Joy has been on my radar since last summer, but there was something else to climb, or it was too far away, or the weather was bad. Finally I got it in my head that it had to be done and I was going to make it happen. As the weekend approached, Kyle made some other suggestions about things to do, but my mind was made up. We were doing Joy! We didn't leave town crazy early (7am) but it was cold! As we drove through Kananaskis, the temperature was 6 degrees, not what you would expect in early August! Due to the late start, were concerned that there were going to be others on the route as many trip reports caution about the serious rockfall hazard. When we reached the parking area at Interlakes, it was packed! Where did all these people come from and how many were going to be climb?! As we were getting ready to leave the car, another group of climbers drove in, but after asking about where we were climbing they left, and avoided a race to the start of the route.
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| Looking up the slab to the route. Joy follows the obvious corner and utilizes the slab on the right side |
