Squamish, Freeway

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skykilo
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Squamish, Freeway

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We had other options in mind but the final decision was that the time had come for a Freeway experience. We got an early-ish 10 am start.

Naomi wanted to start on the "proper slab" instead of bypassing it.
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That's not necessarily what happened though.

Daylight Crack (pitch 2) is a fun splitter.
freeway, daylightcrack

The fourth pitch is where the route comes alive. It's a stellar 50 m of climbing with several 5.11 cruxes.
freeway, longpitch

Naomi leads the 5th pitch, another engaging 50+ m. She's on the "spooky" part where the route moves away from the corner.
freeway, spooky
The crazy roof above the Truck Stop looms above her.

The roof above the Truck Stop is incredible. It goes with plentiful gear and some good rests via stemming and chimneying.
freeway, roofstart

I thought the crux was this transition through the second tier of the roof.
freeway, roofcrux

After the roof is a wild traverse around the corner above the lip of the roof.
freeway, traverse

Then mixed face and crack moves.
freeway, faceclimb

The finger crack on the eighth pitch reminded me of Exasperator.
freeway, fingers

We cheated and took an alternate, slightly more expedient route at the end, partially to be sure we would hit the brewery before the kitchen closed so we could have dinner with Eric and Ryan.

Crescent Dyke is fun for fancy footwork.
freeway, crescentdyke

Obligatory Howe Sound shot
freeway, howesound

Great to see you, Ryan and Eric! Hope you had a good climb. Freeway is worth doing again....

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Post by ryanl »

Looks intense. That roof is CRAZY!!! Way to go you two!

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Post by naomig »

You didn't post that picture of daylight crack! Freeway had so many cool pitches.

You climb up the other side.
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teleross
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Post by teleross »

That's quite the serious look hahahha....

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