Lectures Beyond Mountains
Sandhu Harpreet A cloudy afternoon on Bear Mountain in Mission after our bigger mountain plans fell through. Our 10.08 km outing includes a full route map, elevation profile, return-loop photograph, and downloadable GPX.
On August 9, 2026, three of us headed into the Coquihalla area with a fairly ambitious plan: climb Jim Kelly Peak, Coquihalla Mountain and Illal Mountain in the same day. We started at approximately 7:00 a.m. and did not see another person on the mountain for the entire trip. By the time the day was … Read more
Brandywine Mountain is located in the Coast Mountains’ Pacific Ranges. There are different appproaches to Brandywine Mountain but main approach is via Brandywine Mountain Trail. If you do not want a treacherous terrain and want a shorter hike like experience, then go on a 4×4 vehicle directly to the Upper Parking lot of Brandywine Mountain … Read more
Elk mountain has prominence of only 32m and relatively lower altitude of 1432m. We decided to do Elk in one winter just as an exercise and planned to go to Mount Thurston that day but plodding for a long time at the slowest speed ever and carrying a big film camera made it a tiring … Read more
Chinese Text: 天下皆知 美之為美，斯惡已。皆知善之為善，斯不善已。故有無相生，難 易相成， 長短相較，高下相 傾，音聲相和，前後相隨。是以聖人處無為之 事，行不言之教；萬物作焉而不辭，生而不有。為而不恃，功成而弗居。 夫唯弗居，是以不去。 English Text: I- All in the world know the beauty of the beautiful, and in doing this they have (the idea of) what ugliness is; they all know the skill of the skilful, and in doing this they have (the idea of) what the want of … Read more
Chinese Text: 不尚賢，使民不爭；不貴難得之貨，使民不為盜；不見可欲，使心不亂。 是以聖人之治，虛其心， 實 其腹，弱其志，強其骨。常使民無知無欲。使 夫1知者不敢為也。為無為，則無不治。 English Text: I- (Keeping the people at rest) Not to value and employ men of superior ability is the way to keep the people from rivalry among themselves; not to prize articles which are difficult to procure is the way to keep them from becoming thieves; not to … Read more
Chinese Text: 道可道，非常道。名可名，非常名。無名天地之始；有名萬物之母。故常 無欲，以觀其妙；常有欲，以觀其徼。此兩者，同出而異名，同謂之玄。玄之又玄，衆妙之門。 English Text: I-The Tao that can be trodden is not the enduring and unchanging Tao. The name that can be named is not the enduring and unchanging name (It is not eternal). II- Having no name, it is the Originator of heaven and earth; having a name, it is the Mother … Read more
When not to go – *important* Never on a weekend with too many that is literally 1000 people on the mountain to look at Larches. I’m not sure how the news spread but social media is definitely the culprit. Of course, I’m also people for other people but I mind my own business, move as … Read more
Altitude : 2290m Range: Tehri Garhwal, Uttrakhand, Himalayas India GPX not available becasue 2003 was the year Garmin started making GPS forerunner watches. I may have pictures from this hike and if I find them I will post them here. Here is the story. Ride to Dehradun Railway Station I had visited Dehradun many times … Read more
Life is sometimes slow and easy like this small hike that I digged out of old GPX records as far as my Garmin goes. I’m not sure whether I’d still have pictures of this available but this was a small gorgeous castle ruins on top of a small hill at Tribeč Range in Nitra Region. … Read more