The Mountain Culture

Andromeda Strain Ascent

April 28th, 2008 by Stephen Koch

The trip was to the Canadian Rockies, my first time there. I was climbing with Jack Jefferies of NYC. We climbed for about 10 days in great climbing conditions with generally good weather throughout. We climbed many classic lines including Polar Circus, Oh les Tabernac and the Meech Lake Memorial, Nightmare on Wolf Street, Stairway to Heaven, in one day French Reality, Nemesis and Suffer Machine and finally the Andromeda Strain. My car broke down on the way back from Andromeda Strain and we spent the night on the side of the Icefields Parkway until hitch hiking the following morning. AAA Plus saved me from a monster tow bill as I had the car towed back to my friends house in Canmore. I ordered the alternator and put it in myself after nobody would look at the car for a week. The following day drove home to Jackson for powder riding!

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