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Harrison Hut By Bike: Some Words and Photos
If you’re like me, then the phrase “VOC Harrison Hut” might be synonymous with forbidden isolation. Sure, people say it used to be accessible, and there are journal articles to prove it, but that might as well be ancient history. … Continue reading
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Terrifically Tantalising and at Times Terrifying Traverse of the Tantalus by a Sexy Giggle of Pals
Group members: MJ, Lou, Simeon, and AJ Dates: June 22, 23, 24 (and also the 25th), 2023 Tuesday June 20th In the evening, we had a pre-trip meeting and decided that the conditions were good (supposedly the snow coverage … Continue reading
Posted in Climb, Hike, Other, Trip Reports
Tagged mountaineering, Tantalus, Tantalus Traverse, traverse
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Alpine Skills 2023 – Face Mountain
Participants: Kevin Lam, Victor Sira, Nelson Fretenburg, Sri Chaitanya Bonthula, Mona Yu, Marko Smitran, Jacob Grossbard, Kaylie Robinson Saturday July 15 (Kevin’s POV) This trip started as any other VOC trip, sleeping later and waking up earlier than I would … Continue reading
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Tagged Alpine Skills Class, Face Mountain, Hurley, overnight, scramble, Semaphore Lakes, summer
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Currie for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
Marko: Meep Meep Meep. My alarm startles me awake. “It’s too early to be awake”, I think to myself, taking solace knowing that I have it easy. At least I am not Mona Yu, driving all the way from Surrey … Continue reading
South Island Bike Glamping
All trips must start somewhere. This particular one was brewing for quite some time. Ever since my neighbour Jonah King moved to Victoria for a job this summer, I have been itching to visit him and do some exploring. With … Continue reading
Garibaldi Grand Tour
Participants: Julian Larsen, Allen Zhao, Adam French, Timothy Warkentin, Daniel Smidov, Gudrun (Gucki) Überacker Allen organized a trip to do a counterclockwise circumnavigation of Garibaldi Lake, while bagging as many peaks as possible along the way. I had never been to … Continue reading
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Tagged backcountry, Black Tusk, british columbia, Burton Hut, Castle Towers, Garibaldi Lake, Garibaldi Park, gentian peak, hiking, Panorama Ridge, Price, scramble, scrambling, summer
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Harrison Hut Spring 2023 (The Key Worked This Time)
Trip Participants: Elias Bowman, Rob Cieniawski, Eric Daigle, AJ Dreher, Nelson Fretenburg, Mozi Lu, Laura Mantin, Braydon Massoud, Joe Meyer, Dorian Simon, Adam Steele, Xander Hudyma Yu, Quintus Zhou. If you are a regular reader of VOC trip reports, you … Continue reading
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Harrison* Workhike, Spring 2023
Trip Participants: Elias Bowman, Sri Chaitanya, AJ Dreher, Joanna Gower, Anushika Jain, Mozi Lu, Braydon Massoud, Naomi Prohaska, Adam Steele, Joshua Tindall, Allen Zhao. On Friday, May 19th, three cars of excited VOC’ers set out from Vancouver to visit … Continue reading
Posted in Hike, Huts, Special Reports, Trip Reports, Workhike
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Night at Brockton
I wanted to sign up for the VOC since before I moved to Vancouver, back when I finished studying at UBCO. But after moving, I delayed for months until I saw Ketan’s Intro to Winter Backpacking trip. I finally signed … Continue reading
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NMAG Trip: A Through Hike in the Land of the Midnight Sun
Who: Linda Kiritchkov and Mason Slavner What: Laugavegur and Fimmvörðuháls trails Where: The Highlands of Iceland When: July 2nd – 8th, 2022 How: The Neil Mackenzie Adventure Grant Snow, wind, rain, geysers, volcanic glass, black sand, Rhyolite mountains, 24hr sunlight. … Continue reading
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