About Me
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This is my adventure blog...I done a lot of these hikes alone, which doesn't bother me so much once I am out there, but often I don't feel the urge to go as bad until someone with a car says 'know any good places?' So I made a blog partly to look for adventure friends, and partly to have a safe place to store my records. I am a folk singin philosopher in Vancouver, a student of Wing Chun Kung-Fu, an anarchist, a multimedia artist, a survival instructor, wilderness guide, public affairs radio host (www.coopradio.org) and many more things to my friends, family and lovers. I grew up in a swamp in the middle of nowheresville central/eastern Ontario and I spent my life lookin for quiet places to smoke a fatty, say a prayer, eat a mushroom, reflect on life or cook a potato
My mountaineerin' log
The scientific definition of a mountain is a hill with 1000ft gain in elevation from base to summit.
DATE, journey, LOCATION, hieght/distance, (NUMBER OF TIMES THIS HIKE WAS COMPLETED SINCE ie.x3).
...2000
1. DEC, eagles nest, BANCROFT ONT, 1600ft, (2X)
...2001
2. JULY 15-19, uplands backpacking trail, ALGONQUIN PARK ONT, 32km/1600ft hills.
3. JULY 29-31, mount moriah, COOPER ONT, 363M/1300ft, (10X)
4. AUG 27, mont tremblant (laurentians), QUE, 980M/3135ft.
-YEARS HIGHEST CLIMB: 3135ft, MONT TREMBLANT, QUE
-YEARS FAVORITE HIKE: 5 day solo, Algonquin Park
Below is the view from atop Mont Tremblant north of Montreal.
...2002
5. AUG 15, saddleback mt. (rockies), LAKE LOUISE AB, 2500M
6. AUG 26, whitehorn mt. (rockies), LAKE LOUISE AB, 9000ft (X2)
7. AUG 28, mount temple (rockies), LAKE LOUISE AB, 11621ft
8. SEPT 11, mt. geoffry, HORNBY ISLAND BC, 1000ft+
9. SEPT 22, wood mt. (strathcona prov. park), VANCOUVER ISLAND BC, 5000ft
10. SEPT 23, castle crag mt., STRATHCONA P.P BC, 1750m
11. SEPT 24, faith lake pass, STRATHCONA P.P. BC, 1400m
12. SEPT 25, sir albert edward mt, STRATHCONA P.P. BC, 2093m
13. DEC 20-21, lynn peak (coast mts), N. VAN. BC, 3000ft (x3)
-YEARS HIGHEST CLIMB: 11,621ft, MOUNT TEMPLE, Lake Louise Alberta
-YEARS FAVORITE HIKE: 5 September days in Strathcona Provincial Park
Below, the southside pass to Mount Temple from Valley of the Ten Peaks
...2003
14. MAY 7, unknown mt. (west kootenies), NELSON BC, ????ft.
15. MAY 8, elephant mt. (west kootenies), NESLON BC, 6000ft
16. JUNE 17, grouse mt. (coast mts.) N. VAN. BC, 4200ft (x4)
17. JULY 5, colliseum mt. (coast mts.) N. VAN. BC, 4745ft/1446m
18. JULY 30, black mt. (coast mts.) W.VAN. BC, 3992ft/1217m (x2)
19. AUG 8, mt.1 (cayoosh range), SUTIKALH BC, 2201m (x5)
20. AUG 9, mt.2 (cayoosh range), SUTIKALH BC, 2200m+ (unmarked)
21. AUG 9, mt.3 (cayoosh range), SUTIKALH BC, 2200m+
22. AUG 9, mt.4 (cayoosh range), SUTIKALH BC, 2200m+
23. AUG 10, mt.5 (cayoosh range), SUTIKALH BC, 2200m+
24. AUG 10, mt.6 (cayoosh range), SUTIKALH BC, 2200m+
25. AUG 10, mt.7 (cayoosh range), SUTIKALH BC, 2200m+
26. AUG 11, mt.8 (cayoosh range), SUTIKALH BC, 2200m+
27. AUG 26, anderson creek (interior range) BOSTON BAR BC, 40km
28. SEPT 1, dam mt. (coast range), N.VAN. BC, 4000ft.+
29. SEPT 1, big goat mt. (coast range), N.VAN. BC, 4000ft+
-YEARS HIGHEST CLIMB: 2201m+ CAYOOSH RANGE
-YEARS FAVORITE HIKE: 4 day solo, Cayoosh Mountain Ridge
(below) the Cayoosh Mountains, in a very quiet three hours north of Vancouver.
...2004
30. JUNE 2-3, lynn lake (coast range), N.VAN BC, 1000m/22km
31. JUNE 14, mt.agassiz/campbell lake, HARRISON HOT SPRINGS BC, 3000ft/10km
32. JUNE 19, mt.fromme (coast range), N.VAN BC, 3842ft/1171m
33. JUNE 22, south needle (via lynn summit), N.VAN BC, 3800+ft/1163m
34. JULY 26-27, crown mt. (coast range), N.VAN BC, 1503m
35. AUG 8, duffie mountain x2 (cayoosh ranges), SUTIKALH BC, 2000+m
36. SEPT 3, unnessecary mt. (coast range), HOWE SOUND BC, 5000ft
37. SEPT 3, west lion (coast range), HOWE SOUND BC, 5401ft/1646m
38. SEPT 21, roche bonhomme (colin range/rockies) JASPER AB, 8,069ft/2459m
39. SEPT 22, signal mt (maligne range/rockies) JASPER AB, 7,583ft/2311m
-YEARS HIGHEST CLIMB: 8,069ft/2459m ROCHE BONHOMME, Jasper Alberta
-YEARS FAVORITE CLIMB: Duffey Summit, Cayoosh Mountain Ranges, overlooking Duffey Lake.
The Lions just outside of Vancouver.
...2005
40. APRIL 10, bear mt (coast mts) HARRISON HOT SPRINGS BC, 1040m
41. JUNE 2, brunswick mt (coast mts) HOWE SOUND BC, 5855ft/1785m
42. JUNE 3, mount harvey (coast mts) HOWE SOUND BC, 5590ft/1705m
43. JUNE 7, dog mountain (coast mts) NORTH VAN. BC, 1050m (x2)
44. JUNE 7, mount seymour (coast mts) NORTH VAN. BC, 4767ft/1453m
45. JULY 4, mount murray (cariboo mts) BARKERVILLE BC, 1966m
46. JULY 28, mount cheam (cascade mts) CHILLIWACK BC, 2130m
47. JULY 28, lady peak (cascade mts) CHILLIWACK BC, 2189m
-YEARS HIGHEST CLIMB: Lady Peak, Chilliwack BC, 2189m
-YEARS FAVORITE CLIMB: tossup between Cheam/Lady Peak and our mushroom trip up through Brunswick and Harvey.
The Lions from the top of Brunswick Peak
...2006
No summit climbs due to tuberculosis, lung collapse and hospitalization in June. However I did go camping with my bass player Rick and due some limited rock climbing with harness and gear.
...2007
48. JUNE 24, whistler's mountain (rockies) JASPER AB, 8091ft/2466m
...2008
49. JANUARY 14, no name mountain (rockies) KANANASKIS AB, 6000ft+
50. JULY 9, moose mountain (rockies), KANANASKIS AB, 7995ft/2437m
51. JULY 15, nahani ridge (rockies), KANANASKIS AB, 8000ft+
...2009
52. JULY 3, mount rohr (cayoosh/coast), SUTIKALH BC, 7969ft
53. JULY 3, mount 2 (cayoosh/coast), SUTIKALH BC, 7600ft
54. JULY 3, mount 3 (cayoosh/coast), SUTIKALH BC, 7400ft
55. JULY 3, mount 4 (cayoosh/coast), SUTIKALH BC, 7300ft
56. JULY 4, mount 5 (cayoosh coast), SUTIKALH BC, 7300ft
LIFETIME TOTAL CLIMBS: 79
LIFETIME DIFFERENT CLIMBS: 56
LIFETIME HIGHEST CLIMB: 11,631 feet, Mount Temple, Lake Louise
