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The Minimalist Trip

Can you survive a night in bleak November in BC with no tent, sleeping bag, or mat? Come on this trip and find out.

Trip Meeting

Either Wednesday Nov 15 in clubroom, or Thursday Nov 16 @ MEC, 6PM. Which one will it be? Check the message board and post your opinions.

Who

Organizer: Maria
Knowledgeable Person: Will
Participants: we need a group of at least 4 (including Organizer and Knowledgeable Person), preferably 5 or 6. Sign up in the Interested People section.

When/ For How Long

(we have reached a decision) Trip scheduled for: Nov 18 and 19

( old content ) One weekend in November. Sat -- go, set up camp. Sat-Sun nite -- survive. Sun - clean up & come back.

The LONG WEEKEND is approaching. We may not wish to do this trip then because there are several other good trips that actually require the 3 days. As a result, we may have less interest from both the participants and the organizer of the trip. That said, the trip organizer will sacrifice the other trips, so if this seems like the best option, we'll do it. We need to know how many people are available for each weekend, so please indicate this in the Interested People section.

WEATHER is certainly an issue on this trip, so we cannot plan very far in advance. However, we need to hurry, before snow makes everything difficult. Therefore it is possible that we will simply pick a weekend and go regardless of the weather. If you are OK with wetness, please indicate this in the Interested People section beside your name.

What to take

General idea: take what you would/should on a day hike; this trip attempts to mimic being stranded with no camping gear.

Specifics: see Will Whitty's post on 11-02-06 at 14:25. Describes his survival kit.

Where

(Update)

We will drive up to 2000 ft along the Brandywine Callaghan Forest Sevice Road (for several km) and park at a large cut out. From there we will walk along an old overgrown (now closed) road west several hundred yards and set up camp out of sight and earshot of the service road. There is fresh water, the ground in reasonably flat and clear, and there is a good variety of tree types and sizes for shelter/fire building. As of Sat Nov. 11, there is about 6 inches of fresh snow on the ground. The service road is snow covered right from the highway, but drivable on the 11th.

Several suggestions have been made.

1. a side road off Squamish or Elaho roads a ways and then drive up a side road
2. a logging road off Hwy 99 such as: Chance Creek, Roe Creek, Brandywine; roads up the Cheakamus and Mamquam rivers.
3. the Chilliwhack Valley
4. far end of Lynn Valley
5. Mt.Seymour park towards the Elsay Lake Valley

Interested people

If yer interested -- put the weekends when you can go beside yer name.

Put a (W) beside your name if you're completely OK with being Wet. If you do not put a W it's still assumed that you are somewhat OK with being slightly wet and accept the possibility of unintentionally becoming entirely wet.

1. Maria { Nov 11; Nov 18; Nov 25 } (W)
2. Will {whenever} (W)
3. Piotr {not long weekend, flexible after that} (W)
4. Andre {dates avail}
5. Irena {dates avail}
6. Matthew {dates avail}
7. Heraward {dates avail}
8. Rick {any weekend except 25-26. have car, can drive} (W)
9. Tristan {dates avail} (W)
10. Ignacio {dates avail}