Author Archives: Marie Sandler

Intro to Backcountry – Learning to fall gracefully edition

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

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

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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