Started out the day feeling like dirt. Massive migrane. Crawled out of bed, tripped over the cat, downed 3 Ibuprofen and a glass of water, fed the cat and collapsed back into bed. Woke up at 1100 hours feeling just fine!
fed the cat, WAIT A MINUTE.......did'nt i already........oh well.....
jumped into the shower, got out got dressed, hot coffee down the gullet, some eggs and bread, loaded up the chest rig, picked a knife or two, into the truck and off i went.
POURING RAIN!
drove to the parking lot for the Lynn Canyon trailhead, got there, looked at all the cars and people and said to myself ***************!!!! and turned around. Hit the highway and headed North.
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drove for 30 minutes, just ripping the corners of the hwy, 4th gear, studded ice and snows, 90km/h, 2600 rpm engine, YEEEEEAAAAHHHH!
turned off at the trailhead and parked the truck. Disabled the truck engine and ignition, left a FLIGHT PLAN for the RCMP on the windshield and headed out on foot. PISSING RAIN!!!!! . I happened to notice that the access road gate was OPEN. Returned to to the truck, and drove up the old logging road. Might as well drive if its open....save me almost 4 hours of hiking......hahahahaha
stream near the road: (one of my best stream shots ever!)
access road (paved YEARS ago, only paved for about 1 km)
getting steeper:
nuther stream past the Bailey Bridge:
clearing:
those rocks are truck sized
Drove up the steep dirt access road, 1st gear, most of the way. steep road, loose gravel, 2WD truck, no weight over the rear wheels....flew up the road.
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drove for about 10km's almost stalling out on the really steep sections. (really got to get a 4WD one of these days)Got to a point where it was just too damn steep go on any further. The snow patches didn't help either......
parked the truck well off the road, disabled the engine, chocked the wheels and set off on foot. Hiked for about an hour, ignored the main hiking route and carried on down a skidder road.
skidder road 40% grade looking down:
looking back up: (SOOOO not looking forward to hiking back up....
chest rig harness shot and SAS smock:
god the rain was brutal. I was soaked in about 5 minutes. But i was warm, quite warm. dressed in polypro UnderArmour shirt, CDN Forces fleece jacket and a SAS Smock, polypro toque, 5.11 nylon pants woolie socks and CDN Forces boots. TOASTY!
Walked the rough road for a bit, tramped down the steep portion of it and explored for a bit. Mostly a logging area, some clearcuts, lots of blowdown, a few Gubmint test wells (water). Reached the end of the road, turned back and decied to make a fire.
Pissing rain, everything soaked, at least 300 mm of rain in the last week or so, can it be done?
hacked away at a cedar stump, got my kindling, broke up a bunch of alder limbs, set out the PJCB and magnesium shavings, and out came the firesteel. Swooosh! igition, smoke, flame, FIRE! YEA FIRE FIRE FIRE! HEHEHEHEHEHEHHEHE (beavis and butthead moment)
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fed the cat, WAIT A MINUTE.......did'nt i already........oh well.....
jumped into the shower, got out got dressed, hot coffee down the gullet, some eggs and bread, loaded up the chest rig, picked a knife or two, into the truck and off i went.
POURING RAIN!
drove to the parking lot for the Lynn Canyon trailhead, got there, looked at all the cars and people and said to myself ***************!!!! and turned around. Hit the highway and headed North.
Video still loading
drove for 30 minutes, just ripping the corners of the hwy, 4th gear, studded ice and snows, 90km/h, 2600 rpm engine, YEEEEEAAAAHHHH!
turned off at the trailhead and parked the truck. Disabled the truck engine and ignition, left a FLIGHT PLAN for the RCMP on the windshield and headed out on foot. PISSING RAIN!!!!! . I happened to notice that the access road gate was OPEN. Returned to to the truck, and drove up the old logging road. Might as well drive if its open....save me almost 4 hours of hiking......hahahahaha
stream near the road: (one of my best stream shots ever!)
access road (paved YEARS ago, only paved for about 1 km)
getting steeper:
nuther stream past the Bailey Bridge:
clearing:
those rocks are truck sized
Drove up the steep dirt access road, 1st gear, most of the way. steep road, loose gravel, 2WD truck, no weight over the rear wheels....flew up the road.
video loading
drove for about 10km's almost stalling out on the really steep sections. (really got to get a 4WD one of these days)Got to a point where it was just too damn steep go on any further. The snow patches didn't help either......
parked the truck well off the road, disabled the engine, chocked the wheels and set off on foot. Hiked for about an hour, ignored the main hiking route and carried on down a skidder road.
skidder road 40% grade looking down:
looking back up: (SOOOO not looking forward to hiking back up....
chest rig harness shot and SAS smock:
god the rain was brutal. I was soaked in about 5 minutes. But i was warm, quite warm. dressed in polypro UnderArmour shirt, CDN Forces fleece jacket and a SAS Smock, polypro toque, 5.11 nylon pants woolie socks and CDN Forces boots. TOASTY!
Walked the rough road for a bit, tramped down the steep portion of it and explored for a bit. Mostly a logging area, some clearcuts, lots of blowdown, a few Gubmint test wells (water). Reached the end of the road, turned back and decied to make a fire.
Pissing rain, everything soaked, at least 300 mm of rain in the last week or so, can it be done?
hacked away at a cedar stump, got my kindling, broke up a bunch of alder limbs, set out the PJCB and magnesium shavings, and out came the firesteel. Swooosh! igition, smoke, flame, FIRE! YEA FIRE FIRE FIRE! HEHEHEHEHEHEHHEHE (beavis and butthead moment)
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Looks like you had a great day out though:thumbup:
