Thank you, Eric, for sharing your mountain climbing expedition story. Success does not always mean attaining a summit but instead stepping outside our comfort zone and confronting our fears. ‘Call me Ahab. Mount Olive has been my personal white whale ever since I failed to summit the modest Wapta peak in 2015. Two years ago while […]
Intro to Mountaineering June 11-16
It was a superb start for the first introduction to mountaineering course of the summer on the Wapta Icefields. Eight keen participants spent June 11-16 at the Bow hut training up to improve and sharpen mountain travel skills. The week was mixed weather but we still managed to get out every day and explore the […]
Classic Canadian Ice Climbing – ‘Hot’ Ice
‘Hot’ Ice Trip Report by Margaret Imai-Compton January 20, 2016 YMA Hot Ice January 16-18, 2016 At the risk of sounding uber patriotic, the Canadian Rockies have the best extreme ice climbing in the world. It’s common to come across ice climbers from Europe, USA and other countries, who have made the pilgrimage to climb […]
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