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Created 5 years ago

Boot repair and resoling
I had my mountaineering boots resoled by Gold Star this summer. I have been on only one three day trip with the boots since but the resole job looks good and kept up well on that trip. I have another...

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Created 9 years ago

Presentation about Mountain Traverses
Hi Dan, I am not the Social chairman. Dave Scanlon is doing the scheduling. I am guessing there are many free dates early next year (always the 2nd Tuesday of each month). But I can be a facilitator a...

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Created 9 years ago

Presentation about Mountain Traverses
Hi Dan, can you get your friend to present to the BCMC also? Peter

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Created 10 years ago

List of Club Maintained Trails Added to Site
No Chris, I don't know/remember how the waypoints were gathered. All I know is that I didn't have a GPS in 2000. My guess is that Robin somehow added them later and somebody (maybe even me) added the...

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Created 10 years ago

List of Club Maintained Trails Added to Site
Bivouac.com   Trip Page   Home   gum@triumf.caYak and Nak - New Trail #3245 by Peter GumplingerUpdate   UploadPhoto   Upload Raw Gpx   ShrinkPhotos   Edit Log   Checkoff   Radius Search   GMap ?   Jav...

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Created 10 years ago

List of Club Maintained Trails Added to Site
I built the Yak Pk trail in 2000 and have since worked on it every few years. It's well traveled now and doesn't need much upkeep. Even the one rope section doesn't seem to age much, though I don't kn...

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Created 12 years ago

Rainbow Mountain Traverse, March 9, 2013
Done - with photos! - I'd like to add that the extend of infringement we observed was a pleasant surprise. Still, the noise when you stop for a breather on Hanging Lake was deafening. It sure would be...

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Created 12 years ago

Rainbow Mountain Traverse, March 9, 2013
Thanks Paul, for posting this!   Three of us (Silke Gumplinger, Stephan Bernhard, Peter Gumplinger) repeated this trip yesterday, March 23, 2014. There is nothing really I can add to Paul's descriptio...

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Created 12 years ago

Harrison Lake to Whistler Village - Traverse 2013
Harrison Lake to Whistler Village; A Mountaineering Trip! Video and Slideshow Presentation Sardis Secondary School, Chilliwack Feb 6, 2014 7:00pm-9:00pm A presentation made possible by Mt Waddington’s...

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Created 12 years ago

BELLA COOLA DEMANDS ROUTE 40 SERVICE BE RESTORED
Hi, I wanted to draw your attention to this important petition that I recently signed: "BELLA COOLA DEMANDS ROUTE 40 SERVICE BE RESTORED"http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/bella-coola-demands-route-40...

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Created 12 years ago

PLB, SPOT, sat phone...
Another review:   http://www.flyingmag.com/avionics-gear/pilot-supplies/buyers-guide-personal-locator-beacons    I rather think that individuals can - and have done so - buy their own VWs while the cl...
Weather Cams covering Squamish/Whistler/Pemberton
In case you didn't know, there is an entire line of weather cameras (6) now covering Squamish through Whistler right to Pemberton!   http://www.metcam.navcanada.ca/hb/index.jsp?lang=e&ui=hb

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Created 12 years ago

Is the BCMC getting into the guiding business?
The new Mentoring Program is a really great idea. I congratulate the Executive for conceiving the idea, and especially the volunteer mentors for making this program possible. $$$ The cost for each Pa...
Manning park ski hill closing for good April 1
  http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2013/03/19/bc-manning-park.html   Well, so goes another one day backcountry ski approach to an area not overrun by snowmobiles. Kiss 'goodbye' d...

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Created 13 years ago

MEC ballot criticized as undemocratic
Vote NO on the board endorsed Special Resolution 1, if you have not already:   http://www.vancourier.com/news/Mountain+Equipment+ballot+criticized+undemocratic/8128181/story.html