Activities

	Forced inside by the unseasonable rain, club member Tim Stark scales an indoor climbing wall.
Dave Dimestico - "working the corner."
	Steven Spielberg (aka Michael Finegold) captures the action.
Sean Degan makes it look easy.
	Here we are, in safety harness and helmets, getting ready to soar through the treetops. Of course, first they had to parade us through the busiest part of town for all to see. In the background you can see the only snow covered trail (man-made) coming down down off Whistler mountain.
Dave, our guide, prepares Tim Stark for his first launch. We were each fitted in a harness which was then attached to a series of ziplines. The ziplines were anywhere from several feet to 200 feet off the ground and were up to 1100 feet long. At times, we travelled up to 65 mph across the lines.
	Michael (sorry... Mr. Spielberg) of Lock Your Wheels Productions shoots his flight.
The forest in the valley between Whistler and Blackcomb mountains is one of the rarest ecosystems in the world. The trees (Douglas Fir, I believe) are several hundred years old. This ecosystem is also the site of the 2010 Olympic Luge course.
	ZipTrek Ecotours had a series of bridges and platforms built in the treetops. It reminded me of Swiss Family Robinson.
The view of the gorge from the first platform. We were about 200 feet above the river and the cable was about 900 feet long. Seen in the picture, the cable is no thicker than the twig seen right next to it.
	Our ziptrek brought us past sunset and into the evening hours.
The last several ziplines were travelled in complete darkness.
	The lighter green growth is lichen that hangs on the branches of the ancient trees. The lichen grows about 1 mm per year, making some of these seen here over 200 years old.