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Volume 27,Issue4
UPEATE
December, 1999
ISSN 0822-9473
STUFFSACK
Buu-erIN BoARD oN
MT. FINLAYSON. IO.OO
Wnr.ITeo
nna
Skis/boots/bindings wanted byski-illiterate female. Must be cheap and well loved,
but 6t size 4 boys feer, for someone who is
5'1" tall. 'Wanted for learning to ski, specifically cross country and perhaps tele? Call
Su at 382-2746 for any leads!
Suruoavs
Meet at the Goldstream parking lot or
on the hill. Excellent workour for
rhose
you arent in the mountains. Brunch at Ma Millers (Goldstream
Pub) after the hike. Informa.l and unstrucrured - just show up for either or both.
Catrin, Rick, Jules
weekends when
Tne Y2K Busr.rWHACKER IS COMING!
1|"t6 l\4[ill611irr m
Island Bushwhacker
Downhill ski boors-
men's, size 10? Best
long as it's a good read.
'We
love prints and slides from your
uips! The more the merrier. Vertical ones
work particularly good for rhe cover. Phoros
do nor need to have an accompanying arricle. Slides scan more clearly than prints, but
both are welcome. The more submissions
we leceive, the more choice we have, and
the better your publication will be. lVhen
submitdng photos please include n'hat ardcle they accompany or caption you would
like and be sure to give the photographer's
name and the details ofwho is in the photo/
.
offer rakes. Su C.asde: 3822746
Something to take you to rhe trailhead
1997 Chev.v Sl0 Blazer 4u?D, 5-Speed.
Great Vehicle $5,200. Mary Hof ar (250)
Metal Showshoes, firll size (for 180 lb.),
$100. Phone 472-8170, Marvin Sanders (a
cation of some of your out-of-the way (way
out) trips often tempts people ro follow in
your footsteps. This is your chance ro leave
your mark on history You can even exaggerate, use poeric licence or outright lie, as
.
Fon Sele
743-4074
January preferably as an emai.l artachmenr
in anv version of 'Word, or on disk. Publi-
use:
The Bulletin Board is moderated by Gerbefore
a-thousand-years publication are reminded
that the magazine is onlv rhe sum toml of
all the items submitted.
that vou want to share wirh people, write
it up and send it to the edirors before mid-
Our web site is our new way of communicatingwich members on the'Web. 'We
arrived at the following guidelines for ir
hardt Lepp, w'ho ievievx thc
Annual is our big publication of rhe year.
Members (or anyone else willing enough)
who wish ro participare in this once-in-
Never mind all this fttss abour Y2K.
Those of us who are alive now will never
again see the start of another cenrury/
millennium. If vou have been on any uips
THE I'1IIEB
'
it
rnareri.a!
is posted, ro make sure thar
it
is
appropriate.
No advenising is accepted at this time. A
separate advertising page will be considered to display logos, links or adverdsemenrs for a srandard [eeThe Bulletin Board contairs a lor ofinformation for members, so we hope it will
reduce individual e-mailings to the entire
ACClist.
'
new member).
Nokia 918 Cell phone, no conrracr.
Mary Hofat (250) 743-4074
Telemark skis and boors, almost new,
Kazama skis and Merrell boots (halfplastic,
halflearlrer) Phone Nigel at (250) 746-1573,
Email: [email protected]. Any
offer considered.
THE NoRTH Fa.ce./ACC
Suurvren LeeoensHtp
Counse
Interested potential ieaders rvho wish ro
apply for the course should call Claire to
discuss rhe deta.iis. The deadline for applications to the main club is February l, 2000.
OpEN FoR BUSINESS
Mounrain Exrreme Outfirters is now
open for business. Mountain Extreme is a
full
alpine sports store located at Bay and
Blanshard Streerc in Vicroria.
Imponant information that all members
ofwill sdll be distributed
by email as well as being posted on the
Bulledn Board.
should be aware
. The Board might
.
.
conrain announcements, trips, photographs, rrip reports,
condition reports, web links or wharever
is of inreresr ro members.
All entries will be numbered and listed in
rhe Contents for easy reference.
Please check the Bulletin Board occasionally if you are interested. Send any
submissions to Gerhardt by email:
[email protected]
The Bulledn Board is located at: hcp://
www.islandnet.com/-acc /inder<. hrm
GEnn RENTAL
Just to let you know thar Sports Rent
Victoria have some new tele gear for rent,
including double boors.
MEMBERSHIP UpoeTe
Our membership person Judy Holm
tells us that there are 181 members in
our Vancouver Island section of the AJpine
slide.
Island Bushuhacher Update
Volume 27,lssue 4
Club, and that we have a 75o/o renewal
rate for our section. This compares with an
overall renewal rate of 650/o for the nationd
club.
Ava,uNcHE Sa'rgrv
Counse
instruction, lift tickets, accommodation
(and even the GST!). Secdon members
only, please. Call Judy Holm to regisrer
February 18, 2000 Fri&y evening (7 p-^.)
at'S7hisder cabin
February 19-20, 2OO0 Sarurday & Sunday'
on the hill, at Blackcomb
Owing to the posidve response from last
rental, $l5iweek)
3 avalanche probes
I fust aid kit
I pot set
1 pair tree limb cuners
I e<ternal Fame pack
CLue EQulPlrleNr
AvAI-NELE FOR LOA.N
fuchard Keltie has taken over as'Keeper
of the Gear'. To borrow gear for club trips,
call him or Kayla ar388-4584.
\)V'ant to go climbing but can't afiFor'd
the equipment? Fret not, the Alpine Club
can help!! Ve have a variery of equipment
to loan:
yeart panicipants, Judy Holm has again
booked Canada'West Mountain School to
teach our Section the 'Avalanche Safery
'$?'eekend"
course.
10 avalanche transceivers ($5/weekend
u77-8596).
(Canada Vest also offers a 4 daY
A&anced Avdanche Safery course for those
who would like to further their skills. Call
toll free l-888-892-2266)
February 16,20OO Wedneday evening in
Vicoria
1 4-person tent
A
9 ice axes
3 sit harnesses
3 pairs of crampons (sm., med., lg.)
The emphasis of this course is on teaching practical methods of understanding,
recognizing and avoiding avalanche haz-
6 helmets
ards. Skills covered include terrain evaluadon, snowpack structure, weather, safe
route finding and rescue techniques.
The cost will be $200, which includes
2 folding aluminium snow shovels
I snow fluke (not a real dead person)
I picket (60 cm)
I 9-mm rope (50 m) leaders only
I ll-mm rope (50 m) Ieaders only
I
rescue
Members are reminded that it is their
responsibiliry to learn how to use the equipment properly bfireabng it on a trip.
deposit
of $20
cash or cheque Per
item is required. It is the responsibilky of
each trip panicipant to reserve, sign out and
promptly reflrrn the gear to Richard. Only
Trip kaders giving worlshops can book
equipment for other PaniciPanc. Please
don't pass the gear along to someone else.
Richard checks and services the equipment
each dme it is used.
pulley
UPCOMING EVENTS
NoVEMBER
25, 1999
Annual General Meeting and Open Projecor Night, 7:30 p.m. at the tfVic Faculry Club. Slide shows will be presented by Gil Parker on
his uip to Copper C-anyon i.r M.tilo and by Sandy Briggs on his trip to Baffin Island. Bring an old photo or slide of yoursclf for a special
pre-y2K celebration of "Guess Who This Climber Is" contest. The photos should be of your fust mountain activity, as babies, teens, any age
erc. preferably not easily recognizable. Lots ofgood laughs and prizes. Please call Claire (652-1509) as soon as possible to let her know who is
bringing old photos.
JANUARY
20,2OOO
lradershippotluckatJulesThomson'shouse(1251 PearceCrescent) at6:30 p.m. CaIlJules at472-3820.
FeeRuRRv 3, 2OOO
Volunteer pzrty,T:30 p.m. at rhe Faculty Club. Slide show presented by members who have traveled in Europe over the past few years'
FeenulRv 16-2C,2000
Avdanche Safery Course, presented by the C.anada Vest Mountain School
Mancn 4-11,2OOO
Valhalla Lodge Ski Tiip (see details in this Up&te)
MeRcn 17,2OOO
Annual club banquet, 6:00 p.m. at the Cedar Hill Golf Clubhouse . Our guest speaker will beJohn Clarke. Call Gena Smythe for details:
478:7369.
Apnu 1-2,2OOO
'Winrer lradership Skills Veekend
Sharing something of what our secrion reps learned during The North Face/Alpine Club of C-anada'lfinter Leadership Courses. This will take
the form of overnighr ski trip (hut-based) on the Island, with the focus on trip leadership. Call Judy Holm, 477-8596.
Is hnd B us fut h ac ker
Update
2-
Volume
27,lssue4
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
NoMINATIoNS FoR ExEcUTIvE PosrlorqS
join us ar rhe AGM (November 25), share your rhougha if you wish, raise your hand if you are asked to vote, and enjoy the
members are encouraged to nominate themselves for one or more positions by simply calling the Nominating Chair (Tom
Hall @ 592-2518 - preferably evenings, and nor in Ocober) and expressing their interest to run. Notc: The Nominaring Chairpcrson won't
be calling pul And you should nominare yourself - nor someone else - because dren the chairperson has to cdl that person to confum their
fhope you can
Islide shows!! Club
inrerest/willingness
!
The Nominating Chairperson may call members at the I lth hour if no one has stepped forward, (but of course that won't be necessary!)
At the AGM (and you have ro come to take part), the Chairperson will:
- provide a final opporruniry for members to step forward
- oversee the
Feel free also to
voting
conact any member on the presenr or past er<ecutive if you wou,ld like more information, or would like to give some feedback
a member or a group, you can let them know also (we don't do it
If you like what is happening in the club and appreciate the work done by
just 'cause we love partyrng).
Two-ne^q.R FosrrroNs
CURRENTLY OPEN:
ACCESS AND ENVIRoNMENTAL ISSUES
Follows up on issues relared to our club's
acdvities in BC Mountains, represents rhe
club's views to various bodies where access
and environmental concerns are iaised, e.g,
Mt. Arrowsmith Ski Hill Development.
BusHwHacKER EDIToRS
One or two attractive editorial positions, well-remunerated with fringe benefits, the job entails extracring reporrs from
trip leaders and any orher inreresred wrirers and to coordinate photographs prior ro
organizing the annual's layour and printing plus four newsletters a ,vear of information gathered from members. Useful ro
have computer skills and e-mail access.
For more informadon, conract Russ at
47 7 -007 O
or Kayla at 388-45 84, or Michael
ar 592-0046.
MEnaeeRsHrp
The membersh.ip person welcomes prospective and new members. It's an interesting job, responding to a wide variery of
questions and enjoying contact with mountaineers. You work with rhe Narional Club
in keeping membership data up ro dare.
The current data base is in'Word Perfect
and Quaruo Pro, but can be converted to
Microsoft !7ord and Excel. Labels, phone
lists, email addresses, keeping shops supplied with schedules, disrriburing messages
via emai.l and phone trees are some areas
currendy under membership. Because you
are a contact person, various smail projects
arise to discuss, do or delegate.
Ishnd Brchwhacher Update
LETTER TO THE
Eotrons
The foilowing letter was received on
September 16, 1999 from Joseph Turner,
one of the ACC Youth Camp Scholarship
winners:
"Dear Alpine Club Members,
Thank you so much for sponsoring me
on the Advanced Youth Mountaineering
Camp. It was an incredible experience and
I learned a lot.
The first few days we learned climbing
rechniques and then we went on a threenight uip into the mounrains. We srayed in
the Neil Colgan hut, which is the highest
permanent land strucrure in C,anada. We
climbed lots of different peaks in the area
while we were staying up there.
It was a very good experience for me.
I learned a lot about climbing, borh on
rock and in the mountains. Thank you very
much for giving me this opportuniry. The
memories will stay with me for life."
Sincereln
Joe
Turner
ON THE SCENT OF THE MOSQUITO
@ Lindsay
Elnx
/ancouver Island is blessed wirh a very
diverse variery offaunas with one of rhe
most common and well known being t}re
salmon. West Coast salmon is sought after
\
Y
worldwide and is considered by many ro be
the best in dre world, however, there is enromological specie that makes the number of
Salmon lookirsigni6cant. This insect, rhat
can reproduce both faster and in grearer
numbers than the rascally rabbit, is the lowlife known as the mosquiro.
Exactly how many mosquitoes are our
there is unknown and I don't think too
many people redly care, but I know I'm not
alone in wanting to see these litde bloodsuckers eirher eradicared or brought to the
brink ofextinction.
This year while on a climbing trip in
Suathcona Park, I had the misfonune to
encounter an unusually large number of
mosquitoes. Now don't get me wrong, this
-3
was
not my first dash with these airborne
hlpodermic needles. For many years they
have been mycompanions in the mountains
during the summer months and I ve managed to tolerate them to a cenain degree,
but it was where I found them this time and
their sheer numbers that surprised me.
It was late August and rhe sun was
beginning its fiery descent towards the western horizon. The forecast for the weekend
was good and my friends and I had decided
to go light and leave our tent behind.
Instead we took our lightweight bivouac
bags, *re ones with the window for venrilation made out ofbug'mesh to keep even the
minutest No-See-Um out.
The clouds maintained a fairly consistent covering so that the &ys remain
overcast but there was no sign of any pre-
cipitation in the air. Although it hadnt
been a very hot day, I had sweated suf6Volume 27,lssu,e 4
ciently to feel sticky and damp, a sure signal
for mosquitoes I thought
My friends and I were on the summit of
a mounBin at almost 2,000 metres. Since
it was the height of summer, there was not
a lot of potable water around * the higher
elevations, but here on the summit of the
mountain we maraged to find a small pond.
There was a sufficient quantity of clean
warer that would sewe to recon$itute our
evening med and quench our thirst.
It had been a long day but we wcre
finallyable to let out asigh of reliefwhen we
took our packs off tVe looked around at our
surroundings and chen
at each other and then
gloated: "No mozzies!"
True enough, we were G
v{cL{! tT'3
8F.$N{Dtb
rrcGQuiTO
BiTES!
t
free from that annoy- $
ingarrdconstantbtzz- o
ing thar indicates their
pr!r.rr... tWe took a
!
!
drink from the pond I
a comI
home
I
got
After
of
everything?
binarion
decided to do some research and see what
I could come up with. I found some very
interesting informadon but it has taken up
until now for the swelling in my hands to
go down, from their bites, to allow me to
write what I found.
Thankfirlly, it is less than half the mosquitoes that are biters. This is because only
the females are hematophagous (Greek for
'blood eaters"). Mdes prefer to sip at the
huge sweet juice bar that nature provides in
the wild. Secondly, most females only feed
of dre cheese scicks we were eating or
feelinghungryafter th€ climb and then
we decided to take our
boor and socls off
'What a relief to finally air out our smelly
feer afrer being crimped and squashed into
leather boots all day. But wait; no sooner
were our pruned and wrinkled appendages
out of their respected brogans than the fust
distant drone was heard. No, it couldnt
be we thought, wete too high and besides
there is no swampy, stagnant water for them
ro breed or hang out in for miles around.
It must be one of the logging helicopters
'We
that we could hear off in the distance.
began to relax again, but no sooner were our
feet enjoying the feel of the gentle summer
breeze playing footsies berween our toes
thanwe got back on our feet. This time the
sound was closer and a black cloud could
be seen advancing up the side ofthe moun'We
tain like the smoke from a steam train.
srood there in disbelie[, unable to believe
what was about to disrupt this moment
of bliss. 'We made a beeline for our bivouac bags - our Shangri-l^a in the maelsuom. The mosquitoes soon found us
and we didnt think twice about whacking
at them while fumbling with the zippers.
\W'e couldnt imagine animal right acrivists
would b€ too quick to leap [o the mosquitoes' defense as they began dropping like
flies. As the old adage goes - The only good
mosquiro is a dead mosquito.
So what was it that anracted the multirude of mosquitoes to us - was ir our sweary
bodies, our smelly feet, the emanating odor
k hnd B*rhut hacher Update
commented that it smdls like moldy cheese.
a word for the
odot tcncnkaar, or toe cheese.
Dutch sciendss have researched mosquitoes and their atuaction to cerrain
cheeses and have found that they have a
suong attraction to Limburger - a famously
pungent fromage invented by Belgian
Well in Holland they have
in the dark ages.
Now as it happens it has been found that
monks sometime back
both Limburger cheese and our feet have one
thing in common - thesame odor-producing
bacteria.
/ io^
TT5 AT.E\I
RADTOACTi\,E
sPRFt' TFAT
-a
Breuibacte-
linensisthecheese
maker's friend while
Kiu.sq9%cF
B r eu i b acter
Tt{Et1"
ium
ep
ider-
. rzris the one thathangs
1
out berween our
toes.
docoral thesis written at the W'ageningen
Agriculrural Universiw
in the Netherlands, it
In
F\
!,
then had a snack as we
were
aired feet. Ve ve all nodced the distinctive smell derived from our feet and often
a
on blood when they need extra protein to
finish making their eggs. Usually they fuel
was noted that "it has even been suggested
that certain bacteria involved in cheese pro-
up on plant sugars. But the all-consuming
question is - how do mosqu.itoes get wind of
their prev, and why are certain people more
duction originarcd fiom human skin and
therefore that 'cheese smells of the feet
rather than the reverse."' Goodness knows
how the Belgian monlcs inoculated the first
Limburger cheese; let's pray it was a mira-
preferable than ot-hers?
Enromologisrs tell us mosquitoes use
various cues to find food - colour conuast
and movement, skin temperarure
and
humidiry but above all, they are oifactory
creatures. Breath and body vapours draw
them to their animal hosts, which regrettably include us humans. But are we rheir
favourite source of blood and what is it
about us that tells them - wete over here,
come and get us.
.!?hen
we exha.le
we are blowing off
carbon dioxide (CO,) and for mosquitoes
we are telling them there is a handy blood
bank in the viciniry. Unforrunatelv for us
it is impossible not to exhale as there is no
way we can hold our breath forever. We
also exude another volatile chemical called
lactic acid. This compound is released from
virrually every pore in our body in secrecions like oil and sweat made byskin glands.
l-actic acid escapes from our mouths as well
when we go in for heary exercise such as
cle.
So, our feet smell
source
offood thar
of
cheese, a popular
sends mosquitoes inro a
feeding frenzy, but what can we do about
that? The answer is obvious - either pack
your Odor Eaters next time you leave for
mosquito'infested parts or wash your feet
with anti-bacterial soap and that smell will
dissipate. In fact while you're washing your
feet, why not have a complete body wash
and remove the lactic acid concentrated in
your dried-up sweat. It's not going to hurt
you and it may actually help to keep the
mosquitoes away for awhile. You might
even find your friends more willing to share
a tent with you and the narural smel.l of a
clean body is definitely more inviting them
the pharmaceutically manufactured, fabricdisinregrating DeetTM rhat pharmacists and
outdoor magazines suggest using to ward
off mosquitoes.
running, hiking and mountain climbing,
However, let's face the facts, mosquitoes
however, some of us are quite a bit more
effilsive then others. This begins to explain
why some of us are more prone to their
arrenrion then others.
That leads us on to the question of why
mosquitoes appear to also love our fieshly-
are not going to disappear from the planet.
They are here to stay. Now, no maner
how much we hate them, there are stories
that have been past down from generationto-generation that at times they have us
scratching our heads and wondering - can
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Volume 27,Issue 4
this be rue or is it a load ofbaloney. West-
As we all know, Vancouver Island is
the home to some of the largest mosquitoes in the world. To confum this rhere is
a story from the Campbell River Airpon,
from manyyears ago, that gives us an idea
of their size. It was late in *re evening,
the sun was sinking and the notorious seamist had rolled in from the coast ald was
engulfing the airpon in a thick Scotdsh
fog. There was a plane due in from Varlcouver but it wasnt expected for another
landed on the runway in front of rhe terminal but visibiliry was so bad that it couldn't
be seen. The porable sairs were driven out
to the object for the passengers to disembark and the fuel tankers were deployed to
refuel the supposed plane. Vhat a sulprise
they all received when they could 6nd no
doors or hatches to open. Just then there
was a slight break in the fog and there in
front ofrhem was the largest mosquito they
had ever seen. Every one made a hasty
retreat back to the building but in dl rhe
excitement a phoograph was never raken
of the phenomenon to prove the fact to the
twenry-five minures. All of
skeptics.
ern Canada is no €5(ception
see u*ren you rcad on.
as
a
)ou will soon
sudden on the
Air Traffic Conuollert ra&r
screen there
appeared a large obiect that was coming in
to land. The airport staffjust accepted rhat
the plane must of had a tail wind and was
therefore ahead of schedu.le. The object
rated bySandy Briggs who couJdn't
resist his usual crvptic remarks as
he introduced and interpreted each
enrry, even when it was presented
upside down. In deference to rhe
other contestants, (or perhaps to
give them a fair chance?) Sandy
submitted only one photo from
his northern adventures on BafEn
Island and none of Mount Robson.
Although the group was decidedly
disappointed over the lamer, the
enrries were nevertheless magnifi-
mosquitoes known for their size but also for
their sher numbers. Another story from
uee-planters near Port Alberni tells about
someone who was overwhelmed by so many
mosquitoes that by the time he had swatted
them away from his head and upper body,
they had sawn through his leg and were
flying avay with the boory.
Yes, I know that these stories do sound
quite tall but they do give a sense of the
reverence that is placed on the ubiquitous
mosquito here on Vancouver Island and rhe
satus that they have achieved.
Finally, to wrap the *ory up, there is
So why did the mosquiro land at the
Airport in the first place? \fas it the smell
of all those sweary bodies who were sicing
a
in
located berween C-ampbell fuver and Cour-
litde farming community cdled Merville
renay,
Section Executive 1999
Claire Ebendinger ........652-1509
Chair
ules Thomson ..............472-3820
Rick EppIer .....................477 -i806
Secretary
-f
Treasurer
Bushwhacker Editors
Russ Moir ........................477 -O07 O
Kayla Stevenson ...........388-4584
illichael Kuzyk ........... ...t92-0046
Judv Holm ......................477 -8i96
Nlembership
Rob MacDonald ............7 27 -67 34
Gerta Smythe .................478-7369
Catrin Brown ................. 4n -5806
F.M.C.B.C.
National Club
Trip
!
Now, not only are Vancouver Island
dre enclosed terminal buildhg waiting
for their fighr to arrive? The level of CO2
Pnoro Coxrest
Congratulations to the photo
contesr winners. The evening was
ably (aptly?, humourously?) nar-
must have been too irresistible for the mos-
quito to ovedook.
Schedule
Members at Large
-lack Fisher
......................
Doug Goodman
Gerhardt Lepp
Equipment Manager
3
81 -17 60
............ 477 -6041
..............
.612-79U
Tony Pugh ......................6i8-577 i
Richard Keltie.............. ... 38-4584
that has as im claim ro fame
rhe
tide - 'The Gumboot Capital of
Canada.' Mai6e it is something
more than just the mud that gives
them the reason for this ouctanding distinction. I believe theywear
them because of the mosquiroes.
I have often found myself singing
a song that I learnt as a kid back
in New Zealand, where the lyrics
are: 'Gumboots they are wonderfuI, gumboots they are swell - 'cos
they keep out the water and they
keep in the smeli.' Could it be thar
if we dont want to wash our feet
regularly with antibacterial soap ro
keep mosquitoes at bay, then we
can wear the rubber gumboots that
our fellow Mervillites wear that
makes them so famous.
cent, as usual, and showed that our
members are active
in the mountains
all
over the world. The winners are:
AccEss AND ENvInoFIMENHL Issues
l"'- Catrin Brown,
Pugh
Mountoin Scenery: 1" - Kayla Srevenson,
2"d - Manin Davis
Nature: 1" - Marrin Davis, 2"d - Carrin
Brown
Hu-mour: 1" - Gerra Smythe, 2"d - John
Damschke
Vancouver Island Mountains: l" - Richard Keltie, 2"d - Sandy Briggs
Best Print: 1" - Gena Smvthe, 2'd Margaret Brown
"Hiking Trails
Mountain Activity:
2"d
- Tony
'Watch
for the winning photos in the
Bushwhacker Annual coming our nexr
March.
Ishnd Bushwhacher Update
II"
Richard Blier sends the following letrer to club members:
"I am updating "Hiking Trails II" for the Vancouver Island Trails Information Sociery.
('We are looking at a late spring 2000 pubiication date.) I hope some of you may be able
to help with some recenr trip accounts for any of the following hiking destinadons:
Mo
'tt
Arrowsmith: Any updates for
access and trail conditions for rhe Judges Route,
Trail or rhe routes up Arrowsmith from Cameron Lake along the old CPR Trail or
the relocated MacMillan Bloedel Trial would be appreciated.
Rousseau
Mount Klitsa: Any informarion on the Brigade l-ake Trail or the existing route up to the
Gibson Klitsa Plareau from Sproat Lake
s
sourh side?
Cowichan I-ake: Information on the following hikes on Cowichan l-ake's north side:
Lomas Lake; Mount Whymper; Mount Hooper; Heather Mountain; also Green Mountain
and Gemini Mountain accessed via Timber'$7estt Nanaimo Lakes Division.
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Please updare any recent trail maintenance efforrs bv lour group. I have
enclosed area maps and a selfaddressed stamped envelope for your convenience. Thanls again for any help you may be able to provide."
The maps he sent to Judv Holm are phorocopied from H.iking Tiails
II and are difficulr ro read. If you can look at the book itself it would tre
much more legible. Please send your comments to Judy and she will put ir all
together.
ifyou
Richard
prefer to contact Richard directly his address is:
Road, Victoria, V9B 5Y4, Phone/Fax:
Email: [email protected]
K. Blier, 2635 Savory
47 8 -3505,
ALERT oN KEITH'S HUT & CENISE CREEK
AnEa,
Rrcs
Moir
fhe friends and family of Keith Flavelle, v*ro have generouslv built and
I maintained this very welcoming cabin benearh Joffre and Matier, have
again been cornpleting rheir annual hur maintenance projects and renovarions. For those of us whove srayed rhere, it's been a great place to enjoy
summer and especially winter trips from. We rhank them whole-hearredly
for all their work.
Now herei somerhing we can do to back their effora up. Alix and Scort
Flavelle wrire of the upcoming Lillooet Land & Resource Management
(LRMP) review of foresr activity (or management) for the Cerise Creek forests. As it srands, che dmber along the creek is markerable and in rhe sights
ofthe logging contracrors. Proposals have been put forward ro designate rhe
area as a Resource Management Zone (RMZ) which means that any logging would be wirhin boun& of Visual Qualir.v Objectives which hopefullv
would preserve the area's views and wilderness feeling.
The Friends of Cerise Creek are strongly advocating preservarion of the
rrail borders and upper creek forests. This would discourage anv new road
access into the area (via logging operations) and leave open the 'possibiiiry' of
future logging above Cerise Creek Main Road east of rhe creek, and exrend-
ing clear-cur around the present 'parking area.' The Friends advocate preserving viewscapes from all points ofthe trail and the hut and also from the
peak.
ifyou value this lovely area and want to preserve its recreational
porenrial, hdp rhe Friends by wriring, in clea! concise & posirive rerms,
to the members of rhe LRMP via: Bernie Ivanco, Regional Protecred Areas
Team, Kamloops Foresr Region, 515 Columbia Sr., Kam-loops, BC V2C
2T9, Fax: (250) 828.6083, and send a copy to Keith Flavelle Memorial Hut
Socien', 8620 Fisile Lane, Vhisder, BC VON 188, Fax: (250) 226-7154.
ridges and
New
lru
rne LreRAnv:
"Clear'Waters Rising", by Nicholas Crane, Penguin 1996.
Please,
Fas as soon
as
lttt
can
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dccirions ale be;ng nadc
ar!
soon,
"A Mounain WalkAcross Europe", Brirish wrirer, Brirish
humour. He starrs on rhe Wesr Coasr of Spain (Finisterre) and
heads over rhe mountain ranges ro finish in Istanbul! Donated
by H<,lm family.
"PCT Hikers' Handbook', bv RayJardine, Advenrure Lore
edition 1996, updated to 1998. Going light is Rav's
Press, 2'd
theme for this long disrance hike . A wealrh of ideas for
VANcoUVER MoUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL
Each winter, for the past several years, Vancouver has hosted a wesr coasr
mounrain film festival. This festivel boasts an emphasis on wesr coasr mountain activities and culrure. To date rhe fesrival has been quite successful and
fit, experienced backpackers to consider. Donated by Holm
familv.
"K2, Triumph and Tragedv", byJim Curran, Houghton MiF
fin Company, 1987. Donated byAnge Lopez.
we have heard posirive remarla from club members wtro have arrended ir.
A-lthough we do not have the dares yet, our club is currendy making
plans to have the besr ofthis fesrival arrive for an evening in Vicroria in late
winrerlspring 2,000. \farch for furrher informarion in the firsr Bushwhacker
update ofnext vear!
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B us hu h at' h er
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