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Ensakwatch Enchainment
Trip Date: September 19th, 2022 Participants: Noah Macdonald, Will Raleigh-Smith On Sunday, September 18th at around 3pm, Will asked if I was free to climb the next day — he was itching to get on some alpine rock before the … Continue reading
Posted in Climb, Trip Reports
Tagged Alpine Climbing, Chilliwack, climbing, Enchainment, Ensakwatch, mountaineering, multi-pitch, Nesakwatch, Offwidth, Rexford, rock climbing, scrambling, trad, traverse, Type 1 fun
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The Mountain Gets the Last Laugh(ington)
When my friend Shane mentioned we would probably need a chainsaw to get to Mount Laughington I should have realized what I was in for. This peak is not well-traveled in the winter, and it turns out there are some good reasons … Continue reading
Posted in Trip Reports
Tagged 4wd, adventure, Alder hell, Car camping, Chilliwack, Mount Laughington, Snow, snowshoeing, Trail work, turn around, Weekend, Winter
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Preliminary Reconnaissance: Rediscovering Memorial Day Cave
Note: There is also a cave known as Memorial Day Cave located in Germany Valley, West Virginia. As it happens, I am on very good terms with the Potomac Speleological Society, one of the local grottos that discovered and surveyed … Continue reading
Posted in Hike, Other, Trip Reports
Tagged Cave, Chilliwack, Chilliwack River Valley, Mt. McGuire, Reconnaissance, Slesse-Borden Creek FSR, Slog
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How I roasted a cougar
On Tuesday of Canada Day week I realized that I am free from work on Wednesday which extended my long weekend for one more day, which in total made me 4 days off. I picked up a suitable trip from … Continue reading
Posted in Accidents, Cycle, Trip Reports
Tagged bike touring, car-free, Chilliwack, cougar, Fraser River, Harrison Lake, Hope, Intermediate, multiday, Nahatlatch Provincial Park, Small Group, summer
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Unfinished Ungulates
Veenstra Traverse 2015 Part 2: Unfinished Ungulates Participants: Ben Singleton-Poster, Christian Veenstra, Ian Johnston, Kevin Pierce, and Liz Lund. After last weekend’s Zum Peak Fiasco, a return to the Coquihalla seemed necessary. Not going back would basically be admitting defeat … Continue reading
Posted in Hike, Trip Reports
Tagged 4wd, Alpine Climbing, Baker, Chilliwack, Climb, climbing, Face, ridge, scrambling, traverse, Veenstra Traverse, Weekend, Zum Peak
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Flora peak -a walk in the sunshine.
With the weekend a couple days away, forecast for Saturday turned from questionable to complete crap, eliminating plans of an overnight trip and an alternative plan was needed. Thankfully Sunday was forecasted to be sunny and warm, conducive to a … Continue reading
Posted in Hike, Trip Reports
Tagged adventure, Chilliwack, Flora Peak, hike, Marcin, overnight, ridge, scramble, Slog, Snow, summer, sunny, Trekking, Weekend
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TEAM “BAD IDEA’S” CAPILANO RIVER DESCENT – AND COLIN AND ARTEM’S START OF A NEW ERA
On Friday evening, Skyler asked me if I wanted to join him and Piotr on their new (and homemade) whitewater raft. Built from two massive pontoons and an incredibly heavy steel frame made from pipes fastened together, it had descended … Continue reading
Chociwa Glacier – Easter Long Weekend 2012
Artem and I (Piotr Forysinski) had decided to do something cool together over the Easter long weekend. Our initial plan was to attempt the Cheam Range traverse, but the more I found out about it the more moist my underwear … Continue reading
How Christian’s awesome-ness saved my day
Members: Christian Veenstra, Line Veenstra, Kate Wootton, Jeff Taylor, Johannes Erhardt, Len Goff, Scott MacPherson Oh dear, what a trip. It wasn’t off to a particularly auspicious start when I was woken ten minutes after the scheduled pick up time … Continue reading
Posted in Ski, Trip Reports
Tagged Chilliwack, day trip, Face, hiking, rain, ridge, ski, skiing, Snow
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