Mountain climbers: Don’t leave home without it!

YUPO reaches the summit in this outdoorsman’s mind.

A trustworthy map is essential when exploring B.C.’s winter wonderlands. Advance research, particularly if you’ve got backcountry adventure in mind, is just as critical. In 1983, John Baldwin published his influential primer Exploring the Coast Mountains on Skis. Given that the 2009 edition weighs a kilo, it’s unlikely to find one in a rucksack. During a meeting with the Georgia Straight, Baldwin’s partner, mountaineer Linda Bily, quipped: “You could take the book with you, but then it would offset all that featherweight gear.”

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