Takakkaw Falls; 5.6 (13 pitches including the cave crawl)

A view of Takakkaw Falls from bellow.

 I teamed up with my girlfriend Erin and Pat to climb Takakkaw Falls. The most unique climb I’ve done so far. Not only was it fun to climb next to such a big waterfall (2^nd highest waterfall in western Canada). But climbing with one of Erin’s first multi-pitch climbs was a great experience. Technically Erin climbed her first multi-pitch on Goat Mountain with a route called Gray Waves. The climb was quite good but was broken down by a horizontal traverse on the third pitch. The top of the route had a twist to it. Before getting onto the last pitch we needed to crawl through a cave which had some tight squeezes for 100m. While crawling through, the closer we came to the end, the louder the roar of the waterfall could be heard. Once out the other end and back out into daylight. We were only a few meters from the waterfall. One more pitch afterwards brought us on top. We searched a tree that had rappel slings and started to rappel down. A light rain started to get things wet while we lowered from the climb. Four rappels on our 70m double ropes with a horizontal traverse brought us back to the bottom.

The horizontal traverse after the 2nd pitch.

Erin showing good form up higher up the sixth pitch.

A group picture after the cave. The cave is behind us.

The last pitch.