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A Chainsaw, an Axe, a Cudgel, and a Dream
Participants: Lucas Braun, AJ Dreher, Jacob Grossbard, Declan Dawson Taylor (In spirit) It all started at the November 4th exec meeting. Jacob, Haley Foladare, and Declan were sitting in on the meeting and giving their sage advice from their years … Continue reading
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In Jeff We Trust – Weekend #1 of Phelix Roof Construction
Trip Date: July 28-30, 2023 As you all know by now, especially following Adam’s report on getting stuff to the hut for this project, Phelix, or Brian Waddington Hut underwent some serious changes this summer. A new roof was desperately … Continue reading
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Removing a burnt-out truck at the Phelix Creek trailhead
In 2019, Marshal Iwaasa of Calgary disappeared. His burnt-out truck was found shortly after at the Phelix Creek/Brian Waddington Hut trailhead. Police searched the area and cordoned the place off for a while. Everything about this seemed fishy: his passport … Continue reading
Phelix Roof: Getting The Stuff There
As you may or may not have heard, the VOC has been busy making construction plans since March, when the roof at the Brian Waddington/Phelix Creek Hut suffered a partial failure. Fundraising, structural design, materials procurement, transportation, meal planning, and … Continue reading
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Trip Report: Phelix Workhike 2023
Written by Roland: “For those who don’t know, the roof of the Phelix Hut decomposed and a massive amount of work is required to replace it. I decided to go up for a few days and help a bit . … Continue reading
Harrison Hut Spring 2023 (The Key Worked This Time)
Trip Participants: Elias Bowman, Rob Cieniawski, Eric Daigle, AJ Dreher, Nelson Fretenburg, Mozi Lu, Laura Mantin, Braydon Massoud, Joe Meyer, Dorian Simon, Adam Steele, Xander Hudyma Yu, Quintus Zhou. If you are a regular reader of VOC trip reports, you … Continue reading
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Harrison* Workhike, Spring 2023
Trip Participants: Elias Bowman, Sri Chaitanya, AJ Dreher, Joanna Gower, Anushika Jain, Mozi Lu, Braydon Massoud, Naomi Prohaska, Adam Steele, Joshua Tindall, Allen Zhao. On Friday, May 19th, three cars of excited VOC’ers set out from Vancouver to visit … Continue reading
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Phelix: “The Front Fell Off” – Emergency Roof Repairs.
So there I was, toasting some walnuts for a delicious sauce, when Ross walks in the door looking perturbed. I caught “Haley” and “Put a tarp on it” and chuckle to myself. “Oh dear” I thought “I guess the roof … Continue reading
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Tagged Brian Waddington Hut, Emergency, hut, Phelix, Workhike
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A Rip Up To Phelix
I attempted to jot down a few notes during the last night at Phelix, the are as follows… -furst dday, early am at breka -we did not run with axes pr chainsaws during this trip -the community of voc… Now … Continue reading
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Tagged 2wd, beginner-friendly, Phelix Hut, scramble, shadowfax, Workhike
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Harrison Work Oct 7 – 10
The Harrison Hut is hard to work on for a variety of reasons: the grizzlies, geological instability, logging, locked gates, and mostly, a lot of regulations. No doubt the regulators will tell us that their regulations have been very wise, … Continue reading
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