2006-06 Kootenay Mountaineer
The KMC Newsletter May/June 2006 Issue 3 Next deadline: Aug.10/06 “The summit is a small part of the mountain…the cliché saying, ‘it’s about the journey’ rings true for me, yet our culture is so goal oriented and ego-based that the goal of the summit Inside outweighs the journey” Peggy Foster “Failing has given me the opportunity to truly grow as a person, whereas if I had only had Information: success, I may have never looked deeply into how I was approaching mountaineering and Mt. Trudeau to be officially named in life in general”. Abby Watkins June, Directions and Distances, Mountain School Tech Tips “I have failed so many times, but people only hear about me when I succeed. Nobody except Conservation: Salton Sea my friends know how hard it was to get to those moments. That is our nature, people in Threatened general always like success” Josune Bereziartu Activities: ClubTrip Reports: Kootenay Canal, “Even my failures seem directly related to my success… I know it sounds cheesy but as long Sentinel Slog, Beyond Syringa, West as nobody gets hurt and everyone has fun, then that to me is a very successful day, summit or Creston Climbing, Along Columbia no summit” Sonnie Trotter River, Robson Ramble, Fry Crk.Canyon, Evans Crk. Trail, Balfour-Garland Bay- return, “After all, it’s just climbing and failure is a part of the game” Charlie Fowler Mt.Gladstone, Pass Crk-Castlegar loop, Crawford Pk., Champion from Heather Lea’s article “The Joy Of Failure” in Gripped, The Climbing Lakes, Old Glory Mtn., 6-Mile Magazine , 12/01/2006 Lakes-return, Snow + Rock Skills Review, Gray’s Pk.
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