Club Fat Ass - Bagger Challenge 2011

Series of Dreams: the Bagger Quaich champions of 2011

David Crerar — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 04:39:25 +0000

The Bagger Quaich champions of 2011:

Munro Quaich: Bill Maurer: 50 peaks

Pippa Quaich: Carolyn King: 33 peaks

Harry Quaich: Harry Crerar: 10 peaks

Tundra Quaich: Tundra the Ultra Dog: 22 peaks

Twisted Quaich: tba

Congratulations, despite the summer of dismal weather.

Bowen #2 & #3: Apodaca & Collins

David Crerar — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 02:54:43 +0000

After Mt Gardner, the two other Bowen Island peaks are Apodaca (SE) and Collins (NE).

Both have easy ways and hard ways to their summits. On their easy ascents, they make pleasant bike-and-hike adventures.

FINALLY bagged a peak!! Just in time! SLY, Sunday 23 Oct 2011, 13:50:38.

teagirl — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 13:47:18 +0000

Well, we did it. We bagged a peak in the 2011 Bagger Challenge. It's the shortest peak in the list (except for those Howe Sound Island ones), and rated "eK" (easy and suitable for Kids), but we did it! On the last possible day - unless we wanted to do an after-work in-the-dark bag... given the "nod to safety" in the preamble to this year's Challenge description, probably not the greatest idea??!

Bagging Fromme

Sibylle — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 13:41:37 +0000

Detour Bag

Rick Arikado — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 17:53:45 +0000

Saw little sense in running up Mountain Hwy for the Mountain Highway Madness and not bagging a peak, so I took a little detour at the MHM turn-around, bagged Fromme, then completed my single lap of MHM.

The trailhead at the back (north-east) corner of the quarry is easy to find with a red arrow more than 2' long showing the way. This takes you up the mostly runnable south slope of Fromme.

To the Bluffs

reaganwhite — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 05:40:44 +0000

'Twas a beautiful Saturday morning

just after sun up when Baggers

William and Reagan started Seymour to ascend

What trail there was though faint at times

went up with twists and turns to

seemingly no end.

Rock, rocks, and more rocks!

Roots, roots, and more roots!

All to side step or trip upon.

Then can you believe snow fields

Glorious Gambier: newly added Bagger Peak: Burt’s Peak

David Crerar — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 03:31:59 +0000

Gambier Island’s fourth peak, Burt's Peak (GBU), is located in the northeast quadrant of Gambier Island, above Brigade Bay, to the north of Mt Artaban. It is a decent 525 metres tall, with a prominence of 485m from Mt Artaban.

Although a lightly-flagged trail exists, the peak is little visited or known. But it is a worthy and enjoyable climb.

Glorious Gambier Island trail clearing: Liddell/Gambier and Burt's

David Crerar — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 03:18:03 +0000

On the 2011 theme of not letting the bummer summer and deep snow pack put a damper on bagging, Ken Legg, Mike Wardas, and I spent a frenzied day on Gambier Island clearing and marking trails, armed with shocking pink tape, signs, folding Japanese pruning saws and secateurs.

Mt. Liddell, and, before it on the ridge, Gambier Peak, the latter the highest peak on Gambier, and one well worth visiting, suffered from several bewilderingly overgrown areas where the undergrowth and lack of flagging left unfamiliar hikers wandering in circles. Mr Ean Jackson had particularly unkind words to say about the peak. It left me personally lost and bloodied.

Grouse near sweep

Eric Rannaud — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 03:23:55 +0000

After missing Bill's run yesterday, because of a last minute leak in my (water) bladder, I decided to go today for an extended variation. With a new bladder. (The MSR model that look like it's made with a piece of a Zodiac boat.)

"Prepare your bag the day before, and you will see the future"

South Lynn Peak - Water Bag / Rob's first RUN

Alex — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 00:09:01 +0000

I originally had big plans with my housemate Rob to go climb the N ridge or Roach this past weekend, but with a 100% chance of showers on Saturday and a deteriorating Sunday forecast for Lytton we stayed home and slept in Saturday. But waking up in the city after planning to escape it made me antsy, so I managed to convince Rob to come on a run with me.
Rob had previously told me that he "didn't like running"
I told him he just didn't like running in Ontario on roads... BC is different.