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 Fungi Filmin', Wine Drinkin', 'Shroom Eatin', Early Risin', Deer Whisperin', Curry Cookin', Macro Maniac
Chilliwack + Osoyoos
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Posted - 06/01/2004 : 10:13 AM
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Hey Jimbo... I thought your *non-post* was something we said !!! (or maybe your camera broke)... hurry up with those pics... we have pics of you takin' pics !!!
Hey Q... Yup you can go up Suicide by bike (but that would be *Suicide* !!!)... arf, arf... the regular gravel trail, just dead-ends in 2 km... then you ride back... no biggie... but what we did... that's a biggie...
C'Jack...
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Abbotsford, BC
Canada
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Posted - 06/01/2004 : 11:50 AM
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Beautiful pix and looks like it was a great day!
I love the luciousness/richness and fragrance of those mossy,humid old forest places!
Thanks for all the pictures, they're luring!!!
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 adventure seeking, peak-bagging, high-enduring, strong and silent forest gnome
N49°09', W122°47'
Canada
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Posted - 06/01/2004 : 12:15 PM
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Originally posted by Chilliwack Jack
Hey Jimbo... I thought your *non-post* was something we said !!!
Hell NO!!! What a great day exploring we had, and it was great to finally hike with you, c'wack. I'm itching to make it back out there and see what we can see 
The day started out with a ominous looking clouds drifting over the mountains - adding a bit of mystery to the scenery.
We headed out down the trail...
 
... stopping frequently for photos.
  
"Move along, people! There's nothing to see here!"
 
 
C Wall, decyphering the faded and cryptic writing on the trail marker.
Ops for the occasional macro shot
 
Mick, in his element
C wall and Trillium, more photo ops. Look up, look WAY up!
And through the forest we make our way. Look at the size of those stumps - and every one with a story to tell.
"If pigs could fly"
Lunchtime, at the halfway point of our exploration.
 
Making our way back...
 
... c wall found what we believe to be the "missing link"
Say cheese...
No, YOU say cheese! 
Thanks for putting this together, c'jack! It was great to get out with you all 
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Trail running, bike hucking, fast packing, beer drinking collector of pine cones on a day pass
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Dances with Trees
Forest Gnome Cabin
Canada
13057 Posts |
Posted - 06/01/2004 : 12:55 PM
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| Yup,can't say it enough-that really was funEven to the point that Monday was a real come down.I guess on this forum we could call that hiking withdrawal...... |
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Coquitlam, BC
Canada
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Posted - 06/01/2004 : 1:05 PM
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Very, very cool folks. I thoroughly enjoyed this report and the pictures. So many neat pics and places. Love the 4 mugshots to begin with, and the pic of the pig flying out of the tree - just bizarre how these things grow/evolve. The 'witch's hand' is interesting too. Neat to explore areas like this and find the artifacts of times past, isn't it?
I'll keep an eye open for future CT trips to this area. |
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Fungi Filmin', Wine Drinkin', 'Shroom Eatin', Early Risin', Deer Whisperin', Curry Cookin', Macro Maniac
Chilliwack + Osoyoos
3618 Posts |
Posted - 06/01/2004 : 4:55 PM
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...thanks for your pics Jimbo... well worth the wait!!!...
SHOOT...WE HAVE FOUR OUT OF THE TOP TEN
MOST HIT ON PICS TOO !!!
(Mick...The pic of you and me has had 72 *hits*... what are people looking at ???)
All in all (what's that mean?)... a GREAT collection of pics... a GREAT bunch of guys (+ gals)... and a GREAT location...
Let's plan something else real soon...
(Did I hear someone say in the Chilliwack area???... I have my eye set on a haunted abandoned Scout camp at the end of nowhere... for some overnight scary fun...)
OK... we'll see...
C'Wack...
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Edited by - OK Jack on 06/01/2004 5:23 PM |
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Fleece thong wearin, Buntzen Lurkin, mystic poet mountain man and international spokesman of the friends of the white squirrel society
Port Moody, B.C.
Canada
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Posted - 06/01/2004 : 5:25 PM
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Great report guys.It can't be said often enough. When you do a trip report it opens our eyes to new places and new adventures. It provides us with a fresh outlook on places we may have been but over-looked side trail or feared going out on a less than perfect day.For those new to hiking it shows what can be possible with a bit of effort. This proves you don't have to scale rugged peaks, risk life and limb to have an adventure.
Thank you guys.
Now if only we knew what she was thinking 
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Trail running, bike hucking, fast packing, beer drinking collector of pine cones on a day pass
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Dances with Trees
Forest Gnome Cabin
Canada
13057 Posts |
Posted - 06/01/2004 : 6:18 PM
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Well,CJack,this one also ranks really high.How scary is that?
Not to brag,but my Shrek II Donkey 4000 measures attitude,but not altitude.And all for the price of a box of cereal
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double-double seeking, snow-chasing, short-cutting, vertical feet collector
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Posted - 06/01/2004 : 7:18 PM
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The Hiker asks:
>Now if only we knew what she was thinking
Well, it wasn't this:
cheers ! C Wall
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Trail running, bike hucking, fast packing, beer drinking collector of pine cones on a day pass
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Dances with Trees
Forest Gnome Cabin
Canada
13057 Posts |
Posted - 06/01/2004 : 8:17 PM
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Nooooooooooooooooo!LOL,Seawall,I said it before and I'll say it again"Scary beyond all reason!"
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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
13057 Posts |
Posted - 06/03/2004 : 11:17 PM
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Found out today that we were approximately 150-200m in elevation below where the falls are.The route actually swings away from the creek,then heads up to the top of Suicide Bluffs.Some of the sections use fixed ropes to help you ascend.Getting in for a closer view of the falls is trickier still,as you need to climb a bit as well.
CJack,showed those maps to Ralf Kelman today,and he enjoyed the detail.What's more,he was able to show me where a lot of cool stuff is.I'll need about 20 years to check it all out,though |
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Fungi Filmin', Wine Drinkin', 'Shroom Eatin', Early Risin', Deer Whisperin', Curry Cookin', Macro Maniac
Chilliwack + Osoyoos
3618 Posts |
Posted - 06/04/2004 : 07:26 AM
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Excellent Mick...
...let's plan another trip up there again... in the meantime, keep us posted with your new discoveries!!!
C'Jack...
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Trail running, bike hucking, fast packing, beer drinking collector of pine cones on a day pass
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Dances with Trees
Forest Gnome Cabin
Canada
13057 Posts |
Posted - 09/29/2004 : 3:51 PM
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| BumpI'm soon planning a trip up to finish this route off,and I'm wondering if anyone has done this trail up to Seymour.Any info would be helpful.I understand there are some roped sections,do I need to bring rope,technical challenges,etc.The plan will be to run in to the TH,then power trek up to Seymour,where I'll shuttle down. |
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 challenge seeker, bagless sleeper, bare bones, trail trooper
Abbotsford, BC
Canada
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Posted - 09/29/2004 : 4:53 PM
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| Can't help you out there, Mick, but thanks for bumping this trip report! It was a very good day and fun reading through this again and looking at the photos. You know, the mountains are very impressive, but so too are our own lush, rich forests!! |
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double-double seeking, snow-chasing, short-cutting, vertical feet collector
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Posted - 09/29/2004 : 6:16 PM
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wow, that was such a great trip. Feels like so long ago, too.
I wonder how tall the ferns have grown. You'll be among friendly spirits Mick, when you climb that mysterious trail to Dog Mountain.
I hope you take lots of pictures Mick - and I'll look forward to your report. Maybe you'll find more treasures? That bottle of wine and the caramels were likely just a start, imagine what more lies further up the trail!
cheers - C Wall
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Trail running, bike hucking, fast packing, beer drinking collector of pine cones on a day pass
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Dances with Trees
Forest Gnome Cabin
Canada
13057 Posts |
Posted - 09/29/2004 : 8:00 PM
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| I now have a good idea of the route's direction,which is goodIt was a great trip,and had a certain aura to it,didn't it?When I do go I'll take plenty of photos.Seawall,I'll have to show you an article from the Vancouver Courier Jan gave me awhile ago.It's all about Seymour Valley logging camps,and I'm sure it's the one we found that's featured,though I'm not definite.Nevertheless,the whole area deserves to be explored more... |
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Sardonic sandbagging scoundrel, Cascade Climbers lobotomized spraymeister, space blanket flyer, new millennium vulgarian betaboy and friend to all squids
Climbing, a mountain
Canada
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Posted - 10/01/2004 : 09:44 AM
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one time when i was a teenager we slogged all the way up to the dam in running shoes on new years day, with like 2 feet of snow...wet feet... and i saw that the falls were all frozen up nice and blue
since i became an ice climber i have been motivated to go visit the falls several times but they are so low elevation that they rarely freeze. they are still unclimbed! |
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Trail running, bike hucking, fast packing, beer drinking collector of pine cones on a day pass
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Dances with Trees
Forest Gnome Cabin
Canada
13057 Posts |
Posted - 10/01/2004 : 12:55 PM
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| So it's your basic uphill slog,I guessI've seen the falls frozen once or twice (through binoculars,though)The elevation is only about 600m |
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Fungi Filmin', Wine Drinkin', 'Shroom Eatin', Early Risin', Deer Whisperin', Curry Cookin', Macro Maniac
Chilliwack + Osoyoos
3618 Posts |
Posted - 10/01/2004 : 1:50 PM
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Hey Mick...
I guess that we almost made it last time then ???... at least it felt like 600m up !!!
Let me know what the Mushies are like out there... I'm thinking of an Oyster-pick-fest out that way for the long weekend...
Have fun...
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Trail running, bike hucking, fast packing, beer drinking collector of pine cones on a day pass
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Dances with Trees
Forest Gnome Cabin
Canada
13057 Posts |
Posted - 10/01/2004 : 5:35 PM
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| Yeah,CJack,we made it to about 480m,so the falls were not far away.Maybe I'll find another fabulous bottle of wine |
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