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Popkum, BC
Canada
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Posted - 07/06/2009 : 12:42 PM
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You finally tired yourself out Simon , great report of a long adventure. Good going team! |
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Richmond, BC
Canada
959 Posts |
Posted - 07/06/2009 : 1:18 PM
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Great trip, thanks everyone. Definitely one of the memorable ones . |
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Vancouver, BC
Canada
631 Posts |
Posted - 07/06/2009 : 2:19 PM
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| *CRIKEY* awesome... so awesome!! great job guys; loved the TR and photos! |
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1355 Posts |
Posted - 07/06/2009 : 3:15 PM
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Great trip, guys.
Thanks for the report, Simon. |
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Vancouver, BC
Canada
324 Posts |
Posted - 07/06/2009 : 3:18 PM
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Meslilloet as a day trip?!? What? No, that's way too far for one day! 
I didn't even know a northern approach was feasible, but obviously it not only is, but it looks like you get to spend a good lot of time above the treeline, very sweet!
I wonder how a 3-day trip of the same route would be? Triple Point Lake looks like it'd be a nice place for a base camp. But how rough would the veggie belays at the start be with a pack loaded with overnight gear? |
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Maple Ridge, BC
Canada
489 Posts |
Posted - 07/06/2009 : 4:32 PM
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Totally awesome, guys  That was a successful culmination to a lot of planning. I'm sure glad I never had to down-climb waterfalls in the dark. |
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Trail running, bike hucking, fast packing, beer drinking collector of pine cones on a day pass
AKA
Dances with Trees
Forest Gnome Cabin
Canada
13047 Posts |
Posted - 07/06/2009 : 5:12 PM
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Love it, every picture, every word
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Happy go lucky, plaid wearin, postholin, safeway gaitor sportin, old-school film shootin, giver of many regards
Abbotsford, B.C.
Canada
13453 Posts |
Posted - 07/06/2009 : 5:42 PM
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Totally enjoyed and inspired by your detail account of your trip and everyone's efforts, contributions, and takes.
K |
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Victoria, British Columbia
Canada
1762 Posts |
Posted - 07/06/2009 : 6:14 PM
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Spectacular trip, well done all of you! As I was reading I was thinking to myself 'and this is where I fall off...'
Awesome pictures, great trip. |
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Whistler, BC
Canada
1174 Posts |
Posted - 07/06/2009 : 6:48 PM
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| Another great trip report. Fine day! |
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Trail running, bike hucking, fast packing, beer drinking collector of pine cones on a day pass
AKA
Dances with Trees
Forest Gnome Cabin
Canada
13047 Posts |
Posted - 07/06/2009 : 8:30 PM
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This looks like a great basecamp spot. What are your thoughts on campsites on the ridge, Simon?
(No need to type an answer, who am I kidding, I'll be calling you soon enough ) |
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Fast hikin, carrot chompin, always grinnin, gear scatterin recipient of the Theta Lake manouver
Burnaby
2041 Posts |
Posted - 07/06/2009 : 10:15 PM
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A little memento of our destination...
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Edited by - burnabyhiker on 07/06/2009 10:17 PM |
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Surrey, BC
Canada
948 Posts |
Posted - 07/06/2009 : 10:29 PM
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| Hardcore day trip, glad it all worked out for you guys. |
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Burnaby, BC
Canada
535 Posts |
Posted - 07/07/2009 : 10:47 AM
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| If I could borrow some of your energy Simon I could live forever. Sweet trip report. |
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Peak bagging, bushwhacking, zamboni driving, snowshoeing, self portrait artist, and speed demon who loves to hang out on Mt. Seymour
3996 Posts |
Posted - 07/07/2009 : 11:11 AM
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Wheat, I don't think it would be too hard to get out of the valley and on to Triple Point Lake with a overnight pack. I forgot to mention in the TR that when we were contouring around the minor peak on the way back to the pass there were some guys part way up that peak and they must have been over nighting. Route finding as TMC says is probably the biggest concern.
Triple Point Lake would make for a great camping spot (minus the mosquitos and flies), and there are many good areas along the first parts of the ridge too with small tarns.
Ramsay, that sounds about right for the elevation gained. I got around 1850m cumulative with all the bumps along the ridge.
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West Vancouver, B.C.
Canada
288 Posts |
Posted - 07/07/2009 : 12:23 PM
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| Unfricken believable! Good job pushing the limits. But fess up, your taking performance enhancing drugs. |
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vancouver, BC
Canada
117 Posts |
Posted - 07/07/2009 : 12:39 PM
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| What an adventure! And spectacular pictures! Thanks to all |
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Simpson quoting tree hunter and canyon rapping rockhound who longs for the return of his trapped Toyota
Salt Lake City, UT
USA
2268 Posts |
Posted - 07/07/2009 : 1:48 PM
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Thought I'd add a few shots of the wonderful terrain on the Meslilloet approach.
        
I actually almost kinda sorta like this one, due to the invoked sense of scale:
The last reveals more when the window is opened. Enjoy! |
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Tumbler Ridge, BC
Canada
391 Posts |
Posted - 07/07/2009 : 5:29 PM
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Well done y'all. I made one ill-fated bike-hike attempt with BH on the southern approach last year, and we wound up in the wrong place completely. Good job on getting it done!
Someone really ought to place a summit log up there. |
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Manitoba's misadventurin' bushwhackin', dog sloggin', dehydratin', beer drinkin' biggie - who's eager to peak bag Mt Currie in a dress
Squamish
5041 Posts |
Posted - 07/07/2009 : 9:23 PM
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| Nice to see perseverence and planning and a bit of spontaniety come together nicely. Good job all! Great photos and description. |
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Meslilloet Mtn. In One Long Day. Jul 04 09
