Thursday, July 07, 2005

Mountaineering school





This course is a LOT of fun. The instructor, Conrad Janzen, was excellent and I would highly recommend both Yamnuska and Conrad. We started learning glacier travel and safety. After a couple days we moved from the Bow hut to the Peyto hut where we practised crevasse rescue. We also watched a grizzly bear cross the glacier. Returning from the Peyto hut we went up Mt. Rhonda were we looked down to the Icefield Parkway which connects Jasper and Banff.

Tuesday, June 28, 2005

A summer of fun

Last year before I injured my back I had planned to take a course run by the folks at Yamnuska. Tomorrow I leave for the course and then continue on to two paddling trips and then a return via the west coast in mid August.