Tag Archives: Dmitri

Paddlers vs Squatters- A Garbage Wars Story.

Posted on May 14, 2020 by Dmitri Oguz

Me-”My car is much happier without the hobo mattresses inside” Alana: “That’s a quote of the day…” In late April a couple friends and I went for a drizzly day paddle up Fraser river. Generally not top destination for either … Continue reading →

Posted in Other, Paddle, Trip Reports, Workhike | Tagged awesome people, boat, british columbia, canoeing, clean up, Dmitri, ferry, Fraser River, garbage, kayaking, Mud, paddling, Workhike | 6 Comments

Team Bad Idea Doesn’t Give Up – The Return to Mount Churchill

Posted on August 13, 2015 by Marcin Mirski

Written by Dmitri Oguz and Marcin Mirski “ROCK!!!” Dmitri heard Marcin’s shout and looked up to see two potato-sized rocks coming down, quickly ducking below the overhang beside him. Not close enough to be scary, but close enough to hear … Continue reading →

Posted in Climb, Trip Reports | Tagged 2wd, backpacking, Churchill Lake, Climb, Dmitri, Egmont, hike, Jervis Inlet, kayaking, Marcin, Marlborough Lake, Mt Churchill, multiday, paddle, Small Group, TBI, Team Bad Idea, Vancouver Bay | 1 Comment

Phelix Scrambles July 13-14

Posted on July 16, 2013 by Deb Conrady

Bright and early Saturday morning, the Campbellmobile picked me up for my fourth VOC trip: a weekend of hiking and scrambling around Phelix Hut. It was Ross’s 40th trip, overall, but his first trip as an organizer. It got off … Continue reading →

Posted in Climb, Huts, Trip Reports | Tagged 2wd, 4wd, Climb, climbing, Dmitri, dry, Golden Ears, hike, hiking, Hope, Mt Aragon, Mt Gandalf, pemberton, Phelix Hut, rain, ridge, Running, scramble, scrambling, shadowfax, Snow, Snowy, Squamish, summer, Waddington Hut, Weekend, Whistler | 3 Comments

The not so cheap Juan de Fuca Trail (May 25-26)

Posted on May 29, 2013 by Olek Splawinski

This past weekend, Dmitri, Cora and I hiked the Juan De Fuca Trail. It was Dmitri’s idea, and he recruited Cora earlier in the week. I tagged along for the trip because I was headed to Vancouver for graduation on … Continue reading →

Posted in Hike, Trip Reports | Tagged bear, climbing, Dmitri, ferry, hike, hiking, kayaking, Mud, rain, Squamish, Tsawwassen, Vernon, Weekend | 2 Comments

Intro to back-country Burns suppers on skis!

Posted on March 17, 2013 by Ross Campbell

The intro to backcountry trips have had an eventful recent history. I don’t know the exact details but the last two trips involved either severe hypothermia or actual helicopters! I have previously commented that I’ve enjoyed many painstakingly organised, smooth … Continue reading →

Posted in Other, Ski, Trip Reports | Tagged Anne, backcountry, bear, beginner, Dmitri, Epic, Hope, leading, poem, ski, skiing, Snow, Squamish, teaching, Weekend | 2 Comments

Canyoning, Canyoneering, or Can-yawn-ing

Posted on September 5, 2012 by Artem Bylinskii

On the weekend of August 24-25, Marcin Mirski, Phil Daoust, and myself went canyoning on the North Shore. With a stark lesson from Phil that it wasn’t called canyoneering and that only Americans called it that way, while the rest … Continue reading →

Posted in Other, Trip Reports | Tagged adventure, Cypress, Dmitri, dry, hike, Marcin, North Shore, scrambling, Weekend | 7 Comments