Out there in the wide wide world...: July 2007

Stawasmus Chief - 28.7.2007

on top of Stawasmus Chief Third Peak with Keri in Squamish.
The Stawasmus Chief is the world's second biggest Granite Rock and a paradise for rock climbers with endless different routes

Squamish, BC

view from Second Peak

First Peak

West Coast Trail - 21.-27.7.2007 Day 1

West Coast Trail...another one of my dreams comes true!

Lan was the only person that was brave enough to join me on that trip...we started from Vancouver on friday after work, took the ferry over to Vancouver Island, stayed in Sidney at my friend's place over night and then drove out to Port Renfrew into the wilderness on Saturday morning. We had breakfast at Tim Hortons in Victoria and bought some last things on the way. That's why we got a late start...we started the trail at 2:30pm.

the only way to get to the trailhead is with a boat which is operated by a local guy from port renfrew...and just as we headed out to the boat the rain started...

west coast trail here we come!

I've heard so many stories about this trail...all kinds of myths...yeah and now finally I can make my own picture of it! We also got our first experience of wet and slippery ladders.
We knew the first 2-3 days will be difficult hiking with lots of up and down thorugh the forest...and the rain didn't make it any easier! we hiked untill 8pm and then we set up the tent in the middle of the forest...both of us wet down to the skin.

West Coast Trail - 21.-27.7.2007 Day 2

our first night we spent in the forest close to Trasher Cove. we found a nice spot right beside a creek, it was still raining in the morning after we got up

now our journey just really started and we realized why people are scared of this part of the trail, because of all that rain the trail looked more like a river bed

first view from the pacific on that day...

our first cable car crossing

yeah and we got told there was a cougar sighting just a few days before we hiked through there, so I'mnot sure if I should say unfortunately or fortunately we didn't see any...

we also had lots of wet and slippery ladders to climb that day

west coast trail...

West Coast Trail - 21.-27.7.2007 Day 3

our campsite at Camper Bay, today will be our longest day on the trail...we left at 8 in the morning and arrived around 7pm...1 hours...almost no breaks. the trail today was very very muddy, wet, slippery, lots of up and down, tons of roots over that we had to climb and like usual ladders and cable cars....ohja and I forgot to mention...rain!

around 7 am just after I got up

Lan gets ready for the big hike today...taking care of her blisters was important

still in good mood...haha at least for the picture

here we go up and down the ladders, some of them 60 feet high with one time 6 in a row down and then the same up on the other side of the creek

quick photo stop at a beach access

suspension bridge at Logan Creek, after that bridge we had to climb up a waterfall and then use the ladder, while we were climbing up the water was pouring down on us...
yes and ypu can see right, the sun came out late in the afternoon. it was finally time to dry

and then after 11hours on the trail through the forest we hit the beach at Walbran Creek where we stayed for the night. here we met a lot of exhausted people...some of them were in really bad shape and we kind of worried if they would make it to the end.

fire to dry our shoes

West Coast Trail - 21.-27.7.2007 Day 4

after we packed our stuff first thing we did this was to cross Walbran Creek which was about 1m deep...we had a fairly easy day ahead of us, the sun was shining so we could finally dry out...