{"id":260,"date":"2005-07-15T13:36:36","date_gmt":"2005-07-15T17:36:36","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=260"},"modified":"2005-08-08T13:51:22","modified_gmt":"2005-08-08T17:51:22","slug":"my-grand-canadian-expedition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/evilmoose.me\/?p=260","title":{"rendered":"my grand canadian expedition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The trip began&#8230; I whiled my time away in the departure lounges dreaming of all the other mooses I would meet in Canada<\/p>\n<div class=\"dropshadow\" style=\"width: 410px; margin: auto; position: relative;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/evilmoose.smugmug.com\/photos\/28046894-S.jpg\" alt=\"moose in departure lounge\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Once we arrived in Vancouver, we picked up the rental car.<\/p>\n<div class=\"dropshadow\" style=\"width: 410px; margin: auto; position: relative;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/evilmoose.smugmug.com\/photos\/28046896-S.jpg\" alt=\"moose and rental car\" \/><\/div>\n<p>I spent some time frolicking in a daisy field, unsuccessfully hunting for lady mooses.<\/p>\n<div class=\"dropshadow\" style=\"width: 235px; margin: auto; position: relative;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/evilmoose.smugmug.com\/photos\/28046691-S.jpg\" alt=\"moose in squamish\"\/><\/div>\n<p>After my unsuccessful hunt for other mooses in the daisy field, I consoled myself with some slab climbing, at Shannon Falls, Squamish.<\/p>\n<div class=\"dropshadow\" style=\"width: 235px; margin: auto; position: relative;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/evilmoose.smugmug.com\/photos\/28046700-S.jpg\" alt=\"moose slab climbing\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Followed up with some crack climbing &#8211; I&#8217;d never tried it before, but this jamming business seems to really suit my physique &#8211; maybe I&#8217;ll become a crack climber?  Anyway, this is me on Klahanie Crack (5.7).<\/p>\n<div class=\"dropshadow\" style=\"width: 235px; margin: auto; position: relative;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/evilmoose.smugmug.com\/photos\/28046705-S.jpg\" alt=\"moose on klahanie crack\"\/><\/div>\n<p>On our way back down again, we stopped at Shannon Falls.  <\/p>\n<div class=\"dropshadow\" style=\"width: 235px; margin: auto; position: relative;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/evilmoose.smugmug.com\/photos\/28156436-S.jpg\" alt=\"moose at shannon falls\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Well, as the Squamish area seemed to have no mooses at all, we tried heading over to the other side of BC.  We got as far as Lake Skaha anyway.  Here I&#8217;m scanning the horizon &#8211; it doesn&#8217;t look like moose country, but you never know.<\/p>\n<div class=\"dropshadow\" style=\"width: 410px; margin: auto; position: relative;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/evilmoose.smugmug.com\/photos\/28046864-S.jpg\" alt=\"moose at lake skaha\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Having failed to find mooses at Lake Skaha, we&#8217;re running out of time.  I&#8217;m becoming desperate about my hopes of ever meeting another moose.  We drive back through BC to Squamish, taking a scenic route, incorporating many picturesque rivers.  Still no other mooses. <\/p>\n<div class=\"dropshadow\" style=\"width: 410px; margin: auto; position: relative;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/evilmoose.smugmug.com\/photos\/28156565-S.jpg\" alt=\"moose at river\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Our last evening in Canada, I sit on top of the Chief and contemplate life.  Will I ever meet any other mooses?  Am I the only one?<\/p>\n<div class=\"dropshadow\" style=\"width: 235px; margin: auto; position: relative;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/evilmoose.smugmug.com\/photos\/28156760-S.jpg\" alt=\"moose on the chief, squamish\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The trip began&#8230; I whiled my time away in the departure lounges dreaming of all the other mooses I would meet in Canada Once we arrived in Vancouver, we picked up the rental car. I spent some time frolicking in a daisy field, unsuccessfully hunting for lady mooses. 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