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The Red Lobster Journals from the Red Lobster Outdoor Club
Tales of our mountaineering, rock climbing, hiking, back country skiing, mountain biking, bicycle touring, and other adventures.
Origins of the "Red Lobster" name
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Keith Rajala
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Chris Cooper's
Spirit Dancer Canoe Journey


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A small format movie of a climb of the north face of Fairview Dome in Tuolumne Meadows that Chuck and I did in 1981. Crank up the volume!

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

1965 - Golden Ears - Keith's first ascent!

1966 - Golden Ears with the Garibaldi Outdoor Club

1967 - Diamond Head Base Camp - a warming hut!

1968 - The Edge-Needle Traverse and back

1969 - Slesse Creek Explorations and Golden Ears Trips

 

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 1970 - New Year's at Diamond Head, Batzer Hut, Alouette Lake Canoe, Mt. Wedge, Needle Point, Mt. Welch, Baker, Golden Ears, The Pyramids, Mt. Foley

1971 - Overlord, Canadian Border Peak, Coleman Glacier, Diamond Head, American Border Peak (almost), Mt. Baker

1972 - Mt. Cheam, Wedge Peak, Nearly Weart, Mt. Truax, Overlord, American Border Peak (almost again), Knucklehead, Battery Mountain

1973 - Diamond Head, Himmelsbach Hut, Fissile, Nepal trek to Mt. Everest and a 41 day bus ride back to England

1974 - Golden Ears, Wedgemont Lake, Fissile, West Face of Needle, Diamond Head, Joffre Lakes Climbing School, Winter Camping

1975 - Golden Ears with High School Students, Chipmunk Creek, Mt. Foley, North Face of Castle Towers

1976 - The Origins of the "Red Lobsters", Cookie Jar(Bombs Away), The Golden Ears, Squamish Rock, North Ridge of Wedge, Bowren Lake Canoe, Mt. Raineer, Baker, Crescent Crack

1977 - Diamondhead Skiing, Slab Alley, Happy Trails, Slalok Mt. (Rex's Pillar), Peshastin Pinnacles, Mt. Baker, Mt. Garibaldi

1978 - The Squamish Bluffs, Hollyburn Mountain Skiing, Fraser River Paddle, Slalok, Needle Point-The Gully of Murk, Klahanie Crack, Bugaboo and Pigeon Spire, Mt. Athabasca, Mushroom, and "Bakerboys"

1979 - "The Rock Climber" Carving, The Squamish Buttress, North Ridge of Mt. Baker, Diedre,Conrad Kain Hut, Mt. Weart, Tantalus Range

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1980 - Singing Pass - Whirlind Col, Diamond Head Ski, Blackwall Ski, Three Brothers Traverse Day Trip, Squamish Rock Climbing, Mt. Slesse, Snowcreek - Leavenworth, Sphinx, Uto, Judge Howay fly by

1981 - Tuolomene Meadows and Fairview Dome, The Bugaboos, Center Creek Explorations, Stanley Mitchell Hut ski
1981 - Mt. Sir Donald

1982 - Columbia Icefields and Forbidden Peak, Liberty Bell
1982 - Mt. Davidson & Carr, Mt. Shuksan, Three Brothers Ski Traverse

1983 - Whiskey Jack Cover, Mt. Kennedy, Tahoma Glacier on Rainier, Yellow Jackets and Depot Creek

1984 - Saskatchewan Glacier, Mt. Spickard

1985 - The Garibaldi Neve Traverse, Three Brothers Ski, Mt. Overlord

1986 - Harrison Hut, Twin Sister, Seventh Heaven

1987 - Metal Dome, NE Ridge of Bugaboo Spire, NW Face of Matier, Split Pillar

1988 - Mt. Baker summit at sunrise, Nursery Pass, Mt. Cheam

1989 - Keith Flavelle Hut, Mt. Cheam and Mt. Seymour with the Kids, Joffre N. Ridge

 

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1990 - Scampi on Cheam and the Chief, A Spearhead Venture, Flavelle Hut

1991 - Saskatchewan Glacier ski, Scampi in Cathedral Park, Mt. Macdonald E. ridge

1992 - Blowdown Pass and Gott Peak, Eric at Hollyburn, The Spearhead Traverse

1993 -The AGM Hot Tub, Hollyburn with Eric, Scampi at Gold Creek, on Mt. Cheam, at the Himmelsbach Hut, and on Mt. Baker, The Stein Valley Traverse, and the "Half Spearhead Traverse"

1994 - The AGM and the Three Brothers, Skiing with the Boys, Skiing with the Family at Silverstar, Manning Again, Brimful Lake, Biking the Misty Dykes

1995 - Mt. Rohr (almost), Mt. McGuire, Grand Forks to Balfour (cycle)

1996 - AGM, Three Brothers Traverse, Assiniboine Ski Tour
1996
- Shuswap-Jasper-LakeLouise-Shuswap cycle,

1997 - The AGM, Manning with Eric, Nuk Tessli Lake, Jonas Pass and Beyond, Lost in the Kannanaskis

1998 - The AGM, Harrison Lake Cycle, Diamond Head Cycle, The Rockies Cycle Again!

1999 - Diamond Head, The AGM, Niut Spring Ski, Trip Reports, Golden Triangle Bike Ride(guest account by Dave Dixon), Monument 83, Keith Akenhead's Big Jump

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2000 - Manning Park Ski, Manning Park Again, Tonquin Valley Ski, Southern Rockies Bike Tour, Fissile with Eric
2001 - The AGM, Devon Island, Battery Mountain, Ken's Vertical Cross Canada Ride, Keith (the younger) and Mathew's Bike and Hike of the Yukon, A Southern Rockies Ride
2002 - Diamond Head, Rockies Biking with Lynn, Harrison Hot Springs Bike Tour, Chilco Lake Paddle, Alouette Mt., Manning Park
2003
A new member at the AGM.
A spring ski to Jasper
Mtn Biking with Lynn
A Jasper to Lake Louise bike tour
Randy's Bike Tour in Wales
2004
The AGM
Canmore - A spring ski
Chris's Canoe Journeyt
Glacier Park Bike Tour
2005
A Rockies Spring Ski
Coburg Island
Islay Single Malt Tour
Diaz Vista, Coquihalla scrambles
2006
The AGM, Sun Peaks
Mtn Biking in the Rockies
Mt McQuire (not quite), BC/Alta Bike Tour
2007 - Nickel Plate Skiing, Battery Mountain via Viking Creek, Golden Ears, Baffin Island, Mt. Macfarlane, Mt. Webb - Mt. Macdonald col, Robbie Reid Attempt, "Bookends" - Lobsters in Scotland and Ireland, Brandywine and Eaton Peak, Zoa Ridge, Two Nights at the Himmelsbach Hut, Gold Creek, Munro Lake, Diamond Head
2007-Maligne Pass - Poboktan Creek to Maligne Lake via Maligne Pass - allow time to load the Quicktime movie portions.
2007 - Exploring the north ridge of the Golden Ears - by Alan Lizee
2008 - Diamond Head, Burke Mountain, Munro Lake, Sheridan Lake AGM,
Diamond Head Sunbathing in February, My Manning Park "Photo Shoot",
Battery Mountain via Evan's Valley, Diamond Head Again, Gibson's Landing Cycle,
Mt. Martin, Mt. Isolillock and Mt. Hunter , Mt Thompson and Daly Peak, Foley Peak, A Lobster in Italy, A Vancouver Island Cycle Tour, Robie Reid in a Day, Brunswick/Harvey Loop, Sheridan Lake Lobster Retreat, Trophy Mountain Meadows, The Skyline Trail,
Vicuna and Guanaco Peaks, Elk Mountain, A Rockies "Retreat", Mt. Frosty, Diamond Head Revisited, The Chief
2009 - UBC viewpoint, The Last AGM?, Diamond Head, Rockies Photo Shoot, Prince Rupert, Metlakatla, and Hartley Bay, Central Europe, Sheridan Lake Retreat, The Icefields Parkway Bicycle Tour, Greendrop and Lindeman Lake, Canadian Rockies Hiking and Photography, Photography and Hiking in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Utah, and Arizona
2010 -  Diamond Head, No AGM :-(, Spring in the Rockies, My solo "Photo Safari"
Chemin de Saint Jacques 2010, Mt. Slesse Memorial, The Rockies With Lynn,
Alouette or Battery?, Diamond Head, The Icefield Parkway - Again! :-)
Lake O'Hara
2011 - Golden Ears Park Hikes, Arizona and New Mexico Photography Road Trip, Another Spring Trip to the Rockies, Diamond Head, Powell River and Vancouver Island, A Photography Road Trip in Washington State, Lake Lovely Water, Whistler
 

Made on a of course.

The Red Lobster Outdoor Club and Lobsterism
Mountain Equipment Coop
Biking Equipment List
Jasper - Lake Louise Bike Tour Distances
Interactive Map of B.C.

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