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Powell Forest Canoe Route: June 19-22
“What kind of trip can you do when you have hurt your knee and cannot bend it very much?” We decided that the answer to this question is a canoe trip! This answer was based on the assumption that portage … Continue reading
Southern Rockies Whitewater Triple Crown: Daisy/Slate/East
Welcome to Crested Butte, Colorado: In spring, the snow melt makes some of the best kayaking in the world. It lasts about a month, then it’s dry. The runs here are steep and high up, cutting through slate out of … Continue reading
The May Bikepacking Trip. Part 1 – Sunshine Coast
To be honest, I didn’t think that the trip will be popular since it is usually very hard to find people for a long expedition like the one I proposed on the Trip Agenda. When the trip was announced and … Continue reading
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Tagged bikepacking, car-free, cycle, Deep Cove, Intermediate, Langdale, Sechelt, Small Group, summer, Sunshine Coast
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Sooke Loop Recon
The way to the Island. As I expected the buses to the Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal were loaded with people and bicycles on the first day of Easter long weekend. I was planning to arrive at Bridgeport Station at 7:35 to … Continue reading
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Tagged bike, bike trip, ferry, hiking, Mud, overnight, Tsawwassen, Weekend
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Kayaking Copper Creek
A few days after the Hagen debacle, Rose and I went to Southern Washington’s Copper creek, which Patrick from Portland was nice enough to show us down. This is a short and mellow class IV with a couple of easier … Continue reading
Posted in Paddle, Trip Reports
Tagged boat, kayaking, paddling, washington, Whistler
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Valentine’s + Whitewater
Whitewater is under-represented in VOC. Hopefully this will change. A few of us are devoted to it. Nobody really talks about it. I don’t even know if anyone is interested in it. There aren’t really any trip reports. This is … Continue reading
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Tagged boat, Epic, Face, fog, kayaking, Mud, Oregon, paddle, rain, Running, scrambling, washington, Whistler
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Bike touring in Kootenay. May 2015.
Hello my name is Ilya! I have done a bike trip in West Kootenay in May 2015 so just wanted to share some pictures and thoughts about that journey. I went on this trip alone so this made all of … Continue reading
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Tagged bike touring, car-free, Castlegar, Cristina Lake, cycle, Expediation, Intermediate, kootenay, Lemon Creec, Nelson, Nelway, Old Cascade Hwy, Pend Oreille River, Rossland, Salmo, Slocan, Slocan Lake, smal group, summer
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Indian Arm – 2015
Slowly opening my eyes, I lay in bed and listened. Silence. My body clock had beaten the alarm at its own game. Summoning the will to get out of bed I drew the curtains and looked out towards North Vancouver … Continue reading
Posted in Paddle, Trip Reports
Tagged 2wd, autumn, Granite Falls, Indian arm, Mid Group, paddle, rain
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Gulf Island Cycle Series – Galiano
Cast of characters: Kevin Pierce, Alex Annejohn, Tom Curran, Liz Lund, Anna Stemberger, Greg Reynen At 4:45 a.m. my alarm went off and, with an audible groan, I stood up and looked out at the world. Cycle touring is a … Continue reading
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Tagged beginner-friendly, bike touring, car-free, cycle, Galiano Island, Mid Group, summer
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Hornby Island
Here I was, completely disturbed by the sound of my alarm clock while it was still pitch black outside. I don’t know how I did it but somehow I was able to get my stuff together and ride my hot … Continue reading
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Tagged bike touring, Buckley Bay, car-free, cycle, ferry, hitchhiking, Hornby Island, Mid Group, Weekend
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