During our 10.5 hour baggage expedition yesterday, David Crerar, Simon Cowell and I had lots of time to ponder things. The route we had chosen was new to the Bagger Challenge. "What will we call it?" I asked, assuming that, if we were successful, this route would become a classic.
The Seymour Sweep involves bagging all of the named peaks in the Fannin Range in one day. This takes some doing. Few have been successful. Those who have experienced hardship.
Capilano Mountain is one of the handful of peaks in the Bagger Challenge I'd not yet bagged, so when Neil contacted me about sneaking off to bag it mid-week, I was on it like white on rice.
With reference to the reasons why I love the Bagger Challenge, a key consideration for me is the reward of a panoramic view from the peak and the exhilarating feeling of being on top of the world.
Yesterday (a week day), I bagged a peak for the first time with my friend Neil the ChickenMan. Immediately upon my return, I went to a street party where none of the attendees were Baggers. My non-bagging friends could not understand what could possibly motivate someone to play hooky and go for a 6-hour run on an obscure trail. All this for bragging rights on a claim to have reached the peak of an obscure mountain peak and making it home alive in time for dinner.
Submitted by Ean Jackson on 10 September, 2010 - 15:16
There was a time when, as a competitive triathlete, I did a fair bit of swimming. I wasn't a great swimmer, but give me a wetsuit and I could swim up to 13 kilometers. I was able to do this because I lived next door to one of the most awesome pools in the world: Kitsilano Pool, just outside of downtown Vancouver.
During our 10.5 hour baggage expedition yesterday, David Crerar, Simon Cowell and I had lots of time to ponder things. The route we had chosen was new to the 
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Capilano Mountain is one of the handful of peaks in the Bagger Challenge I'd not yet bagged, so when Neil contacted me about sneaking off to bag it mid-week, I was on it like white on rice.
With reference to the 
