Archive:Minimalist Trip
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.
Details
When/ For How Long
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.
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
Several suggestions have been made.
- a side road off Squamish or Elaho roads a ways and then drive up a side road
- a logging road off Hwy 99 such as: Chance Creek, Roe Creek, Brandywine; roads up the Cheakamus and Mamquam rivers.
- the Chilliwhack Valley
- far end of Lynn Valley
- Mt.Seymour park towards the Elsay Lake Valley
Interested people
If yer interested -- put the weekends when you can go beside yer name.
- Maria { Nov 11; Nov 18; Nov 25 }
- Will {dates avail}
- Piotr {dates avail}
- Andre {dates avail}
- Irena {dates avail}
- Matthew {dates avail}
- Heraward {dates avail}
- yer name here {dates avail}
- yer name here {dates avail}
- yer name here {dates avail}