Climbing in Skahahaha



Each Halloween the Varsity Outdoor Club has a trip to Penticton to climb at the amazing Skaha Bluffs. As an exec member (Membership Chair) I volunteered to organize the trip this year. With the help of the VOC wiki, nobody got lost finding the campsite, the bluffs, or Christine's house for the potluck dinner.

We got an amazingly cheap deal at the Lost Moose campground, and camp fires were out in full force to warm us at night. Throughout the course of the weekend I had a chance to meet everyone on the trip, except one guy dressed as a priest at the costume party. There were 60+ people from the VOC and 4 from VOCO (our brand new brother club at UBC Okanagan. Interestingly enough, we had more members on this trip than they have total).

I love these large trips because I meet all sorts of interesting people that I may not otherwise, due to the vastness of our membership body (~400 members). The costume party and potluck was fantastic, and so was the Jackson Triggs White Merlot that I consumed. Highlights include Mike & Fiona's "Quickdraw" costume and Jordan's pear costume (and Jordan drinking beer through his costume's eye-hole).

The climbing was excellent as usual - I climbed every route at the Fern Gully, leading about half and seconding the other half. I spent the day with Kristen Beaumont, Scott Webster, and Greg Dennis. On Sunday we didn't climb, due to the sub-zero conditions and snowfall that occurred during the night. The weather caused multiple accidents along one icy stretch of highway on the way home.

Next destination: Smith Rocks, Oregon, for Remembrance Day Weekend.
Mike's photo adventure weblog: Climbing in Skahahaha

Tuesday, October 31, 2006

Climbing in Skahahaha



Each Halloween the Varsity Outdoor Club has a trip to Penticton to climb at the amazing Skaha Bluffs. As an exec member (Membership Chair) I volunteered to organize the trip this year. With the help of the VOC wiki, nobody got lost finding the campsite, the bluffs, or Christine's house for the potluck dinner.

We got an amazingly cheap deal at the Lost Moose campground, and camp fires were out in full force to warm us at night. Throughout the course of the weekend I had a chance to meet everyone on the trip, except one guy dressed as a priest at the costume party. There were 60+ people from the VOC and 4 from VOCO (our brand new brother club at UBC Okanagan. Interestingly enough, we had more members on this trip than they have total).

I love these large trips because I meet all sorts of interesting people that I may not otherwise, due to the vastness of our membership body (~400 members). The costume party and potluck was fantastic, and so was the Jackson Triggs White Merlot that I consumed. Highlights include Mike & Fiona's "Quickdraw" costume and Jordan's pear costume (and Jordan drinking beer through his costume's eye-hole).

The climbing was excellent as usual - I climbed every route at the Fern Gully, leading about half and seconding the other half. I spent the day with Kristen Beaumont, Scott Webster, and Greg Dennis. On Sunday we didn't climb, due to the sub-zero conditions and snowfall that occurred during the night. The weather caused multiple accidents along one icy stretch of highway on the way home.

Next destination: Smith Rocks, Oregon, for Remembrance Day Weekend.