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Ratings systems are designed to inform readers of the difficulty. While the numbers appear to be objective, there is a great deal of subjectivity built into them. 1. Kootenay Mountaineering Club TRIP GRADING SCALE This is most used in this … Continue reading →

TRASH AND GARBAGE, SANITATION Garbage. Organic garbage is unsightly but presents no permanent problem except when durable items such as orange peels and bones are present. (But garbage attracts animals.) Cans, paper and especially glass are a problem. If possible, … Continue reading →

Rating systems are designed to inform readers of the difficulty. While the numbers appear to be objective, there is considerable subjectivity built into them. 1. TRIP GRADING SCALE – Kootenay Mountaineering Club This is most used in this guide. All trips … Continue reading →

I wrote this book to collate and bring together all the information on both hiking and climbing in the West Kootenay—a spectacular area in south-central British Columbia, part of the southern Columbia Mountains. The West Kootenay is the home of … Continue reading →

TRAIL NAME   ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ General description:     Difficulty: Elevation Gain:    Key elevations: Distance: Ascent Time: Map: Drive: 0.0.   _____   _____   _____   _____   _____   _____ Map image Description of trail:                     … Continue reading →

It says something both odd and exceptional about our species that while we could rightly be preoccupied with the simple business of surviving on the one world we’ve got – keeping the people in our own small tribe fed and … Continue reading →

Can the Ocean’s Fastest Shark Outswim Our Appetite for It? Overfishing could be threatening shortfin makos, treasured by fishermen for their fight and their meat. By Glenn Hodges August 2017 National Geographic Magazine Zane Grey made his name writing adventure … Continue reading →

ON THE TRAILS 1/ Lake O’Hara 2/ Pocaterra Ridge 3/ Big Beehive Trail 4/ Devil’s Thumb 5/ Highline Trail 6/ Lake Agnes Teahouse Trail 7/ Helen Lake 8/ Akamina Ridge 9/ Mt. Assiniboine 10/ Mt. Temple 11/ Berg Lake 12/ … Continue reading →

Why It’s Important to Save Our Seas’ Pristine Places – There’s growing evidence that preserving precious areas not only stops overfishing, it can lessen the impacts of climate change. As the oceans suffer from overfishing, pollution, and the mounting impacts … Continue reading →

Unlike gorillas and chimpanzees—fellow great apes that live in groups and can be followed and observed relatively easily—orangutans live mostly solitary lives. They spend nearly all their time in the treetops, they wander widely, and for the most part they … Continue reading →