News - 19 3 att, My wife Mary is doing something that has probably never been done before in Tilley clothing. We're not sure whether she was just about to take off or had just landed, but we are sure that her broom will wear out before her Tillay Expedition Skirt does! Larry M. Hurst Mississauga, Ont. The Expedition Skirt: 2 large side-saam pockets, 2 sacrat anes, plus buttons down the front, front pleats, mighty reinforced belt loops, and an elastic at the back of the waisiband to ensure a comfortable tit. "Give 'em hall!” washing instructions. $85. Khaki, Navy. XS to XXXL. Alex Tilley | We have it made in Canada. } B.C. parks warning visitors of extreme avalanche danger Risks force temporary closures of some ski runs layers do not bond into a single solid snow mass, but remain unstable, ready to slip at the slightest sound or vibration. While travelling along higher ridge terrain — avoiding the valieys — offers some protection, climbers have found themselves standing on a high snow slope or THE MOST serious avalanche danger in more than a de- cade currently exists in the mountains of southwestern B.C., and visitors to many provincial parks are being ad- vised to use extreme caution in mountain wilderness areas. BC Parks Diamond Head_ Ski ina Report for Feb. 1 warns of “the By John Moore worst avalanche conditions that Contributing Writer have been recurded in Garibaldi ——— Tilley Endurables WStern Inc., Barbara and John Tilley, Independent retallers, | North Vancouver Vancouver #1194 Marine near Pemberton 1537 Broadway near Granville} . 987-6424 732-4287 ; Park to date,’’ and recommends backcountry skiers and hikers be equipped with avalanche equip- ment and the ‘‘proper knowledge for travelling in avalanche terrain.’’ Avalanche risk forced | tem- porary closure of some high alpine ski runs and back bowl areas at _ Whistler and Blackcomb Moun- “tains last week. Most areas have since been reopened. ‘*The worst instabilities have pretty much all come down,” ac- cording to Richard Perry of the “44 No equipment _ is going to help “you if you're | buried for ten” _ hours.99 ot a » Blackcomb “Ski. Patrol: “But. we can’t emphasize strongly enough ‘the importance of: skiing within ‘the boundaries, obeying the signs .} _and the Ski Patrol. People should only venture deep:s into the park right ‘now if 'they’re ‘very exper! enced and very well equipped.*’ Generally warmer weather : means local ski‘hills seldom face serious problems. with unstable 3 snow, but avalanches do occur in the North Shore mountains. Following , the -heavy ‘Jan. 3 sutowfall, Grouse Mountain briefly closed. the ‘‘Purgatory’’ run . behind ‘the’ Peak until the avalan- ‘che danger passed...” Bs In. December,-a Kelowna: man } died: when. he and a.companion § “skied out. of bounds behind Strachan Mt. at Cypress Bowl and | “were caught in an avalanche. ‘Avalanches can also occur in § the popular hiking area behind § Grouse: Mountain from Thunder- bird Ridge north to Crown Moun- tain, : ‘ :» An. experienced’: mountaineer f who took part in. Don and Phyllis 3 Munday’s pioneering exploration ‘of the rugged Mount Waddington wilderness later died in an avalan- che “on. the deceptively benign slopes of Kennedy Lake. "Ren Royston, a veteran of both the Grouse Mountain Ski Patrol and. the Nosth Shore Team, advises there is no substitute for training and experi- fi in avalanche conditions: § ence “You should carry probes, a “shovel and wear a transceiver, but you have to be properly trained as well. as ‘equipped. Unless you know how to read the conditions and evaluate the risk beforehand, you ‘can’t really protect yourself. No equipment is going to help you f you’re buried for ten hours.’” -The Federation of B.C. Moun tain Clubs (FMBC) also takes the line that the best way to survive an avalanche is to avoid being caught in one. ~ “The FMBC is currently running ‘poth introductory and. advanced Winter. Hazard courses aimed at making backcountry skiers and hikers avalanche-smart. Course information can be obtained ‘by calling 737-3053, Avalanche hazard becomes acute when a series of storms like _ those that hit southwestern B.C. in December and January deposit layers of snow and ice at different an inviting ‘“‘lookout’’ cornice that suddenly takes off like an ex- press-train. Up to date avalanche informa- tion can he obtained by calling the Canadian Avalanche Centre at Ope Rescue § and temperatures. The lee a - FOOD FOR THE CARING HEART Ah, Valentine's ... a mythic celebration. Its history is related to the Roman Festival of Lupercaiia, celebrated on » February 15, in which boys drew the names of girls from a love urn. To adapt the practice to Christianity, the church transferred the feast tc St. Valentine, (on Feb. 14), a legendary Roman priest thought to have been martyred during the persecution of Emperor Claudius. The Romans associated Lupercalia with an. even earlier and darker Greek ceremony performed on Mt. Lycaeus. 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