Author Archives: George Hill

About George Hill

PJs are the bomb, Instagram is a waste of time. Snow all winter, Water all summer. Huts Coordinator from 2016 to 2018.

The Great White Mane of Shadowfax

Posted on January 11, 2019 by George Hill

Trip Date: 2018 December 27-Jan1 Participants: Cody Lai, Armarn Roland, Nathan Slater, Robert Shilton, Ilya Capralov, George Hill, Will Matous, Martin Carnogursky   The following is an account of Phelix New Years as originally written in my Journal edited only for spelling and … Continue reading →

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A Quick Battleship Lakes Trip

Posted on October 29, 2018 by George Hill

Trip Date: 2018 October 28-29 Participants: Cassandra Elphinstone, Erica Haugland, George Hill, Tom Curran Message Board: https://www.ubc-voc.com/phorum5/read.php?3,127628 Trip Agenda: https://www.ubc-voc.com/tripagenda/details.php?tripid=1912     Originally we were going to go brush out some of the Lizzie Creek Road but then we changed plans last minute and instead … Continue reading →

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Brew Outhouse and Door Project (Part 3: Construction)

Posted on September 26, 2018 by George Hill

Trip Date: 2018 September 8-9 Participants: George Hill, Luc Harvey, Alastair White, Tom Curran, Cassandra Elphinstone, Haley Foladare, Will Kirby, Alex Wharton, Shu Yu Fan, Robert Shilton, Aye Min, Lukas Schreiber, Daniel Tan, Eric Pollard.    Part 1 – Part … Continue reading →

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Brew Outhouse and Door Project (Part 2: Helicopter & Foundation)

Posted on September 26, 2018 by George Hill

Trip Date: 2018 September 1-3 Participants: George Hill, Luc Harvey, Haley Foladare, Will Kirby, Alex Wharton, Jackson Dagger, Lukas Schreiber, Heather Van Tassel, Alia Sanger.    Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 Saturday September 1st, the day before the helicopter. The … Continue reading →

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Brew Outhouse and Door Project (Part 1: Design & Preconstruction)

Posted on September 26, 2018 by George Hill

Trip Date: 2018 March 1-Aug31 Participants: George Hill, Edward Lim, Luc Harvey, Haley Foladare, Will Kirby, Alex Wharton, Derek Hiemstra, Lukas Schreiber.    Part 1 - Part 2 – Part 3 Brew Hut is one of the VOC’s most popular huts … Continue reading →

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Going for Gold (The Golden Hinde)

Posted on January 6, 2018 by George Hill

Participants: George Hill, Anna La Lau, Esther Li, Sarah Taylor, Nick Hindley, Mirtha Gamiz, Felix Ossig-Bonanno Thursday, August 17, 2017 Sarah Taylor In the spirit of the peak bagging challenge that has been taking place this summer, our group signed on … Continue reading →

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Harrison Hut Door & Floor Workhike

Posted on September 27, 2017 by George Hill

After many many months of planning the Harrison Hut renovations, Kevin Boland, Haley Foladare, Devon Campbell, Roland Burton, Dave Burton, Anna Szeitz and I were successful at installing the new door and floor to the Hut! Thursday: Roland, Haley and Dave set out in the Jeep early in … Continue reading →

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2017 Brew Hut Solar Expedition

Posted on June 12, 2017 by George Hill

On June 3rd a crew of 9 organized by Roland Burton drove, hiked, snowshoed and skiied up to Brew Hut to replace the solar panel that had been ripped off during the winter previous. Shu Yu Fan drove one car … Continue reading →

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