Sep 4, 2009 | Notes from the Field
So today I was asked to write a post for our blog as it hasn’t been updated for a day or two, or possibly three or four, or maybe even ever so slightly longer than that. But not much! When I sat down to the computer to start typing up our amazing exploits of the...
Aug 10, 2009 | Notes from the Field
After a smoke filled week, we’ve wrapped things up here in Kootenay National Park. We got about 15 stations done, despite rain and smoke, and are now moving back to Alberta in hopes that the haze might be a bit better further from all the burning fires in BC....
Aug 6, 2009 | Notes from the Field
This blog entry is a bit of a back-track (as most of my entries seem to be). We did this hike back on July 30, back when we were stationed out of Kananaskis valley. As you may have already read, out first attempt at the summit of Mount Lady MacDonald was not a raging...
Aug 4, 2009 | Notes from the Field
Just a quick update for you all while I’ve got a little internet time. Being the vagabond of a team that we are, we have recently relocated ourselves from the Kananaskis valley, to Kootenay Naitonal Park. This new location is beautiful, however it is close to...
Jul 28, 2009 | Notes from the Field
Last Wednesday, Chris, Stuart and I moved from our base camp at the Elbow fire base and moved to Boundary cabin. Boundary is this cute little cabin in the Kananaskis valley, right across from the Nakiska ski hill. It’s big enough to fit two sets of bunk beds, a...