Ascensions de The Spirit of Squamish

So bloody classic! Usually cruisy but always interesting, in the most insane position next to the falls! It’s got everything: splitters on slab, offwidth, traversy slab… totally captures the beauty of Squam. A perfect climbing day!

I can see why this has become an instant classic. Really has all the best bits of Squamish climbing. Slabby hand-cracks, a wicked v-groove, an awesome exposed finger-crack next to a waterfall (rad) and it wouldn't be a true Squamish route without a sandbagged slab traverse. 5.8? What a rip.

Unreal from ground to summit.

Swinging leads with Meredith who got all the money pitches!

Cracking climbing next to a waterfall…not bad. Crazy good line and I won the coin toss and got to lead the money pitches

Simuled the first 4, then linked 5&6 and 7&8. First six pitches are gold, climbing next to a waterfall is pretty special. Top 100 for sure. 1h20m

This climb was awesome! The traffic jam lead to us skipping the 4th and 5th pitch and going up the slab next to it instead. Also sweet! Highly recommend if you don't mind crowded climbing. Swimming hole at the top is a treat too!

Did a harder slab pitch after the forest traverse

Extra star for setting.

Linked pitches 2,3 and 4 into one long pitch. Pitch 6 is still my favorite. Great climb!

Enjoyable crack climbing the whole way up, with a slab sport pitch up the top. Very popular, so we came at 7.15 and were first up. Probably more enjoyable if there's no-one in front as the day before there were two groups stacked at the first anchor waiting for a slow party above.

Linked P2/P3, P7/P8 although could have linked P5/P6 with the 60m rope, although there's a good photo spot at the P5 belay next to the waterfall. Annoyingly went off route on the slab P6 and got stuck.

Took double rack up to 2 and 1x#3, and had plenty of gear. P4 runout is trivial so don't need a #4.

Waterfall pitch permanently altered my soul. Period cramps destroyed me

Phenomenal 5th pitch