Mountain Mentors: A tribute to the LaChapelle legacy

- A poetic tribute by Ron Dart, author and member of the Chilliwack Outdoor Club - - Delores Lachapelle (d. January 22, 2007) Edward Lachapelle (d. February 2, 2007) “In my beginning is my end” -T.S. Eliot East Coker I was young in those days, keen to learn mountain lore, to take to glaciers and snow packed slopes, could ski better than walk, left school before finishing, [...]

Book Review: The Canadian Rockies Rediscovered

by Paul Zizka - A Book Review by Ron Dart, a member of the Chilliwack Outdoor Club - There are “A”, “B” and “C” level novels that hold the reader for different reasons, but it is the classical “A” books we return to many times in our all too human journey. There can be no doubt that Paul Zizka’s compelling and creative photographs in The Canadian Rockies [...]

Book Review: My Soul Lives in These Mountains

"My Soul Lives in these Mountains: A Collection of Stories, Poems and Paintings of the Chilliwack Cascades — Land of the Ts'elxwéyeqw" By Peter D. Scott - A Book Review by Ron Dart, a member of the Chilliwack Outdoor Club - Many are the books that describe a variety of hikes, climbs, scrambles and off path treks in BC but rare is the book that deals with [...]

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