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Shawn hasn't climbed in the Misty Fjords. Few people have. Even the indomitable Fred Becky bailed. But, Shawn said, you've looked at the Devil's Thumb, no? I'd heard of it, just like I'd recognize the name of any of the formations home to a
50 Classic Climb. Never spent much time looking at it though. Shawn said, well, Quentin and I have been wanting to do it for years.
The two had gone on several trips alpine-ing in the Canadian Rockies and the coast, and had been kicking around the idea going up to the Stikine Icecap and trying the Thumb for half a decade. I may have been clouded with enthusiasm, but I remember feeling like Shawn was inviting me to come. Maybe we could make a solid plan now.
