Author Archives: Jens Vent-Schmidt

The tale of a little beating – Or: How to catch a mouse.

Posted on November 30, 2017 by Jens Vent-Schmidt

The tale of a little beating. Or: How to catch a mouse. Driving down the winding road to our campsite, we contemplated how fortunate we were to embark on the Juan de Fuca trail on such short notice, many others … Continue reading →

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Traversing North Garibaldi Park

Posted on August 8, 2014 by Jens Vent-Schmidt

Link to Sam’s pictures There are few trips where you have the chance to grow your stoke for more than a month. This was one of them. On March 20th, Sam McKoy posted a traverse of the Misty Icefields onto … Continue reading →

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Beginner Friendly Intro to Scrambling: Black Tusk and Panorama Ridge

Posted on June 6, 2014 by Jens Vent-Schmidt

Trip report by Crystal To. Being native to what most VOC’ers consider a foreign suburb (Burnaby), I was fortunate enough to be picked up at an ungodly hour by Martin the Skier (there were two Martins on this trip), who … Continue reading →

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Rock-climbing season never ends

Posted on January 7, 2014 by Jens Vent-Schmidt

Little did we know, that Diego and my chatting at Phelix hut about going to Squamish on the first weekend in the year would become reality… After returning from an amazing four days of skiing, my stoke to slay some … Continue reading →

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