Tag Archives: Deep Cove
Say Nuth Khaw Yum (Indian Arm) Kayak Trip 2024
Trip Dates: 10/12/24 –- 10/13/24 Participants: Elizabeth Chu, Rhiannon Henley, Lucy Perkins, Le Tra Mi Do, Ann-Cathrin Muller, Anabelle Parrella, Ed Riley, Simon Tsianikas, Cecily Downs, Joanne Ho, Erin Chong, Justine Ng, Lydia Dunkin, Tejas Vijay, Mateja Clifford, Elyse Truebridge, … Continue reading
Triple D (donut) Ride · April 29th
I saw this ambitious expedition pitched as a Triple D. Researching into the International French Adjectival System (IFAS), a regular D: difficile (difficult) represents hard, more serious with rock climbing at IV and V, snow and ice slopes at 50-70 … Continue reading
Kayak & Hike to Underhill Peak
Thank you, Isaac, for organizing this amazing trip! The plan for this Saturday was: Have a group of 6 VOCers meet at Deep Cove, kayak to Thwaytes landing, hike up Underhill Peak, come back and eat Honey’s donuts (of course). … Continue reading
Dilly-dally to Deep Cove at Dawn for Doughnuts and Doggos
The plan: Bike to Deep Cove to catch the sunrise at 0744 hours on Wednesday and grab some doughnuts from Honey’s Doughnuts. Bike home. Easy peasy. “The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry” – Robbie Burns Things … Continue reading
Stairs: An account of the Baden Powell Trail
After waking up at the obscenely early time of 5:30am on a Saturday, I made my way to the bus stop, hopped on to the first bus that came by and struggled not to fall asleep as I made my … Continue reading
The May Bikepacking Trip. Part 1 – Sunshine Coast
To be honest, I didn’t think that the trip will be popular since it is usually very hard to find people for a long expedition like the one I proposed on the Trip Agenda. When the trip was announced and … Continue reading
Day trip to Mount Seymour from Deep Cove – About expectations and reality
By Teresa Thoering Our day trip to Mount Seymour from Deep Cove started with meeting downtown in the morning. On the bus to Downtown I had time to think about the different understanding about hiking that obviously exist and I … Continue reading
Lynn Peak and the Baden Powell Trail to Deep Cove, Sunday 23rd November.
Last weekend seemed liked the ideal time for a short escape from the city, just enough time to forget about the impending doom of finals. So a group of 10 of us, new and experienced VOCers alike set off on … Continue reading
Indian Arm – Sept. 27-28
Paddling Indian Arm: A Study Break There is only one good reason to wake up before sunrise on a Saturday and it is to go kayaking. I drag myself out of bed as the alarm drills it’s way into my … Continue reading
…But will it stay upright? Tour D’ Indian Arm kayak race.
Saturday night after Son of Rock, I went to sleep with two nagging questions in mind, both concerning my newly purchased “vintage” racing kayak. One, will it float? And two, equally important, will it stay upright? Rewind to Thursday same … Continue reading