Archive:2009 BWH renos 1

Synopsis

River Crossing

Carrying Heavy Stuff

So far we have had two small work parties up there. Meghan and Roland (mostly Meghan) hauled in various supplies and materials for the renovation. And Tony, Anne, Roland hauled up the Solar Device, installed double windows, and treated the walls to get the mold off. We are now ready for the first big reno weekend.

Roland and Scott N both have 4x4's and can shuttle to the end of the road.

This means the hike in is 3-4km and 500m of elevation gain, almost all of it on a nice trail. If you're in reasonable shape this isn't too strenuous (although, we'll have some things which need to get carried up so you could always make it more strenuous by putting lots of heavy stuff in your pack...).

There isn't really anything up at the hut other than shelter - so you'll need to bring food, sleeping bag, stove, etc. (or share with someone who is). See Gear_lists#hiking_hut_trip for a complete list.

The hut is too far away (~450km round trip) to go for just a day, so we'll be up there the whole weekend leaving Vancouver early Saturday and returning late Sunday. Roland will go up Friday and his passengers are ok with this. He would like to come back Tuesday and could swap passengers for the ride back to achieve this. Anybody good to take Monday off? What about Tuesday too?

Date For Round 1

June 13-14.

Optional pre-trip meeting Wednesday June 10th, at the intersection of Tolmie and the ocean (ie. Spanish Banks, frisbee) at 7pm. To do list is here: 2009_Brian_Waddington_hut_renovations

Participants (Car)

The hut has a nominal capacity of 24, and we're already at 25. For this reason I'm going to declare the trip full, unless you have a car in which case we'll make room for you until everybody has rides since people who can't escape Vancouver can't do any useful work.

1. Veenstra (A)
2. Roland (B)
3. Doris (B)
4. Emily(if I am off work)
5. Allison (C)
6. Dan (C)
7. Phil (A)
8. Tom h-up (D)
9. Jirina h-up (D)
10. Geoff Martin (A)
11. Pascale (A)
12. Ignacio (A)
13. Scott Webster (D)
14. Anne Webster (D)
15. Rebecca Swabey (B)
16. Ankur
17. Simen
18. Erica Anderson (B)
19. Minyoung (Min) Cho (B)
20. Nick (E)
21. Sam M (E)
22. Veronika Schmitt
23. Paul L (E)
24. Scott Nelson (C)
25. Sandra Nicol (C)

Waitlist for hut space, or tenting

Put your name here, come to the trip meeting or email me about how keen you are, and I almost guarantee that somebody will drop out making room for you... or you could just bring a tent.

1. Steve Mullen (I'm very flexible with my departure & return dates/times -- though I'm only good for 'carrying' jobs, or one-handed work)
2. Craig T (is fine with tenting by the hut)
3. Jessica Dorzinsky (Pretty flexible about sleeping. I'd like to be back by Sun eve.)
4. 
   

Cars, drivers

Try and pick cars close to where you live, if possible

(A) Veenstramobile (coming from the airport this time)

1. Veenstra
2. Emily (if she's off work)
3. Minyoung (will figure out her escape from PoCo)
4. Muffin (coming back with Roland)
5. Jessica

(B) Sturdy Trooper, driving up Friday evening and camping. Will work on the rock slide until the other cars arrive Saturday. Will ferry from the rockslide to the end of the trail, around 4 km.

1. Roland (can leave Vanc Friday, can return Tuesday if we want)
2. Doris (can leave Vanc Friday, can return Tuesday if we want)
3. Erica Anderson (Friday from UBC, can take Monday off maybe, has California drivers license)
4. Rebecca (later Friday because of working in Coquitlam. Have to be back for work on Monday)
5. Free (sort of - unless you want to come back on Monday)

(C) Madeline [Nissan Pathfinder]. Will depart early Saturday morning from 7th & Oak. Please no passengers west of Dunbar.

1. Scott Nelson
2. Sandra Nicol
3. Dan Eagen (22nd and cambie)
4. Allison Boothe (22nd and cambie)
5. Carroll

(D) Scott's Car. Saturday morning, 19th and Oak

1. Scott Webster
2. Anne Webster
3. Tom h-up
4. Jirina h-up

(E) Car Ramrod, Sam's vehicle, leaving Richmond early Saturday

1. Sam M
2. Nick M
3. Paul L
4. Craig T

(F) Ignacio and Pascale's rented van

1. Ignacio
2. Pascale
3. Phil
4. Ankur
5. Simon
6. Veronica
7. Geoff

People Currently Without Rides

Please remove your name from this list when you have negotiated a ride, or make the appropriate changes if we got it wrong. Looks like we need one more car.

1. Emily(if I am off work)
2. Ankur
3. Simen
4. Veronika Schmitt (Has to come back Sunday)
5. Steve Mullen (can come back Monday, so as to do more painting)
6. Jessica Dorzinsky
7. Craig T