@PaulO's Forum Posts

Cheakamus Lake Trail-head Vandalism
I wonder if public school students being recently let out for the summer has anything at all to do with this?  Too bad time-stamped photos were not taken of all vehicles entering and leaving the road...

@PaulO

Created 12 years ago

BCMC Gear Swap page
Good point... you can add it to the Gear Section in the Forum and see what happens.  Before I spend many hours working on such an add-on feature, I'd like to know how many members are interested in ha...

@PaulO

Created 12 years ago

Google Street View for Trails
I think it's a great idea for those that wish to see the trail beforehand *and* for those that can't take some trails but would still like to enjoy the visual experience.  As for those that don't want...

@PaulO

Created 12 years ago

BCMC Gear Swap page
Not this year.  Your best bet is to use the MEC Gear Swap where the much higher traffic volume will provide a much better chance of finding what you want or selling something you no longer need.

@PaulO

Created 12 years ago

Half Marathon Trail Race on Sunday Oct 20th
If you're looking for an "easy" trail race, i.e. fairly flat course, then consider the 2013 Rubber Ducky Half Marathon, & Miler & 5K that uses the 10km trail around Burnaby Lake.  I've run the race a...

@PaulO

Created 12 years ago

Belaying is more than holding the rope. Soft Catch
Very good article.  I must admit that I needed to read it as I had lost the fine art of jumping to soften a lead-on-bolts fall.  But then I almost exclusively lead-belay trad climbers ;-) 

@PaulO

Created 12 years ago

5 Tips for Safer Climbing
5 easy tips to make climbing at the crag safer... with IFMGA and AMGA certified mountain guide Adam George.
Tip for multi-pitch Rappelling
Learn a tip for safe and efficient multi-pitch rappells with IFMGA and AMGA certified mountain guide Adam George.

@PaulO

Created 12 years ago

Tracking our most reliable trip participants?
Lately I've been trying a two week sign up "window" for my outdoor climbing trips to the Squamish area.  For trips requiring more planning and preparation I'd use a much larger sign up "window", such...

@PaulO

Created 12 years ago

Mountain Running and Glaciers
I added a new Trip category for you guys and gals that love to run in the mountains called: Mountain Running.   Those with Trip Organizer status can put one up on the Events Schedule :-)  Paul

@PaulO

Created 12 years ago

Emergency Contact info for Trips/Courses
I've updated the website to include a place for each member to store their Emergency Contact Information for Trips and Courses.  The info is stored in the Private Info area of your account and will *O...

@PaulO

Created 12 years ago

SHALL WE PRODUCE A'CLUB HISTORY' FOR $20,000?
My understanding is the General Fund currently has over $85,000 in it.  Surely the club can afford to pay the $3500 fee for the initial work of the History Project (from 1884 to 1908).  Then, after se...
Trip Reports has been moved
The member Trip Reports section as been moved to a new location on the website.  You can find it with the new menu link that has been added at Events - Trips - Courses > Trip Reports.  Currently only...

@PaulO

Created 12 years ago

SHALL WE PRODUCE A'CLUB HISTORY' FOR $20,000?
The club has a very long history and as part of our membership fee I think we should all have access to quality-written information to read about the many interesting details of it.  Since that's my o...

@PaulO

Created 12 years ago

SHALL WE PRODUCE A'CLUB HISTORY' FOR $20,000?
I've added some information about the recent BCMC History Proposal, including a link to the formal proposal (PDF), on the Club Business webpage. Please read the formal proposal before adding your comm...

@PaulO

Created 12 years ago

GPS trip routes page
PaulK, please try with the latest version of FireFox and/or Chrome browser that will run on XP.  A few people with the older XP-IE8 computers have had some problems with a few features on the club web...

@PaulO

Created 12 years ago

"Eyeballs" feature
Sorry for the late reply... I was outdoors Fri/Sat/Sun.  I plan to revamp how trip reports are added and displayed on the website.  The new method will track views.  I will need some help testing it o...

@PaulO

Created 13 years ago

Squamish Mountain Festival 2013
The Squamish Mountain Festival (2013) is a five-day celebration of all things rock. SQUMF unites international with home-grown participants and appreciators of climbing culture. For sticky fingers...

@PaulO

Created 13 years ago

Topic urls are broken from 'Recent Topics List'
Francis, I've traded emails with Adi earlier and plan to discuss many of the website issues over the phone so he has a better idea of what has happened thus far.  As for Alan, when I talked to him on...

@PaulO

Created 13 years ago

Topic urls are broken from 'Recent Topics List'
Adi, as friends I'd preferred you'd phoned me to get some facts before posting here but done is done.  Francis' response to your post is, in my view, a bit misleading.  After reading it you might thin...

@PaulO

Created 13 years ago

Topic urls are broken from 'Recent Topics List'
Alan, I'm not going to discuss the technical details of site development on the "Website Feedback" forum.  Please contact me directly though the club's webmaster@bcmc.ca account and join the next web...

@PaulO

Created 13 years ago

BCMC - MOVABLE CABINS AT SQUAM. SMOKE BLUFFS?
Maybe ask the local Squamish campgrounds how much it would cost to have such a trailer placed on their property for the summer (or year round).  The idea being that BCMC members could use it as a memb...

@PaulO

Created 13 years ago

Friday Night movie, anyone?
I enjoyed watching the movie "North Face" (aka "Nordwand")... www.rottentomatoes.com/m/north_face/

@PaulO

Created 13 years ago

Cosmonaut looks down on Everest
I found this interesting photo titled "Cosmonaut Looks Down On Everest" at http://photoblog.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/12/10/15827650-cosmonaut-looks-down-on-everest?chromedomain=cosmiclog&lite

@PaulO

Created 13 years ago

Beware: Gmail marks webmaster as SPAM and else
Alena, It's common knowledge in the tech community that Gmail is very aggressive when filtering email for potential SPAM.  Some say they're too aggressive, but most people are so fed up with all the...