VOCJ66
The Varsity Outdoor Club Journal Volume 66 | ||
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Alex Beauchemin Journal Editor |
Article | Page | Author(s) | Index |
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A Note from the President | 7 | Sonia Landwehr | |
The Exec | 10 | ||
A Year in Review for the IDEA Committee | 15 | Brianna Ragsdale | |
Note from the Peer Support Group | 18 | 2023-2024 Peer Support Group | |
Phelix Hut Gets a New Hat | |||
A Foreword | 22 | Sonia Landwehr and Adam Steele | |
Phelix: “The Front Fell Off” – Emergency Roof Repairs | 24 | Ryan MacDonald | Phelix Hut |
Phelix Demolition | 28 | Joe Meyer | Phelix Hut |
Phelix Roof: Getting the Stuff There | 32 | Adam Steele | Phelix Hut |
In Jeff We Trust – Roof Rebuild Weekend 1 | 36 | Sonia Landwehr | Phelix Hut |
Roof Repair Ruckus | 42 | Roland Burton and Gina Woods | Phelix Hut |
Phelix Hut Gets a New Hat – Roof Rebuild Weekend 2 | 44 | Sonia Landwehr | Phelix Hut |
The Phinal Phelix Push | 50 | Lucy Roberts-Lovell | Phelix Hut |
Making an IKEA Style Roof Kit | 56 | Jeff Mottershead | Phelix Hut |
Climbing and Mountaineering | |||
What Makes an Alpine Climb a Classic? | 62 | Noah Macdonald | Alberta: Mt. Alberta, Japanese Route; Mt. Assiniboine, North Ridge; Eisenhower Tower, SE Ridge; Mt. Temple, East Ridge; BC: Slesse, NE Buttress; Gimli Peak, South Ridge; Mt. Sir Donald, NW Ridge; South Howser Tower, Beckey-Chouinard |
Cardiac Arête (maybe more like ‘Arrête’) 5.10d | 81 | Sonia Landwehr | Alberta; Cardiac Arête |
Frey, Argentina: Among the Agujas | 86 | Nick Hindley | Argentina; Frey |
A First Foray in Patagonia | 88 | Nick Brown and Nick Hindley | Argentina; Fitz Roy Range |
Terrifically Tantalising and at Times Terrifying Traverse of the Tantalus by a Sexy Giggle of Pals | 100 | Mary-Jo (MJ) Weir Weiss | Tantalus Traverse |
Extreme Indigestion on Glacier Peak (Dakobed) | 107 | Allen Zhao | Washington; Glacier Peak |
Alpine Skills – Face Mountain | 112 | Nelson Fretenburg, Kevin Lam, and Marko Smitran | Semaphore Lakes; Face Mtn. |
A Glacier Feast: Rhododendron Traverse | 119 | Birgit Rogalla | Rhododendron Traverse |
Rock Climbing Frontside 180 - Xander and Me | 125 | Maysa Kazemi | Squamish; Frontside 180 |
Mayhem in Mazama | 127 | Isabella Ma, Adam Riesel, Timon Brinker, Julian Larsen, Isaac Borrego, Niclas Heinsdorf, Anna Vu, and Jessica Leung | Washington; Mazama; Flyboys |
A Rambling Writing on Red Rocks | 131 | Julian Larsen | Nevada; Red Rocks |
Subterranean Shenanigans: Uncle of Underground | 135 | Brianna Ragsdale | Vancouver Island; Port McNeill |
Skiing and Winter Mountaineering | |||
Mount Harvey North Ramp | 140 | Anton Afanassiev | North Shore; Mt. Harvey |
Intro to Backcountry – Learning to Fall Gracefully Edition | 142 | Marie Sandler | Squamish-Lillooet; Mt. Sproatt |
Women’s* Seymour Snow Day | 144 | Lara Antebi | North Shore; Mt. Seymour |
A Long Walk in the Cold: A Single-Push Neve Traverse | 147 | Zach Bloom and Noah Macdonald | Garibaldi Neve Traverse |
Gin and Guiness | 158 | Lucas Braun | Squamish-Lillooet; Gin Peak |
A Game of Chances: Not in Our Favour | 161 | Marko Smitran | Manning Park; Frosty Mountain |
Thread the Needle (A Steps to the Neve Debacle) | 165 | Lucas Braun | Coquihalla; Portia Peak |
Lillooet Icefield Ski Traverse | 169 | Cassandra Elphinstone | Lillooet Icefield Traverse |
Rexford Link-Up | 177 | Nick Hindley | Fraser Valley; Mt. Rexford |
Helena Beat | 179 | Lucas Braun | Alberta; Castle Mtn.; Helena Ridge |
Hiking and Scrambles | |||
Currie for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner | 184 | Mona Yu and Marko Smitran | Pemberton; Mt. Currie |
Garibaldi Grand Tour | 190 | Julian Larsen | Garibaldi Park; Mt. Price; Deception Peak; Guard Mtn.; Polemonium Ridge; Castle Towers; Gentian Peak; Panorama Ridge; Black Tusk |
How Not to Hike the Howe Sound Crest Trail | 195 | Joe Meyer | North Shore; Howe Sound Crest Trail |
A Walk Around a Very Big Lake | 197 | Mona Yu, Marko Smitran, and Nelson Fretenburg | Garibaldi Park; Garibaldi Lake Circumnavigation |
VOC Calgary Division Takes On a Heinous Traverse | 203 | Kevin McKay-Barona | Alberta; Mt. Glasgow to Banded Peak Range |
A Surprisingly Sunny September Saunter to the Spectacular Rampart Ponds | 205 | Miranda Clark | Garibaldi Park: Rampart Ponds |
Mt. Frosty Without the Frost | 209 | Addy Yu | Manning Park; Frosty Mountain |
Foggy Beginnings, Slippery Adventures, and Spooky Scenery: Bushwhacking at Mt. Seymour | 212 | Amelie Korzec | North Shore; Mt. Seymour |
The Odyssey of the Pole People – Three Peaks Mt. Seymour Hike | 214 | Rowan Clark | North Shore; Mt. Seymour |
Pedals and Paddles | |||
Cloudburst Cycle Traverse | 222 | Adam Steele | Squamish-Lillooet; Squamish Valley, Cheakamus Valley |
The Balkan Express: Midnight Bikepacking in Albania | 224 | Ivan Fediaev | Balkans; Serbia; Montenegro; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Croatia; Albania; Greece |
Goofs on Gears: An Olympic Bike Adventure | 228 | Lara Antebi and Melissa Bernstein | Washington; Olympic Peninsula |
South Island Bike Glamping | 240 | Marko Smitran | Vancouver Island; Galloping Goose |
Harrison Hut By Bike: Some Words and Photos | 245 | Adam Steele | Harrison Hut |
Unbelievable feat at Wells Gray | 248 | Sumit Meghlani | Wells Gray Park |
VOC x River Culture Kayaking: Intro to Whitewater Kayaking on the
Mamquam and Cheakamus |
250 | Jade Quinn-McDonald, Si Crawford, and Lily Sibthorp | Squamish; Mamquam River; Cheakamus River |
Kayaking in Say Nuth Khaw Yum Park | 252 | Elizabeth Chu and Sam Orr | Say Nuth Khaw Yum Park |
Going Rogue | 255 | AJ Dreher | Oregon; Rogue River |
Dew Drop Diaries: Paddling to the West Coast of Haida Gwaii | 263 | Elias Bowman | Haida Gwaii; Skidegate Narrows; Chaatl Island |
Photo Contest | |||
Workhikes and Club Life | |||
Le Tour de VOC Huts | 284 | Lucy Roberts-Lovell | Burton Hut; Phelix Hut; Harrison Hut; Brew Hut |
Radical Resurgence Through Climbing Mountains: The Intersection of Indigeneity and Alpinism | 292 | Noah Wyse | |
Gear Notes | 297 | Noah Wyse | |
Quintessential Quinzees - Winter Longhike 2023 | 301 | Braydon Massoud | Garibaldi Park; Red Heather |
Harrison* Workhike | 303 | Adam Steele | Harrison Hut; Phelix Hut |
Harrison Hut Spring 2023 (With the Right Key This Time) | 306 | Adam Steele | Harrison Hut |
Pristine Paddling at Sphinx | 309 | Braydon Massoud | Burton Hut |
G1 2023 - Type 2 Fun is Still Fun | 311 | Jasmine Gage | Squamish-Lillooet; Brandywine Mtn. |
Harrison Hut Fall Workhike | 314 | Maiya Callister | Harrison Hut |
Ancient Giants: Beginner-Friendly Tree Hunting | 318 | Joemar Espinosa | North Shore; Lynn Valley |
Deep Frying Fish in the Backcountry | 319 | Ivan Fediaev | Brew Hut |
NMAG: Khaos in Kazakhstan | 320 | Anton Afanassiev, Ben Sommerfeld, and Ketan Desai | Kazakhstan; Cosmonaut Peak; Shymbulak Peak; Charyn Desert |
NMAG: Water, Wheels, and Wind | 327 | Melissa Bernstein | Scotland; Isle of Arran; Isle of Skye |
New Year’s at Phelix: or, my First Real VOC Trip | 346 | Shravan Kumar | Phelix Hut |
Simple Joys of William Ungar: Memorial Trip | 352 | Isaac Lowenthal Walsh, Lucas Bodkins, Jacob Surks, Grady Boger, Jade Quinn-McDonald, Skye McDonald, and Sage Mazurek; Compiled by Morgan Cooper | Phelix Hut |
Contents
VOCJ 66th Edition
This page was adopted from Mia Fajeau's VOC61 page, from Lucy Buchanan-Parker's VOCJ60 page, from Caitlin Schneider's VOCJ59 page, from Kathrin Lang's 53rd Edition page.
The VOC publishes a work of literary genius every spring: The Annual VOC Journal. Share your passion for the outdoors and for the VOC - help put together the 66th edition of the VOCJ!
See below for how you can contribute, deadlines, an article list with a trip report list (to avoid having multiple articles on the same trip), FAQs, and a style guide.
Main VOC journal page [1]
How can you contribute?
1. Submit an article.
- About what? Write an article about a trip you did with the VOC! Or, write about a trip you did on your own, or it maybe not even about a particular trip. Write outdoor philosophies or ethics or just expressions of love for the mountains. Write an instruction guide for how to make some piece of gear you made at home this year, or if you're really into the history of some outdoor sport, write an article about it. Everything vaguely about non-motorized outdoor sports is welcome!
- When?
- Before the deadline on the Trip Agenda .
- Early submissions are highly recommended for high quality proofreading and editing from the editors.
2. Submit a photo to the photo contest.
See details below!
3. Help with proofing, editing, and layout.
- Edit articles for spelling, grammar, consistency. We'll need at least 2 edits per article! (in January)
- Edit photos: check resolution, convert colour to black and white if needed, etc.
- We'll likely use InDesign to create the journal. Do you (a) have InDesign and want to share it? or (b) want to help with the layout? No experience needed, just a willingness to work and learn.
If you'd like to assist, contact Alex at [email protected].
4. From the Exec. We need two things from you in addition to what we need from everybody else
- A portrait-type picture of yourself. See last years journal for examples. Some of you are really ugly and have trouble with this, but work on it.
- A summary of what it was like to be in your Exec Position for the past year. Any achievements? Problems?
And remember: submitting an article to the VOCJ or assisting with editing/layout counts as a workhike!
Photo Contest 2023/224
Submission is through a Google Form on the Trip Agenda. Voting will happen in two rounds: the first round will display all entries submitted to the photo contest, and will determine each of the category winners and runner-ups. The five photos receiving the most votes for each category will then be pooled together for a second round of voting, this time to determine the overall winner.
- 1) Landscape – Waterfalls, mountains, sunsets, etc. People are not the focus of the shot.
- 2) Portrait – Portrait of a person. Preferably in an outdoor setting, and of someone in the club.
- 3) Action Shot – Photos of people outdoors and in action, usually climbing, skiing, or mountaineering.
- 4) Flora and fauna – Plants and animals only. A good place for macro's.
- 5) Club Activities – Parties, longhike, winter longhike, glacier school, and all other club activities.
Maximum number of entries is one per category per photographer. Please do not submit a photo taken by someone else unless they have expressly granted you permission to do this (otherwise they might submit five more photos, or maybe they don't want those photos submitted). The photographer is defined as the person who "pressed the button" (could have been a self timer button), which is not necessarily the camera owner. All submissions must be submitted via the submissions Google form.
Questions, suggestions, and submissions can be sent to [email protected]. This year's journal editor is Alex.
FAQs
* How many articles can I submit?
Well, try to submit one, at least. Submit as many articles as you'd like, but if you send in more than two, be prepared to have some of your articles cut, since we'd like everyone to have an opportunity to have an article printed.
* How do I submit articles and photos?
We are using a Google Drive folder to receive submissions. If you would like to submit something, please create a folder in this google drive folder and add your story and photos to match the example one shown (ie. folder title: K_SCHATZ [first initial_Last name], Google Doc with article title and information formatted in the Google Doc as in the example, and photos in a folder labeled photos). The link is on the Trip Agenda, get submitting! * How does a VOCJ article differ from a trip report?
A trip report is a good start to a VOCJ article, but a VOCJ article needn't be a trip report. Rather than just copying and pasting your TR into a file and submitting it, edit it to make sure that the article is coherent and has a clear beginning and conclusion (and a middle too).
* Does my story have to be an epic?
Not at all. A good journal article will inform or entertain—perhaps both—and although epics are natural fodder for entertaining stories, trip stories where everything goes smoothly can be just as fresh and edifying. Conversely, an epic, poorly written up, does not a good article make.
* What will you do to my article once I submit it?
The editor will fact-check proper names and edit the article for spelling (per Canadian Oxford Dictionary), grammar, style (per Chicago Manual), usage, and clarity. He may also suggest structural changes (moving paragraphs around) for better flow and cuts for length and conciseness. If necessary the editor will also eliminate libel and other inappropriate content.
* How will the editing process work?
The copy editors will edit your article electronically and will only send it back to you if major changes need to be made. Submitting it means you accept that it will be edited for spelling, grammar, and coherence.
* Will you crop my photos?
The editor may have to crop your photos to fit. If you want to insist that your image not be cropped, submit it with your desired crop and specify in the body of the e-mail to which the image is attached that you don't want it cropped. We'll do our best to accommodate your wishes. Note that all photos submitted will more likely than not be resized.
* What resolution do the photos have to be?
Photos that accompany an article should be at least 300 dpi at 4.5 inches (11.5 cm) wide. Stand-alone photos for the colour sections should be at least 300 dpi at about 6 inches (15.25 cm) wide. However, when you submit your photos, simply submit them in as high a resolution as possible and let the designer worry about converting them. You can lose photo quality if you convert them improperly or save them in an inappropriate format.
* Can I submit photos with nudity or use swear words in my article?
Expecting the journal to be devoid of nudity would be a bit delusional. However, the journal will be going out to some respectable types, so the decorum should be kept somewhat high. Decorum is kind of relative, though, so in short: tasteful nudity only. And make sure that all parties in the photo (nude or not) have given you permission to reproduce their image in a publication that will be archived for posterior. Er, posterity. As for swear words, some epics are definitely expletive-worthy, and the editor's not out to censor anyone. But, as with any (ahem) literary device, if you abuse expletives they'll lose their impact. Use only what you need to get your point across.
VOCJ66 Style sheet
This is just for reference. If you're a kind soul you'll try to follow it, but if you don't, it's fine. The copy editors will fix inconsistencies in editing. But if you try to dispute an editorial decision that's specified on this style sheet, the style sheet will win.
- The time of day should be written like this, 6:30am
- use Canadian spelling (per Canadian Oxford Dictionary)
- use series (Oxford) comma (i.e., bananas, apples, and oranges. NOT bananas, apples and oranges.)
- use active voice whenever possible
- avoid using "this" and "that" as pronouns rather than demonstrative adjectives
- don't use emoticons and gratuitous exclamation points. If you do they will be unceremoniously eliminated
- enclose dialogue in double quotation marks
- enclose phrases or words that require definition within single quotation marks
- words in languages other than English should be italicized.
- give full names in the first mentions of any people in your article
- give full names for the first mentions of any potentially unfamiliar acronyms
- use single spaces after all punctuation
- use two short dashes for dashes separating phrases; use one short dash for hyphenated words.
- use metric units; or at least give a metric conversion to any imperial units you use
- spell out numbers from one to ten; use numerals for everything else, and use a comma in figures with four or more digits. (e.g., 2,568). Exception: use numerals when using decimals, metric units (e.g., 400 m, 30 km), and percentages (e.g., 28 per cent—note that "per cent" is spelled out as two words)
- it's "gaiters," kids—not "gators." Unless you're actually talking about alligators.
- use "workhikes"--not "work hikes"