Intelligent Deterrence
This detailed article on bike theft in the Vancouver area exhibits a Project 529 infographic: There seems to be a bit of a mathematical error in there: If 2 million bikes are stolen annually, and the police recover 100,000, then 5% are recovered, whereas the infographic states that 5% are “returned to owners”. Well, the […]
An old post, on BCMC, about biking up Round Mountain, in the Diamond Head area of Squamish, to southern Garibaldi Park. As this was car-free, I took the Squamish Connector shuttle from Vancouver to Squamish, which also carried my mountain bike. Upon arrival, I biked up Loggers Lane’s bike-path towards Mamquam Road. At the latter’s […]
An old trip-report on BCMC, about hiking up Seymour, to above the snow-line, on 20 May 2018. On the day before, the forecast changed to rain. Thankfully, the morning’s forecast showed only 1-2 mm, so I went anyway. Having done the route numerous times before, including many times on snow, I took only a few […]
This is an old post I made to BCMC. It’s a trip report for going to Cypress Mountain, via Black Mountain, on 5 May 2018. I’d intended to skin up from the Cypress resort to St. Marks peak, then ski the HSCT. But, a day or two before, I decided to prepend to it a […]
This is an old post I made to BCMC’s web site. It was a trip report for Crown Mountain, in Spring. The objective was to find the route to Crown Pass, over the snow-pack. Mountaineering crampons and two ice axes were indispensable. Due to the recent warmth, the snow-line is very high. Grouse Grind was […]
The M!nder logo has been finalized, and should be published in the next few days. Thanks to the efforts and creativity of the great Ko Kimura at No Shortscuts Studio, here in Vancouver. An outdoor test of one parking-scenario has been carried out, successfully. I’ll post a link to it here, if I don’t forget. […]
