VOCJ35

Varsity Outdoor Club Journal Volume 35 (1992)

Introduction

The editor of this volume was Muriel Pacheco.

Table of Contents

Article	Page	Author(s)	Index
Presidents Message	3	Eric Nodwell
Editor's Message	6	Muriel Pacheco
Social Scene 1992	6	Don Blackburn
1993 UBC Climbing Competition	8	Lorne Hoover	Climbing Competition
Grad News	9
SPRING	9
Gregor, Al and Michael's Most Excellent Adventure	11	Michael Spagnut	Wapta Icefield
Pushing Your Comfort Zone	13	Michael Spagnut	Wedgemount Lake
A Yukon/Alaskan Scramble	15	David Williams	Kluane Lake
Spring Skiing on the Stonecrop Glacier	17	Michael Spagnut	Stonecrop Glacier
Crawling Up the Nose	19	Drew Brayshaw	Habrich, Mt.
Climbing in France	22	Eric Clemson	France: Climbing
Twenty-four Hours on Mount Currie	26	Brandon Konoval	Currie, Mt.
Sun, Fun, and Snow	38	Shaun Johnston	Diamond Head
SUMMER	39
Yak Attack	41	Scott Martens	Yak Peak
Mts. Floyd, Foley, and Summer-time Meadows	45	Fern Heitkamp	Foley, Mt.
Twentynothing	47	Drew Brayshaw
On 'Cheating', Commitment, and the Beauty of a BC Image	54	David Williams
Another Garibaldi Park Adventure	57	Michael Spagnut	Garibaldi Park; Garibaldi Lake
Mount Davidson	59	Lorne Hoover	Davidson, Mt.
Ellesmere Island and Baffin Island	60	Dave Pfeiffer	Ellesmere Is; Baffin Is
An Ascent of Mt. Drum	68	David Holloway	Drum, Mt.
The World's Best Mountain Biking is in Utah	75	Len Thomas	Moab
East Coast Rock	78	Chris Gill	North Canway
Mount Baker Express	80	David Way	Baker, Mt.
Learning to Fly	81	Eric Clemson
The Spiral Gumby on Alpha	85	Mike Sample	Alpha, Mt.
Welch Peak Whinging	90	David Way	Welch Peak
Golden Ears	91	Sophie Royer	Golden Ears
AUTUMN	93
Blanshard's Needle -- Third Annual VOC Ascent	95	Fern Heitkamp	Blanshard's Needle
Broken Islands	97	Markus Kellerhals	Broken Islands
Bravado on Brunswick	99	Clemson & Hajeck	Brunswick, Mt.
An International, Wet, and Fun Weekend at Garibaldi Lake	101	Jan Steele	Garibaldi Lake
Garibaldi Lake	102	Sophie Royer	Garibaldi Lake
Wedge Mountain: 1st 1992 VOC Assault	107	Rex Bailey	Wedge Mtn.
First Canadian Assisted Norwegian Attempt on Wedge	108	Lorne Hoover	Wedge Mtn.
Wedge 1992: The Epic	109	Richard Don Leblanc	Wedge Mtn.
Guatemala and Belize: a journal excerpt	112	Denie Robichaud	Guatemala
La Langtang National Park - Nepal	114	Martin Carver	Nepal, La Langtang National Park
Pebble Creek Cabin The Long Way	120	Denie Robichaud	Pebble Creek Cabin
WINTER	125
The Mouse that Wouldn't Die	127	Fern Heitkamp	Garibaldi Park/Lake
Pebble Creek	128	Mark Nielson	Pebble Creek Cabin
Joshua Tree via the Slick Rock Trail	133	Chris Gill	Joshua Tree
Mount Garibaldi - via Brohm Ridge	136	Andrew Port	Garibaldi, Mt.; Brohm Ridge
Traversing the Ruahine Range (New Zealand)	138	Lisa Moody	N.Z., Ruahine Range
By Candlelight at Garibaldi Lake	142	Fern Heitkamp	Garibaldi Lake
Frosty Fun	143	Cynthia Monroe	Frosty, Mt.; Manning Park
Cerise Creek	148	Louise Blomer	Cerise Creek
A North Gully Escapade	150	Lorne Hoover
On Owl Lake	152	Denie Robichaud	Owl Lake
Diamond Head/Elfin Lakes	153	Cord Steele	Diamond Head
Sphinx Hut	154	Jan Palaty	Sphinx Hut
FEATURES	157
In Memoriam: John Pringle	159
Chief Seattle	160	Chief Seattle
Gastronomic Secrets Revealed!	162	Fern Heitkamp	Biff Bar; Recipe
ParaAlpinism	164	Pat Hajek	Paragliding
The Name's the Thing	166	A. Nominus	Naming Climbing Routes
The Circling Mountains	170	Markus Kellerhals
My First Sea Kayaking Trip	172	Denie Robichaud	Indian Arm
What are some of those Old Fogey VOCers up to?	176	Ken Legg	Kumbhakarna
Symphony of Silence	178	d.a. Blackburn	Poem