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
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
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!
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