1996
Sig Isaac led University Wall (11 pitches, 512a), Northern Lights (11 pitches, 5.12a) and Freeway (13 pitches, 5.11c) in one day, competing all in a time of 14 hours and 40 minutes. Seconded by Luc Mailloux, the two not only climbed the routes, but ran down the backside trail 3 times.36 pitches.
August 1996
A few weeks later, Sig Isaac and Guy Edwards simul-climbed all of the Grand Wall finishing with the Roman Chimneys (16 pitches, 5.11c) in 1 hour, 44 minutes.
Copyright © 1997-1999 Alistair Veitch and Adrian Burke
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