Sharing Stories from the Climbing Community
Photo by P. Ourom
Podcasts for some of these stories are HERE We hope you enjoy them!
List of Stories
- El Capitan Mescalito Wall
- El Capitan Shield Wall
- El Capitan Zodiac Wall-1
- El Capitan Zodiac Wall-2
- Genius Loci-Squamish
- John Rosholt Memorial
- Laps on the Grand
- Mt Slesse Fraser Ribber
- Mt Slesse Heart of Darkness
- Mt Slesse Introduction
- Mt Slesse N.E. Buttress
- Outward Bound 1984
- Saving Canada-The Beginning
- Saving Canada-The Mountain
- Saving Canada-The Stunt
Outward Bound Canada
Written by Peder Ourom
Photo of 1984 staff training session.
In 1984 I was looking to start building an outdoor-focused career that involved guiding on the rivers and mountains of Canada, and mychoices were limited to the Outward Bound Canada school in that was located in Keremeos BC, or the Yamnuska Mountain school with their headquarters in Seebee Alta, approximately 80 km west of Calgary.