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A Winter Camping Vision – Edition 1 – Pole Prototyping

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Over the last few years I’ve reflected on the activities that bring a group of campers or back country enthusiasts together in winter conditions. An overnight winter experience without a hut or a sheltered communal space can make for a … Continue reading

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26 Rules for Leading Successful Trips

A while ago, I started thinking about what makes for good trip leading. I finally got around to writing everything down. (Now you know what I do when I’m awake with caffeine late at night.) I’m sure some of this may … Continue reading

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Rock Smash: The Third Tri-Annual Phelix Shitfest

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Trip Members: John Sherk (Boss), Hannah Saarimaki (Big Boss), Anton Afanassiev (Mini Boss), Stefanija Rekasius (Miniature Boss), Lucas Braun (HR), Ketan Desai, Erik Reimers, Nolwenn (Nono) Deschamps, Andrew Carriere, Simon Tsianikas and special guest of Seth Trip Dates: Friday October … Continue reading

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Manic Mamquam

September 28-30, 2024 Participants: Zac Wirth, Emi Ikemura, Timmy Wong, Lucas Braun (Lucas) Clarke Outrigger No More Our initial plans for the long weekend involved a much different objective; one that we had been hoping to do for at least … Continue reading

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The VOC Pizza Delivery Company on Seymour

  Participants: Toji Nakabayashi, Jamie Boyle, Erik Reimers, Frederik Skamris Holm, Tereza Machackova Early Saturday morning (11am) I get out of bed and don my uniform. The armor of a food delivery warrior. I checked my messages and got an … 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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The Roof is Maybe Fixed

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At the recent workhike to the Julian Harrison Hut, we fixed the roof. Maybe. Quintus already wrote a great report about the trip, so I’m going to restrict myself to What Work We Did, and Sharing Mediocre Photos (and Some Good … Continue reading

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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

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Zopkios follies

I’ve been getting complaints that my trip reports peaked a while ago. I can’t really argue with that. Even a few years ago, I was managing to end up skiing off something inadvisable by mistake and ending up in the dark, … Continue reading

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Harrison Hut Workhike (Fall 2024)

Trip Leader: Duncan Maclntyre Participants: Lyra Gui, Juliane Bonnefoy, Sophie Wigman, Joseph Chiao, Sara Bellman, Timm Rohweder, Zihan (Quintus) Zhou Note: please refer to Duncan’s report which will be published shortly after this one for details regarding the hut and … Continue reading

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