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Castle Towers (September 20-21, 2014)
Intrepid adventurers: Brendan, Caitlin, Paul, Reid and Tianna After a surprisingly efficient meet up at the Timmies in Squamish the 5 of us headed towards the rubble creek parking lot Saturday morning. Paul, Reid and I started up the trail … Continue reading
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Tagged bear, Black Tusk, Castle Towers, Climb, Elfin Lakes, fall, Garibaldi Park, ridge, Running, Squamish, teaching, Weekend
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Intro to back-country Burns suppers on skis!
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
Thank you
Well I guess this is a trip report of sorts, just of a very long trip…. On August 31st, 2011, I stepped off the plane to a grey, drizzly Vancouver morning. I didn’t know a soul. Everything I had to … Continue reading
2012 Lead Ladder
This year Jon introduced the “lead ladder”, a 4-evening plus one weekend trad climbing course for VOCers willing to pass on their skills afterwards. The lead ladder started with the UBC-Wednesday sessions which were: 1) Equipment theory sessions: Here we … Continue reading
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Tagged climbing, instruction, leading, teaching, trad
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