Wednesday, January 1, 2003

A FEW CLIMBS/SCRAMBLES

Article in the Canmore Leader


Took me 6 years to scramble up all 102 peaks in "Scrambles in the Canadian Rockies"(1st edition). I was the 1st person to complete the guide book along with another friend Roberto Pavesio, who took only 4 years.
Here is the Author, Alan Kane's website http://peakbagger.tripod.com/
Here's my review of the book on Amazon.com
My Bible, Jan 1 2000
By
Steve Tober (Calgary, Canada) - See all my reviewsWow...what can I say, other than this book has had a major impact on my life. From a valley bottom, trail dweller, "Scrambles" has shown me how to reach the heights without having to bother with the burden of carabiners, ropes, etc... If the essence of this guide book could be summed up in one word...that word would be FREEDOM. The Canadian Rockies are not a heavily travelled area (except for the main street of Banff!). With the exception of a few popular peaks, one is unlikely to encounter other people of most of these scrambles. Alan's route descriptions are concise and accurate, which is of great importance, especially under less than ideal conditions. There is a magical world waiting to be discovered in these mountains and "Scrambles" is the perfect passport to many adventures, here in the Canadian Rockies


Mt. Temple

Mt. Temple Sunrise....start at Morraine lake at midnight under a full moon...summit around 5am Note the morning shadow of Mt. Temple in the distance



Presidents....Yoho National Park





Raj al Ghoul Libya




Raj al Ghoul




Mt Stephen above Field BC




Cracks on Mt Ball




Mt. Lorrette Kananaskis ....where is the rope Vaughan? Oh, it's in my pack.




Monty and Jaden on Fairview above Lake Louise




Maria on Mt. Blackiston, Waterton National Park




Eiffel Peak with Mt. Fay in the background, above Morraine lake, Banff National Park




Studley on Mt. Andromache




Ptarmagin Pk




The high water mark of my climbing experiences. Mt. Louis






So where is that rope Vaughan? In your pack again? Mt. Louis








Final summit push. I think we need the rope now. Mt. Louis





last rap off of Mt. Louis. Vaughan is just a tiny little speck at the top of the rope.








2nd last rap off Mt. Louis.







Mt. Yamnuska scree





Maria on The Yam






Grillmair route on Mt. Yamnuska





Vaughan on the Grillmair route Mt. Yamnuska






Grotto Mtn. above Canmore






Pat on Mt. Baldy






George.....The Mitre





Vaughan....summit Eisenhower pk





Roberto on Devil's Head





Devil's Head





The Mitre





Commonwealth pk





Illiniza Norte....Ecuador





Cascade....above Banff Assinaboine in the distance...Nove




Chris on Mt Remus....in the summer





Summit of Mt. Lunette....an appendage of Mt Assinaboine



Eon in the forground








This is a ragtag collection of photos.....many, many more are in print form (and some of these are digi pics of prints) in photo albums in storage in Calgary. I haven't been back to Calgary for 5? years and these are all the climbing photos that I took with me on my laptop. I'll need to do a major update at some point in the future!

MARIA'S RACES...A FEW OF THEM


That's Maria in the bottom left corner. From a New Dehli newspaper for the World half marathon champs in 2004 Caption claims she is the IAAF XC champion! I think she was 50th or so.

New Delhi World Half Marathon Champs....Maria is number 4 at the back.
Canadian half marathon rankings for 2004

Vancouver Sun Run 10k


World xc Lausanne Switzerland

Track race Bogota





When I grow up, I wanna run fast like my mommy.


Benghazi Libya

Mel and Lucy.....Maria and Ramon


5th Colombian XC 2008


Colombian xc



World XC Lausanne Switzerland


World XC


World xc Brussels


Seoul Eikeden


Provincial xc



St. Patricks 10k Calgary


XC provincials....Maria and Lisa



Yokohama Eikeden



Mother's day 10k Calgary Herald