Last Sunday was (by no coincidence whatsoever) both the 11th of May, and also the day that my roomie Lindsay, her friend Lindsay and I decided to saddle up and head to Squamish. Destination? The Chief.
Now before you run off screaming at the thought of me meeting the Village People, or sitting in a circle smoking calumet pipes while singing renditions of American Pie to small First Nations children, let me briefly explain.
The quaint town of Squamish lies about 40 minutes drive out of Vancouver, and is home to the northern hemisphere's largest exposed slab of granite; a small series of mountains commonly referred to as 'The Chief', 'The Chieftan', or on rarer occasions 'The Solarium Grouting'. (That last one may or may not be what I heard a plumber say as I hopped off the bus this afternoon)..
Either way, the Chief is very impressive. Lindsay, Lindsay and I arrived, set off up the rocky incline, and after sweating it out for almost an hour arrived at the top of peak one, where we were greeted by a rather spectacular sight.
For your viewing pleasure I've attached some images and a movie (7.9MB) of our experiences.
We'll be returning to complete the set, and hike the second and third peaks soon enough, but needless to say, this place is awesome. The ledge we're sitting on is a drop of... oh a couple hundred meters or so. Lucky for me my fear of heights evaporated a few years back, along with my dreams of being the world's greatest country singer... I'm not bitter.
On another front, I've delved back into the fiery chasm of molten, steaming creation that is 3D. I haven't touched the stuff since I left home, and have only just this week started using my beloved 3D modeler again. It feels like I'm back at uni - late nights, early mornings, computer screens, and... scarves for some reason. Anyway I'm working on a cool piece which I expect to have done soon, I'll be sure to pop it on here and in my freshly added gallery section on Jimzip.com (yes Luke, the Gallery is finally up and running! Movies are coming soon too.).
Hey it's better than trawling the web for Dharma Initiative miscellany, and Lost finishes another season in three weeks! (Ugh, can you believe it, another year till the next season!? Damon & Carlton had better give us an amazing Lost Experience this time!)
Peace, love and giant mosquitoes all!
Jimzip :D
2 thoughts are now mine:
Wow, canada looks all pretty like. And yay! A gallery with stuff in it! Oh and I voted for memelabs - so good luck! (But it let me vote using my hotmail address - so if your competition made lots of false hotmail accounts and voted multiple times...). Anywho, thanks for the giant mosquitoes - had almost run out.:)
Woo Hoo back into 3d. Good lad. I got back into 3d too...mainly because i landed a job as a 3d animator haha. Look forward to seeing your stuff
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