For those heading out today, a large piece of rock has fallen off The Chief near Angel’s Crest and the police are clearing out the North Wall area. If you are heading up, the North Walls is now closed. A few people who were bouldering at The Farm said that the scar on The Chief is visible and there is a lot of dust from the the rock debris.

UPDATE

Emergency crews had the Mamquam service road blocked off all day without finding anyone who was injured by the fall. A few climbers around the problem The Tugger in the Sheriff’s Badge area reported feeling some small rocks falling but nothing major in that area.

The amount rock that fell was estimated at 1000 cubic meters and left a large brown scar at the top of the wall. Routes that may be affected include Alaskan Highway, which was directly below the fall and a route put up in the last year or two by Matt Matt Maddaloni named ‘Chilkoot Pass’ that has now lost one or two of its pitches.

CBC article on rock fall can be found here.

Paul Cordy and Eric Hughes posing with the rock that fell off The Chief. Photo: Matt Maddaloni ©

All the orange rock in this picture is apparently gone except for the roof. Photo: Matt Maddaloni ©

Most of the rock above the climber here fell off. Photo: Matt Maddaloni ©

Picture by Matt Maddaloni today showing Alaskan Highway in red and Chilkoot Pass in blue. Photo: Matt Maddaloni ©

Special thanks to Matt Maddaloni for the photos.

The CBC and other news sources are reporting a large fire at Nexus beach. Some people are reporting that plumes of smoke are hitting residential areas.

Squamish Terminals on fire at Nexen Beach -CBC

Massive fire burning at Squamish terminal -Buzzfeed

UPDATE: Here is the latest article from CBC regarding the fire. The air quality this morning is still causing concern.

Here is an article by Bill Ramsey for evening sends. I always love to hear people whop are pushing their individual limit well into their 50’s!

‘Age brings wisdom, insight and mastery. That’s a pleasing fairy tale used to sell Viagra, luxury cars and Dos Equis.

Age may bring some benefits, but it also brings weakness, pain, injuries, distractions—a general diminishment of all things associated with athletic performance. All semi-serious amateur climbers wonder why he or she should try hard at something so silly—to suffer and sacrifice and take risks when there is no monetary compensation, virtually no notoriety and certainly no guarantee of any real success. But when you reach that so-called certain age, this question becomes even more pressing as the point of it all becomes yet harder to see, even with the now-required reading glasses. For the growing population of child climbers, the word for the day seems to be “PSYCHED!”

For me, at age 54, the words that come to mind are more like “Ouch!” “Damn!” and “Take!”’

For the full article, please go to eveningsends.com