1993 - The AGM Hot Tub, Hollyburn with Eric Scampi at Gold Creek, on Mt. Cheam, and the Himmelsbach Hut

The AGM Hot Tub
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Alan Lizee, Keith Akenhead, Ryan Shellborn, Chuck McCafferty, Randy Wheatin

What? An AGM not up in the hills of Manning Park? Well, Ryan's parents had a cabin at East Gate and it had a hot tub. Well, frozen tub to be more exact. Fire up the wood burning stove and wait for the ice to thaw. What to do, what to do? Sit around, and regale with munchies and some of Scotland's favourite exports of course.
The water finally became hot, at least on the surface, and down in the depths of the tub, well, it was best not to pout your toes down there lest they get cold. 

Sure it's hygienic!

Don't we look thoughtful?

I like AGMs!

Hollyburn with Eric - North Shore of Vancouver Location of Hollyburn Mountain My son Eric enjoying the view. Most people know Hollyburn Mountain because of its cross country skiing in the winter, but there are also a lot of people who know it as a summer hiking destination. A well marked trail festooned with blueberry and huckleberry bushes winds its way up to the summit.This picture of Eric is looking north-east from the summit area. Matthew and Keith Keith Akenhead and his son Mathew with the Lions in the background. The Lions is a long hike from the Cypruss Bowl ski area parking lot. Scampi at Gold Creek (Golden Ears Park) Location of "Hiker's Beach" on Gold Creek Eric enjoying Gold Creek. I managed to talk my son Eric into an overnight hike up Gold Creek. Swimming and hot chocolate were popular!  It was a special time for a father. Scampi on Mt. Cheam (Cheam Range-Fraser Valley) Location of Cheam Peak Eric, Scott, and Chuck Chuck and I took our boys up the trail to the summit of Mt. Cheam. It was good to share with them some of the pleasures we had enjoyed in the mountains. Scampi at the Himmelsbach Hut (Whistler-Blackcomb area) Location of the Himmelsbach Hut Eric climbing out of Singing Pass Chuck and I got our boys up to the hut east of Whistler and Singing Pass in glorious weather. We pointed out peaks we had climbed, and tried to educate them about the joys of outhouses and hut mice. This picture of Eric was taken above Singing Pass with Castle Towers in the background. Scott, Keith, Eric The Himmelsbach Hut on the north shore of Russet Lake. The Platform glacier is in the upper left corner, with Mt. MacBeth in the upper middle. It was seven years later that Eric and I came up here again and we went up Fissile. A very good day. The high point emotionally for me was when we reached the high point of the trail and could see the hut, Eric (my son) said that he felt the hike showed how a good effort created its own rewards and wanted each of us to add a stone to the cairn nearby to commemorate our being there. Talk about a proud father. :-)