{"id":812,"date":"2017-10-09T11:22:57","date_gmt":"2017-10-09T11:22:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/?p=812"},"modified":"2017-10-09T20:35:26","modified_gmt":"2017-10-09T20:35:26","slug":"the-alpine-dihedral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/2017\/10\/09\/the-alpine-dihedral\/","title":{"rendered":"The Alpine Dihedral"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-813\" src=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/image1.jpeg\" alt=\"image1\" width=\"2448\" height=\"3264\" srcset=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/image1.jpeg 2448w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/image1-225x300.jpeg 225w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/image1-768x1024.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2448px) 100vw, 2448px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Some of you may be tired of my climbing tales and I promise we will be back to backpacking next weekend.\u00a0 However, this was a day that involved one of the classic trad routes at the Obed and I was the guest of Chris Buffkin. Besides, this is the view from the top of our route, isn&#8217;t that something to celebrate. When people inquire about my climbs, I have to say that the view is probably the biggest payoff on any ascent. In this case, it\u00a0was the company, physical effort and view which contributed to the overall dynamic.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-814\" src=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/image2.jpeg\" alt=\"image2\" width=\"960\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/image2.jpeg 960w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/image2-225x300.jpeg 225w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/image2-768x1024.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There really is no way to look good in a climbing helmet.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-815\" src=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/image6.jpeg\" alt=\"image6\" width=\"3264\" height=\"2448\" srcset=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/image6.jpeg 3264w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/image6-300x225.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/image6-768x576.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/image6-1024x768.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3264px) 100vw, 3264px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(This is the second climb we did called Lillian&#8217;s Arete.\u00a0 And it is a sport climb, as you can see from the bolt hanger.)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-816\" src=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Image-484990686.jpg\" alt=\"Image-484990686\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Image-484990686.jpg 576w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Image-484990686-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The first part of the ascent from the bottom appears endless.\u00a0 Until you get on it, and realize it is so.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-817\" src=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/image3.jpeg\" alt=\"image3\" width=\"2448\" height=\"3264\" srcset=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/image3.jpeg 2448w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/image3-225x300.jpeg 225w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/image3-768x1024.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2448px) 100vw, 2448px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When the treetops get really small, you tend to quit looking down.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-818\" src=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Image-1301913843.jpg\" alt=\"Image-1301913843\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Image-1301913843.jpg 576w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Image-1301913843-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Which is why Chris is looking up. Chris did a great job leading this climb, we spent a couple of hours on the rock, about two and a half from bottom to top.\u00a0 Our rappel took two full ropes. Chris took this great time lapse of me coming down that you may enjoy.\u00a0 At least I did anyway.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1140\" height=\"855\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_Mpjr8d5cY8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some of you may be tired of my climbing tales and I promise we will be back to backpacking next weekend.\u00a0 However, this was a day that involved one of the classic trad routes at the Obed and I was &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/2017\/10\/09\/the-alpine-dihedral\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=812"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":822,"href":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812\/revisions\/822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}