Needle Peak

Grade I, Class 3
2,095m
Coquihalla Summit

Needle Peak is becoming an annual tradition. This year we had inaugural scramblers Anthony, David Garth and Maggie the Dog in our group, as well as Guy / Grumps who joined us from Vancouver. It was a perfect day to be in the mountains. Oliver set a storming pace up the first steep section with David / Grandad and Garth in tow and it took quite some for the rest of us to catch up. We met a huge (well at least a dozen) group of Filipino's from Vancouver working their way nervously up the first bit of scrambling. Maggie was also a little unsure about this section, but after sniffing around for an alternative eventually scampered up it with no trouble. For the final climb to the summit we pulled out the webbing harness I had fashioned for Maggie but it was a complete failure and Eloïse ended up staying back with her while the rest of us went up to the summit and back. Guy provided a final bit of excitement when his legs started cramping very badly (I result we guessed of dehydration after a flight back from UK followed by a day in the garden). Through gritted teeth he told us to go on and save ourselves, which David, Garth and Anthony promptly did. Oliver, Eloïse and Pip, being blood relations, stuck around to make sure he got off the mountain which, after some nervous moments at the lower technical bit, we all did.

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