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The Tenquille-Owl Traverse started off with shuttl

The Tenquille-Owl Traverse started off with shuttling cars on FSR roads between the Hurley and Pemberton and starting up the trail at 5PM. Not the most ideal when you have 20 miles to cover, with bits of off trail scrambling, and are trying to be home by the following evening. But, after accidentally hiking an extra 2 miles down in the trees, we made it to this alpine lake (7.25 mi) ... fortunately, this bit was all on trail.

To make up for the late start Saturday, we decided for an alpine start the following morning. In doing so, this allowed us to eat breakfast while watching the sunrise over the lake.

Chipmunk Mountain East Peak is somewhere up there

Chipmunk Mountain East Peak is somewhere up there in the clouds. Perhaps the more entertaining part of this day was the adventure involved in getting to this point. We had spotted this valley from another peak the day before and it was too enticing not to go checkout. After 4 hours of driving on FSR roads, a river crossing, and driving as far up the valley as the Trailblazer would take us, we’d reached where we’d camp for the night. It had poured all night and continued into the morning, but we decided to give the peak a go. After reaching Opal Lake, we looked up at the scree slope, partially covered in clouds, and decided to bail. On the way out, I got to test the plastic skid plate in the creek crossing, rolling an iceberg-type boulder underneath the car.

Sometimes the objectives that go wrong are some of the more memorable, and Canada has many of these. I love how undeveloped, remote, and wild Canada still is…

Train Glacier Loop - Part 2 | Circumnavigating the

Train Glacier Loop - Part 2 | Circumnavigating the glacier via the ridgeline from peak to peak. The loop took us ~11 hours, hiking the last hour by headlight as we descended down into the trees.

Learned a new difference between caving and climbing skills that are opposite to one another. While I was happy on the scree slopes and chossy rock, Colin was confident climbing the solid rocky sections. In both cases, the “caver” vs. “climber” sections appeared exposed to the other person. Definitely a new perspective on mountain skills…

Train Glacier Loop - Part 1 | 5 Peaks in 1 day, 1,

Train Glacier Loop - Part 1 | 5 Peaks in 1 day, 1,407m elevation gain, 18.3 km. Started off with a leisurely 10AM start, scrambling up the scree slopes to Face Mountain. When the winter snow melts, you just have to go higher to find it again.

After a bit of a hiatus, here’s a peak into some of our summer mountains adventures. Sara’s been scrambling up to mountain peaks, searching for caves, and developing mountain and ocean skills (crevasse rescue 🏔️, sailing skiffs and keelboats ⛵️, kiteboarding 🌊🪂, etc.) in British Columbia. While Philip’s been off caving around the world (Montenegro, France, Slovenia, Wyoming, etc.) and learning organic farming. To say the least, it’s been intense working all of this in around work-life and trying to start a company, @alpenshield, but you make time for the things you love doing! Plus, the impending doom of “The Rain is Coming” helps 😅.

Watched seagulls have a starfish feeding frenzy to

Watched seagulls have a starfish feeding frenzy today … never would’ve thought starfish were tasty to eat 🤔. And, never thought I’d observe a seagull choking on a starfish trying to get it down it’s gullet.

When the limestone is too far away for 2-day trips

When the limestone is too far away for 2-day trips, start mapping ice caves ❄️? It only took learning skiing ⛷, ski touring 🎿⛺️, and kiting 🪁, but next season we’ll hopefully be ready to travel the long distances necessary to get to these caves and start surveying them 😁.

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