After a long exam period and survey school, I was feeling the symptoms of MDD, mountain deficit disorder. I would constantly read the VOC message[…]
Tuff Love in Smith Rock
Mike Blicker, Jan McPhee, Jon Effa and I headed down to Smith Rocks over the Easter weekend for some sweet climbing on volcanic tuff. We[…]
A Day of Exploring: Hanging Lake
Losing an hour of sleep due to daylight saving time isn’t the best for trying to get an early departure, so when I called Pete[…]
Garibaldi Neve Traverse
Alpenglow on Atwell, originally uploaded by RichSo. Kaja, Duncan, Matt, Elissa and I took advantage of the good weather, and did a 3 day Elfin[…]
Red Heather Faff
On Sunday, Kaja Duncan Sam and I headed up to Red Heather. The avalanche forecast looked really nasty, and the weather didn’t look any better,[…]
Mount Taillefer
Tim Blair at the bottom of the run, Mount Taillefer, Coast Mountains, originally uploaded by RichSo. It’s always hard to decide where to go in[…]
Gott Creek Ramblings
Matt is trying to figure out where to go next, originally uploaded by RichSo. Matt Gunn, Dave Bishop, and I went back to do some[…]
Ashlu Mountain
Porterhouse Peak, and Tantalus, originally uploaded by RichSo. Ashlu Mountain is a remote prominent peak, the tallest in the Ashlu-Elaho divide, and is visible from[…]
Athelney Pass
Go here, originally uploaded by RichSo. Aug 20-22 2007 You have to go here. You start hiking in a wide open creekbed and you end[…]
Adventures in Salal Creek
Richard below the lower buttress of Lillarete. Photo by Nick Elson. Salal Creek is located in the Upper Lillooet River valley, approximately 70km past Pemberton.[…]