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A puzzle in Squamish, B.C. It’s somewhat resolved.
Last fall, a popular granite boulder used by local youth disappeared.
As reported in Squamish chiefits shape and size made it the perfect stone to practice balance and practice, earning it the nickname “The Moveable,” and locals mourned its loss.
“Mobile has definitely been around Squamish longer than I’ve been alive,” 23-year-old Squamish rock legend Ethan Salvo told CBC. As it happens. “We hikers are very strange creatures and we approach the forest with a love of nature, maybe a little too far at times… but I think the portable is loved as much as a fun and silly challenge.”
He said the community was shocked and confused when the stone disappeared last fall.
“It’s a shame that this little stone that means so much to the whole community just goes away.”
But now it’s portable.
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BC rock legend Ethan Salvo talks about discovering beloved Squamish rock in Bishop, Calif., as host Neil Kixall talks.
While on a climbing trip in Bishop, California; Salvo was alerted to a photo on social media on Monday night – a suspected image of the missing rock – about 20 minutes after the camp.
“He was wearing a Canadian drinking toque,” Salvo said.
“He had some glasses on and … a really sick hat.”
At first, he thought the photo might have been created by AI. He contacted a friend close to where the portable was allegedly seen and asked her to check things out.
“Look, look, the portable is sitting right there on his Canadian drink-talkie, chilling, looking out at the landscape.
Salvo’s friend picked up the heavy rock, which Salvo estimated at 32 kilograms, and took it to the camp.
He drives to meet her at 8 p.m., blasting Creed, arms outstretched to receive the portable.
“The minute I saw the shape, I knew it was the shape, it looked like home, it felt like home.
But how could Salvo be sure that it was the real rock taken from Squamish?
“Rock climbers are amazing. We have a strange relationship with the environment around us. If you want, put my eye in front of a rock and put my hand on a prominent spot, I’ll know if a bat is holding it.”
How the portable ended up in Bishop, Calif., is anyone’s guess, but Salvo thinks a visitor to the Squamish area last summer probably took it without knowing how the community would react.
Now Salvo says he’ll be returning to his mobile home at the base of Superfilli Rock in Squamish.