Trip dates: October 6 – October 9, 2023 Trip participants: Julian Larsen, Timon Brinker, Isabella Ma, Adam Riesel, Isaac Borrego, Niclas Heinsdorf, Anna Vu, Jessica Leung ~ INTRO What occurred in Mazama on Thanksgiving weekend 2023 is well documented by Isabella … Continue reading
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North Joffre Boomerang
Author: Julian Larsen Trip Dates: February 15-17th, 2025 Trip Participants: Julian Larsen, Erik Reimers, Leon Chen, Stefanija Rekasius, Sri Chaitanya, Nadia Tarazi, Harrison Crerar At the beginning of 2025 I moved to Squamish for an 8 month co-op placement. While … Continue reading
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Reading Break Rocks (and the Epic on Epinephrine)
Written by Julian Larsen All photo credits to Evan Wong Reading break was coming around, and everyone was excited for the somewhat annual trip to Smith Rock. The crowded clubroom was filled with excitement as eager climbers talked about … Continue reading
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Tagged Climb, climbing, Nevada, Oregon, Red Rocks, Smith Rock, trad
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Bow Valley Blues
Written by Julian Larsen Summer 2024 Prologue In spring I had heard whispers from Nick Ayers and Evan Wong about a big Rockies trip. Evan had a photoshoot for Monod Sports in Banff, and had a list of objectives … Continue reading
Chasing Dreams on Mount Slesse
Completed September 7, 2024 by Julian Larsen (me) and Nick Ayers The year is 2014. I’ve always liked the small hikes I’ve done with my family, so for my birthday, my dad decides we should hike Mount Cheam. It’s a … Continue reading
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A Tame(ish) Tale of the Tantalus Traverse
Date: July 22-24, 2024 Participants: Julian Larsen, Alex Barth, Erik Reimers Most returning VOC members already know of the Tantalus traverse, but in case you don’t or you’re new to the club, it is a beautiful mountain ridge traverse … Continue reading
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Tagged Glacier, mountaineering, scramble, Tantalus, Tantalus Traverse
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Taking our skis for a walk: An attempt on Mt. Glendinning + Sloquet Hot Spring
Participants: Julian Larsen (me), Duncan MacIntyre, Stefanija Rekasius, Xi Liang After a long stretch of assignments and midterms I had one goal for reading break: absolutely forget about school. This necessitates a VOC trip or two, so I signed up … Continue reading
A Rambling Writing on Red Rocks
Featuring: Julian Larsen (me) and Luke Stockall Day 1: American Dream After arriving mid afternoon in Vegas, we had but one task: get groceries for the weekend so we can leave the city behind. This task proved more difficult … Continue reading
Paddling and Panting up Robbie Reid
After a successful Saturday peak-bagging the Howes Sound Crest Trail, Tim Warkentin and I were pretty confident about our fitness levels and were looking for another weekend adventure. Mount Robbie Reid is a classic scramble that had been on my … Continue reading
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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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