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Phelix Hut Work Trip July 01-03

Posted on July 5, 2016 by Roland Burton

This was advertised as a work trip. We did not have to climb any of the mountains in the area, so we could concentrate on getting things done. We spent July 01 working on the trail, July 02 at the … Continue reading →

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Hauling Firewood

Posted on June 28, 2016 by Roland Burton

The Objective We had driven up to the Brew trail head a couple of weeks previously and cut what we estimated was about half a ton of firewood.   Now we were curious to see if we could carry it … Continue reading →

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New fire extinguishers for Phelix Hut Jan 15-17

Posted on January 24, 2016 by Sebastian Prass

Thanks to the lickety-split actions of a few VOC members, the attempt to burn down the Brian Waddington (aka Phelix) Hut on New Year’s Eve failed, however, the hut needed afterwards a pair of new fire extinguishers. So Tianna, Roland, … Continue reading →

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Ice Climbing in the Rockies. With Mountains, Frost Bite and Albertan Culture.

Posted on January 12, 2016 by Jake Jones

Part 1: Driving, Driving and more Driving.  And some Ice. BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEEEP! I awoke with the cardiac arrest I associate with all alarm clocks.   It was 7:30, 23rd December 2015, the morning after my last exam and the subsequent … Continue reading →

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Hot Springs Adventure, December 11 – 12

Posted on December 14, 2015 by Roland Burton

Executive Summary: We were four beautiful people, plus an old hairy guy with a Jeep. I drove for 11 hours on Friday, and 5 hours on Saturday. We didn’t get to Keyhole due to excessive snow and other excuses but … Continue reading →

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Brew Hut Smackdown–Dec 5

Posted on December 7, 2015 by Jeff Mottershead

My son, Devlin, was all fired up to skin up to Brew on his own steam. I’d been looking at the snow forecast thinking that maybe it wasn’t meant to be this weekend but we went anyways because he didn’t … Continue reading →

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Harrison Hut Stove and the Quest for an Epic Butt–Oct 24-25, 2015

Posted on October 26, 2015 by Jeff Mottershead

The last time I was up at Harrison Hut the back fell off of the stove. For a couple days it had been puffing smoke out of where you’d think smoke wasn’t supposed to come from, much to Roland’s misgivings, … Continue reading →

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Something in the Water

Posted on October 12, 2015 by Dylan Heerema

*Refreshes forecast* yup… it’s still going to rain. What do we do when we can’t climb? We go drink in hot springs! With another successful Rock Party behind us it was time to honour the age-old VOC tradition of seeking … Continue reading →

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Brew Hut Expedition Sept 2-4, 2015

Posted on September 5, 2015 by Roland Burton

Just came back from VOC’s Brew Hut. Here’s what we did. We were Carla, me, Carla’s brother Scott, and Scott’s two kids, Ben(12) and Ella(10). We picked them up at the Horseshoe Bay ferry around noon and then faffed for … Continue reading →

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PHXTR August 23-25

Posted on August 26, 2015 by Roland Burton

The Plan: This trip was originally going to the Harrison Hut and staying for a week, but the forest fires closed the road west of Pemberton and pretty soon we realised that the Harrison trip wasn’t going to happen. So … Continue reading →

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