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Mt Tupper South Rib Integral and The Hermit Gendarme

Trip Date: July 9th-10th, 2024 Participants: Noah Macdonald, Austin Goodine 1 | CONTEXT After climbing the NW Ridge of Mt. Macdonald, the South Rib of Tupper was next on my list. Despite receiving the same grade (5.8) in the guidebook, … Continue reading

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Mt Macdonald Northwest Ridge Integral

Trip Date: June 21st-22nd, 2024 Participants: Noah Macdonald, Seton Kriese   1 | CONTEXT Rogers Pass holds a special place in my heart. Soaring quartzite summits and ridges hold beautiful alpine climbing and scrambling in the summer and the transitional … Continue reading

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Paddling on a Halibut Wind: a solo kayaking trip from Echo Bay to Alert Bay

20-24 May 2024 Back in April it occurred to me that it might be possible to return by paddle to my car in Port McNeil from the Salmon Coast Field Station in Echo Bay, where I was soon to be … Continue reading

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Stats: 13km 1,300m elevation gain C2C 9.5h (incl. lots of breaks) Participants: Isaac Borrego (organizer), Connor Jakes, Kathleen Griffin, Raymond MacNeil, Tristan Russel, Michelle Podrebersek, Sebastian Gitt, Paul Ramu. July 6th / July 7th Birkenhead is one of the few ultra-prominent … Continue reading

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Bigger Than It Looks

Trip Dates: May 17th-30th, 2024 Participants/Authors: Simeon Faehndrich, Thomas Morrissey Early in the morning of May 17th, we (Simeon Faehndrich and Thomas Morrissey) left Vancouver armed with skis, crazy carpets, nine days of dehydrated food, and plans to explore that … Continue reading

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Eat Yer Minerals

Statistics Distance: 27 km Elevation Gain: 1500 m C2C Time: 7.5 hours   June 16th, 2024 Mineral Peak (elev. 1474 m) is a rarely ascended peak perched high above Britannia Beach. It first aroused my attention while perusing maps two … Continue reading

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A Cheeky June Neve Traverse

Flavia Caprez, Alex Barth, Ivan Fediaev, and myself (Erik Reimers) After spending a couple weeks pouring over route descriptions, trip reports, forecasts, and Copernicus/Sentinel Hub satellite imagery, Flavia and I decided to start off our “June adventure week” on skis … Continue reading

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Bambling — A Case Study

The idea for this trip originated from the fact that I don’t own a car, and last year I did not get out scrambling as much as I would have hoped. RIP my 2005 5spd Subaru Outback named Charli, it’s … Continue reading

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Mud, Moss, Sand, and Stone: Becoming the Real Muddy Buddies on the Nootka Trail

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Dates: May 4th – May 10th Participants (divided into car groups, which is an important detail of the story): Car 1: Duncan MacIntyre, Sri Chaitanya, Diana Laschewski, Ann-Cathrin Muller Car 2: Flavia Caprez, Diego Fernandez, Xi Liang, Anneke Dresselhuis, Laura … Continue reading

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Mayhem in Mazama: My Experience on an Epic

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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