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I first heard of the Internet in the late seventies when I was at SFU although then it was called a "community net" or something like that. A professor had actually experimented with a prototype which was just an e-mail and news server system with no graphics. You had to go to a special terminal to use it and it was probably only 300 bits per second which today is unbelievably slow. But the concept was the thing.
I was starting to get more involved in back country trips around this time and I could see how the concept would work for reporting logging road conditions, new roads etc. Exactly the sort of thing guidebooks go out of date with rather quickly. Robin Tivy and I talked in the late 1980s about how it would work but this was when almost no one had a home PC. At the time I was thinking we needed sponsors such as MEC who would have a terminal in the store where people could go and put information in and get road reports out.
Of course the technology took a long time before anyone could actually do anything really useful with it but many of us now have home computers or the libraries have them and thanks to Robin we have the Bivouac site where hopefully we can keep on adding maps, bulletins and road, trail and climbing reports for a long time.
Climbing Resume
In case anyone really came to this page to find out who I am here's
a resume of my climbing background.
1990-1992 President, BC Mountaineering Club
Spring 1996 Joint BCMC/Swiss Alpine Club (Rossberg Section) Dais
Glacier ski camp organizer
Summer 1989 Southern Canadian Rockies climbing camp organizer
Summer 1986 Tchaikazan Valley climbing camp organizer
1987-1989 Director, Federation of Mountain Clubs of BC
A serious climb (for me): Mount Robson; Mount Assiniboine
A serious ski traverse: Tantalus Range; McBride Range
Best vertical skiing: Pelion Mountain; Emmons Glacier on Mount
Rainier; Mount Baker (either side)
Memorable bushwhacks: anything with slide alder and skis on the
pack; the Lake Lovelywater trail after it was logged; the west
side of the Squamish River, in general.
| Trip Reports Insert
67 2005.08.19 2005.08.28 Three Fools Peak from Pacific Crest Trail
65 1997.06.06 1998.10.01 Tantalus Range Ski Traverse
65 2007.04.21 2007.05.05 Pelion Northwest Ridge
61 1932.08.17 2003.10.10 Ten Days on Mount Terror (H.V. Strandberg Sr.)
60 2010.02.06 2010.02.11 Zig-Zag Slot Tour, Ashlu Elaho Divide
60 2007.08.15 2007.09.23 Freezeout Mountain From Manning Park
58 2006.04.08 2006.04.12 Skied Capilano - Mt Capilano from Furry Creek Road
57 1995.04.14 2008.12.25 Ashlu-Elaho Divide Ski Traverse
56 2008.04.12 2008.04.19 Ski Ascent of the "Highest" Frosty
54 2007.02.21 2007.03.12 Fat Dog in Action - Tree Skiing on slopes of Mt Kelly
51 1989.07.19 2001.10.26 Mt Chephren from Chephren Lake
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21 2002.03.06 2004.03.08 Judge Howay from the Air
20 2001.09.01 2003.12.07 Five Fingers Group
18 2002.05.12 2004.01.22 Urquhart West Ridge (ski)
18 2004.03.20 2004.03.22 Shawatum Exploration
18 2000.01.23 2000.11.22 Joffre Group Panorama
18 2000.04.08 2008.12.27 Boardman, Oswald, Perkins and Whiting
18 2001.04.15 2008.12.30 Callaghan and Ring Mountains
18 2002.04.02 2003.12.17 Deserted Peak from NW
18 1999.07.01 2008.11.23 Porterhouse Gap, Ashlu-Elaho Divide Exit
17 2000.04.16 2008.12.15 Jimmy Jimmy - Coin Headwaters Approach
17 2005.08.01 2005.10.11 Remmel Mountain
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Road/Trail Bulletins
1 2010.05.31 Improved to "Bowen Lookout" and almost "Strachan Meadows" Howe Sound Crest Trail - South Segment
1 2010.05.24 Boulders block road at Km 3 Kookipi Creek FSR
1 2010.05.16 Ski out to the Olympic Park road below the clearcut Hanging Lake Winter Trail
1 2010.05.16 Trail markers are easy to follow above the clearcut Hanging Lake Winter Trail
1 2010.05.16 Found start of route then immediately lost it Hanging Lake Winter Trail
1 2010.05.17 Continuous snow from clearcut at 1000 meters Hanging Lake Winter Trail
1 2010.05.15 Unload at Km 5 Brandywine FSR
1 2010.05.15 Unload at Km 21, no gravel Hurley River Road
1 2010.05.02 Moderate washout just before Br 250 High Falls Creek Road
1 2010.05.02 Drove to 1025 m this week Cheekye River FSR
1 2010.04.24 Logging. Snowed in above 900 meters. Cheekye River FSR
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Trip Comments
Condition of Ossa West spur in 2010? Clowhom to Squamish/Ashlu River & Climbing Mount Ossa’s West Ridge
Dreadnought climb from north, descent of west ridge. Route to Watersprite Lake on Skis (or Snowshoes)
Questionable ski access to Mamquam over Dreadnought Route to Watersprite Lake on Skis (or Snowshoes)
Limited ski terrain Route to Watersprite Lake on Skis (or Snowshoes)
Seven storey logging Pinecone Peak Via Knothole Lake
Ghost Pass trailheads Mount Dewdney Traverse - Ghost Pass to Snass Creek
Access from Sowaqua and geological theorizing Mount Dewdney Traverse - Ghost Pass to Snass Creek
Eanastick Meadows Mamquam Marathon via Diamond Head
First hand account of old trail Clipper Creek Exploration
First party to cabin since late October Deeks Peak (Almost) via Kallahne Creek Road
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Photo Comments
Reported ice loss not as bad as feared Exodus Peak (2010)
Updated with new photo Exodus Peak (2001)
Glacier mid-1990s Wedge Mountain - North Aręte
Hmmm... Peaks Northwest from Deserted N1
Any idea what the title should be? Peaks Northwest from Deserted N1
Yes, probably Mount Alfred not Albert Peaks Northwest from Deserted N1
Image adjusted Sun Peak from West
Image improvement suggestion Sun Peak from West
Ever skied? Roche Bonhomme (Old Man in the Mountain)
Climbing Baldy? Mount Baldy from the East (Emma Lake Region - Telephoto)
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| Equipment Reviews Insert General Articles Insert
162000.03.01 Bump Wimp - Selecting a Backcountry Vehicle
32003.02.27 Backcountry zoning - contrary opinion Discussion Topics Insert
2009.11.01 Blunder mapping Kallahne Creek
2004.02.09 Inexplicable vents on alpine summits
2010.02.27 Letter to Parks Re: Sigurd Master Plan
2004.11.17 Macintosh OS X and JavaMap/ZoomMap
2008.07.29 Origin of Spoon Lake, Cheam Range
2003.11.03 Parking fee poorly implemented
2009.07.21 Phantom Lake comments
2009.07.09 Proposed Swift Creek trail and Brohm Ridge ski development
2004.03.11 Silver Skagit road
2008.09.23 Station Rose vs. Sigurd Peak naming
2008.09.13 Trail Clearing invitation - Sigurd Trail and Sigurd Peak Trail
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