Author Archives: Marie Sandler

BYOC: Bring Your Own Cheese Backpacking

Posted on September 24, 2024 by Marie Sandler

Backpacking to Semaphore Lakes, September 14-15, 2024 Participants: Marie Sandler, Clara Duwel, Silvija Grava, Joseph Chiao, Ryan Dowd, Altai Battulga, Aieshini Udumullage, Matthew Jarvis-Cross, Ellen Scott, Morgan Tidler, Joanne Ho, Sudha Kotapalli, Duncan MacIntyre, Ann-Cathrin Muller, Luke Mantle First, let … Continue reading →

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Intro to Backcountry – Learning to fall gracefully edition

Posted on February 11, 2023 by Marie Sandler

Catching a bit of the Whistler traffic, we arrived at the Rainbow Falls parking lot, a little after 8, with Moose, the gorgeous dog, greeting us at the parking lot. We split the groups into “have never been touring/toured once”, … Continue reading →

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Mount Webb Hike

Posted on August 23, 2022 by Marie Sandler

On Saturday July 16th, Nadia Tarazi picked Sri Bonthula, Anubhav Garg, Gordon Lim and me from UBC, departing campus at 6:00 am.  With the rain on the way, the weather wasn’t looking too promising, but it magically cleared up right … Continue reading →

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Winter Longhike 2022

Posted on January 21, 2022 by Marie Sandler

This trip report is written from three VOCer’s (Marie Sandler, Kevin Lam, Shruti Yogesh Vansia) point of view. Day 1: Marie’s Experience:  At 5:00 am, our car (the three trip leaders and our quinzhee group of Carolina Bombelli, Jacob Hotz, … Continue reading →

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