2017 Advanced Mountaineering Camp: Tantalus Range
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Do you have some basic mountaineering skills and want to take them to the next level?
Then join us at our first Advanced Mountaineering Camp in the summer of 2017! Based out of the Alpine Club of Canada’s Haberl Hut perched on the Serratus-Dione Col in south-west British Columbia’s beautiful Tantalus Mountain Range (part of B.C.’s Coast Mountains), we’ll chopper the whole team in and spend a week over 6,600 feet up on the jagged edge of Tantalus Provincial Park learning intermediate-level alpine climbing skills and bagging some impressive peaks.
The cost for the 2017 Advanced Mountaineering Camp: Tantalus Mountain Range is anticipated to be in the $700-$1,000 range (includes food, lodging, group climbing gear, helicopter transportation for the entire team and its gear and the services of a professional mountain guide/instructor, etc.). The actual cost of this camp will be known closer to the date of the event.
The Haberl Hut (6,600’/2,010 m) can accommodate 3-4 Instructors/Leaders and 8-9 youth participants (12 in total).
This page is still under construction and we’ll update it as we sort out the plans for this exciting camp. In the meanwhile…
Welcome to the High Life!
The Haberl Hut looking south. Photo credit: Pebbleshoo
The view from the Haberl Hut’s kitchen.
Inside the Haberl Hut.
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So…
Who wants to join us for a real adventure?
“Tantalizing Towers”
Photo by Chris Collacott
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“Without mystery, there is no adventure. Period. This goes for every step of the way to the summit, or non-summit,
just being out there in remote, untouched wild, embracing the magic, power and beauty is what it is all about.”
– Mike Libecki
!["I've learned that any dream worth dreaming is the dream with the uncertain outcome. If we knew we would be successful, if we knew it would be easy, if we knew it would be a certainty-filled challenge that was cozy and comfortable, without hardship and adversity, then what would be the point? This is how you induce transformation and growth. Conceive of the most outrageous dream, put it out there and activate your inner hero's journey. Where comfort zones are obliterated, extraordinary life experiences begin."
– Elia Saikaly
Spencer (14) from Oshawa, Ontario, enroute to the summit of Mt. Rainier (14,410'/4,394m) at dawn on July 28, 2016.
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"When asked what the hardest part was [Spencer's] response was "Summit day", when asked what the best part was the response remained the same "Summit" with a summation of "Seriously Mom...its was the hardest, but the best thing I have ever done" Said with the biggest smile and obvious pride."
– Spencer's Mom
Spencer had the courage and commitment needed to see this challenge through to the end. That makes Spencer a certified badass!](https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/s640x640/sh0.08/e35/14334582_1216115568431953_1700099418_n.jpg "\"I've learned that any dream worth dreaming is the dream with the uncertain outcome. If we knew we would be successful, if we knew it would be easy, if we knew it would be a certainty-filled challenge that was cozy and comfortable, without hardship and adversity, then what would be the point? This is how you induce transformation and growth. Conceive of the most outrageous dream, put it out there and activate your inner hero's journey. Where comfort zones are obliterated, extraordinary life experiences begin.\"
– Elia Saikaly
Spencer (14) from Oshawa, Ontario, enroute to the summit of Mt. Rainier (14,410'/4,394m) at dawn on July 28, 2016.
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\"When asked what the hardest part was [Spencer's] response was \"Summit day\", when asked what the best part was the response remained the same \"Summit\" with a summation of \"Seriously Mom...its was the hardest, but the best thing I have ever done\" Said with the biggest smile and obvious pride.\"
– Spencer's Mom
Spencer had the courage and commitment needed to see this challenge through to the end. That makes Spencer a certified badass!")
![Dropping In
After climbing the 500'/150m headwall and summiting Youngs Peak (9245'/2815m) [twice this summer - the first week with an all girl team and the second week with an all dude team], we rigged a 400' rappel (two 60m ropes tied together) to get back down the headwall...
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Here's Nick from Okotoks, Alberta, rapping off the edge. He'll have one stop on the way down while one of our guys gets him past the mid knot and then another 60m of fun to the bottom. How cool is that?](https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/s640x640/sh0.08/e35/14295463_1887729881454665_1710539896_n.jpg "Dropping In
After climbing the 500'/150m headwall and summiting Youngs Peak (9245'/2815m) [twice this summer - the first week with an all girl team and the second week with an all dude team], we rigged a 400' rappel (two 60m ropes tied together) to get back down the headwall...
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Here's Nick from Okotoks, Alberta, rapping off the edge. He'll have one stop on the way down while one of our guys gets him past the mid knot and then another 60m of fun to the bottom. How cool is that?")
