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Thursday, 27 July 2006 (31 photos)
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PERT at Skaha
PERT Platoon climbs the 1000' vertical hike to the bluffs, Cdt Candace Wickwire 3016 Calgary Highlanders RC(Army)CC Airdrie AB, leads the way (VACSTC, F. Arseneault)
Instructions at the base of the bluffs (VACSTC, F. Arseneault)
Platoon commander Lt Rob Feist climbs one of the faces at the bluffs (VACSTC, F. Arseneault)
Cdt Alexandra Blackburn 2820 5e Ambulance de Campagne RC(Army)CC St.Lambert-de-Lauzon QC ascends a face (VACSTC, F. Arseneault)
Separated by 20 feet, Cdt Mathieu Beausoleil 2710 Le Régiment de Maisonneuve RC(Army)CC St-Hubert QC and Cdt Henry Long 2890 Loyal Edmonton Regiment Slave Lake AB climb two slight different paths up a 75 foot sheer vertical face. (VACSTC, F. Arseneault)
After successfully climbing, Cdt Alexandra Blackburn 2820 5e Ambulance de Campagne RC(Army)CC St.Lambert-de-Lauzon QC descends with a smile (VACSTC, F. Arseneault)
Cdt Mathieu Beausoleil 2710 Le Régiment de Maisonneuve RC(Army)CC St-Hubert QC on his descent (VACSTC, F. Arseneault)
Cdt Mac Berry 2305 Rocky Mountain Rangers RC(Army)CC Kamloops BC on a descent (VACSTC, F. Arseneault)
Cdt Brandon Birlie 2827 British Columbia Regiment RC(Army)CC Port Moody BC on a climb (VACSTC, F. Arseneault)
C/WO Fiona Fung on a climb (VACSTC, F. Arseneault)
The view from two thirds the way down the rock face (VACSTC, F. Arseneault)
Cdt Thomas Cruickshank 1292 Lord Strathcona Horse (Royal Canadians) RC(Army)CC Calgary Ab and an unidentified cadet climbing (VACSTC, F. Arseneault)
A busy climb (VACSTC, F. Arseneault)
Cdt Brandon Birlie 2827 British Columbia Regiment RC(Army)CC Port Moody BC bilays his partner on a climb (VACSTC, F. Arseneault)
The base of the face, a busy place (VACSTC, F. Arseneault)
Skaha bluffs is a truly amazing world class climbing destination. Very few cadets anywhere in Canada get an opportunity to climb such an array of challenge rock faces. (VACSTC, F. Arseneault)
Cdt Robert Singbeil 2305 Rocky Mountain Rangers (RC(Army)CC Kamloops BC belays while Cdt Myles Hyndman 3025 Didsbury Service Battalion RC(Army)CC lets out rope (VACSTC, F. Arseneault)
Multiple simultaneous climbs (VACSTC, F. Arseneault)
Cdt Shayna Desanghere 2293 North Saskatchewan Regiment RC(Army)CC Saskatoon SK on the abseil site (VACSTC, F. Arseneault)
A 90' face... fun! (VACSTC, F. Arseneault)
Cdt Tanner Crone 3003 Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry RC(Army)CC Edgerton AB having way too much fun on the abseil site (VACSTC, F. Arseneault)
Skaha Lake from the benches, this is the half way point in elevation gain on the hike to the bluffs (VACSTC, F. Arseneault)
Meanwhile, back at Sugar Lake some 200km North East... (VACSTC, Capt Amanda Jones)
... training carries on (VACSTC, Capt Amanda Jones)
(VACSTC, Capt Amanda Jones)
(VACSTC, Capt Amanda Jones)
(VACSTC, Capt Amanda Jones)
(VACSTC, Capt Amanda Jones)
(VACSTC, Capt Amanda Jones)
CI Francois Arseneault gives a lecture on camp history covering the nearly 100 years of military history and 57 years of VASCTC history to 9 Platoon Bravo Coy (VACSTC, W. Emde)
Guard practices the Fue-de-joi for the first time this summer (VACSTC, W. Emde)
A Coy - in Camp, Pert at Rock Climbing at Skaha
B Coy - in Camp
C Coy - in field, Sugar Lake
D Coy - in Camp
E Coy - returning from field, Bennett's Ranch
F Coy - heading out to the field, Bennett's Ranch
G Coy - in camp
Pioneer platoon - in camp
Today's weather: Max Temp. 35c Min Temp. 17 sunny & hot
This day in Canadian Military History...
27 July 1758
The French fortress of Louisbourg surrenders to an Anglo-American army after withstanding a 7 week siege which has reduced the stronghold to rubble.
27 July 1953
At 10:00 this evening the guns fall silent in Korea as an armistice takes effect. Canadians and other United Nations troops have been fighting for three years against the aggressions of the North Koreans and Chinese. For their effort, 312 Canadians have lost their lives, 1202 have been wounded and 33 taken as prisoners of war.
Army Cadet Corps formed on this day
27 July 1942
#287 Digby Academy Cadet Corps