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lived for 10 days.

A group of West Vancouver Venture scouts who.
_ Spent 10 days inside snow caves located 5, 000. feet
“above sea level in Garibaldi Park two years ago,
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The frig rid adventure by
“members of the 4th West
- Vancouver Venturers won’
them .second place in the

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coveted prize for:
scouts and venturers . -com-
| peted nation. wide.

The award was: made by a
_ judging committee in Ottawa
after it inspected a two-inch
thick ‘log, compiled : from.
~ individual journals ert by
the West Van group.

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‘grams with an- absorbing
account of the expedition
headed by advisor Doug Ash.

|The» -expeditioners were
"Martin Denny, Phil Lambert,
‘Robert Falck, all 16;. and
-Graham ‘Underhill, 17. Ac- ”
companying the group was.
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SURVIVAL

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They. spent many. months
“preparing: plans, - including

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the quantity and types’ of | air was peaceful except for

food supplies. They had to_
learn to. ski.~“cross-country,
cross glaciers, perform ava-
lanche and crevasse rescue,
digsnow caves and. survive —
in freezing temperatures.

The Venturers set out into
the Diamond Head area of
Garibaldi Park © on:
~ country ‘skis early morning
“March 28, 1975, carrying —
packs ranging from 40 to 55
_Pounds- ‘‘The early morning

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the occasional scream = of
agony as someone discover-
ed just how heavy his pack
was,’ ” recalled Keogh i in his
journal...

The call
cooperation . and adventure
was made by Lord Robert
- Baden-Powell, but. he cer-
. tainly was not referring to
‘snow caves and freeze dried

- food or recipes | for spaghetti

sauce, all “of which -the
Venturers faced.

for endurance,

TUNA SURPRISE

The menus had _ been
carefully planned and each
day’s menu was scheduled in
advance, which included
tuna surprise and camper
stew. ‘‘The food was usually
a focal point for discussion
especiaily during inclement
weather, so the quantities
had to at.least seem to be
ample and the quality had to
appear attractive,’’ one Ven-.
turer noted. The quantity
and appearance were not a
problem since they » usually
ate in “very dim light.”

‘When it was time toturn in
they crawled into the. snow
caves which they — built
themselves. The first lesson

they learned for survival was .

that digging caves was a
soggy business. Equipment
used included full rain gear --
jacket, pants, gaitors | and
‘waterproof mitts.

The entrance was -about
314 feet high: To get to the
sleeping quarters, known as
the platform, they had to
crawl an extra six feet. One
of the rooms was 4-feet high,
the other was 6-feet. In ail
cases they used ski. poles to
poke an air vent from the
ceiling of one corner of the
room until ‘it penetrated the
surface of the snow. (See
diagrams)

LIFE EXPERIENCE

Besides these diagrams
the V.enturers had a series of

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photographs for which they
were complimented by their
District Commissioner . Les
Strike who presented the
award to them.. ‘‘The excel-

lent photography, the daily

maps of your explorations at
high altitudes. and sketches
of your snow shelter con-

- struction all combine to show

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expedition. It is obvious that
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