The Rover-Landers of BC

The difficult we do immediately, the impossible takes a little longer.

Lieutenant General Brehon B. Summerville,
The man charged with overseeing the Canol project.


Hey Pete...are we still planning for a meeting on the 19th?

Cheers,

Dave_F

Hi Dave,
Sure we can meet on the 19th. We have a Rover-Landers meeting that evening, should we meet before the club meeting? Should we do the Canol discussion as part of the regular meeting?

Mr. President?

Hi Guys,

Yes, we have the Canol trip on the Feb 19th meeting agenda.

I want to cover the whole years event calendar (so we can get all the dates posted on the website) but I'm sure we can fit in half an hour on the Canol trip if we focus on the main concerns. Pete, maybe have a shortlist of Canol topics you want to cover to help expediate the conversation.

Cheers,
Andy

Is the meeting at the place in the calendar?

It certainly is.

Just my 2 cents................

From what I've seen following this post, I believe that a half hour will not be long enough. Perhaps we could take the main points from a pre-meeting to the club meeting for discussion.

Sure, no harm in getting to Rickys 6.30 - 7pm for an unoffical Canol pre-meeting. I'm sure all the chat will be buzzing on the subject anyhow.

Good chance to get dinner out of the way before the 7.30pm meeting starts.

cheers,
Andy

Doc Tari wrote:Thanks Dave, I'll be sure and ask them about the stakeholders as you suggest. I'm going to read the entire proposal tonight before talking to anyone.

Red90 (or anyone else), if you find out anything anything else in regard to this, please post up.

Thanks,
Pete

I spoke with the fellow who runs NTAC (Northwest Territories Automobile Council) today and he assures me that any park proposals are on indefinite hold as a result of the economy and potential oil pipeline interests. He also is one of the principal members of the NWT's only 4x4 club.

I emailed him back some time ago, and got a response this afternoon. Then this evening he called me... :shock: We had a long conversation, and as I understand it he is also getting more involved in the political scene up there as well. He was a member of the Ontario 4x4 Association as a board member.
The real upside here is that he works for a regional airline, and he said that he may be able to get one of his pilots to fly over the trail, and give us a report back. It was left that he was going to do some "quiet" investigation for us and report back.

Dave_F

OK guys,

I just got back from the Outdoor Adventure Show at BC Place. It is over for today but on again tomorrow.

The NWT's has a booth there and I chatted with Tom Colosimo who seems to know all there is to know about the Canol Trail and has done it in Quads. He says that the challenge is not the rivers but coming down the other side where the road has washed out in spots.

If you get a chance you should head down and talk to him. Failing that his email is [email protected]

He made the NWT's sound very lovely and exciting.

Cheers,

OK here is how the Camel Trophy guys did it in '93. Water is not moving like a river however.

http://33-camel-trophy.nagy-attila.foto ... id/1481252

Go from #9 through to #25

I'm running into some issues for getting the time off. It is not looking good for me right now. I might be able to make it up there for a week or two but three weeks is out at this time though I still hope to sort something out.

Andrew, that's too bad, sorry to hear it. I'll update the list.

Norman, are you still in?

Pete

Participants:
I need to move on the barrels but need to know that each of us is committed to the $200 per vehicle expense. So far, these people have confirmed:

Pete - Paid
Kris
Mark
Shawn - Paid
Cory
Norman
Dixon
Dave F.

If you're on the Tactical list but haven't confirmed the $200 raft contribution, please contact me or post ASAP.

Thanks,
Pete

Participants:
We should begin planning for our fuel needs. You will need enough fuel to travel 600km off road + 500km on road + a safety reserve. Remember, your off road consumption will be significantly higher than that for road going (maybe up to double). You'll need to carry whatever fuel you need for the off road portion (between your vehicle's main tank + fuel cans) but the fuel needed to return to Ross River can be left at the on-trail reserves. In order to determine the trailer space needed, we need to know how many cans to expect. Please post up your expected consumption and number of cans you expect to stow in a trailer.

Thanks,
Pete

Since I'm kinda rollin'...

Participants:
In order to complete the design of the raft, I need to know the track width of each vehicle. This is the distance from the outside of your passenger side tire to the outside of the driver's.

Thanks,
Pete

As I am probably the "skinniest" of the bunch I measure up at 60" or 5 feet outside to outside tread on the ground.

Dave_F :D

Participants: I'm thinking we may want to meet for a beer later this week to discuss some of the details we didn't have time for at the last club meeting. What do you guys think? Please post your preferred day.

Thanks,
Pete

I'm good any day except Tuesday.

Thanks for the update Norman, that's great to hear.

Thanks,
Pete

Pete wednesday is out for me. All other days OK. Track width is 62"I expect to carry 6 cans of fuel in trailer and 4 on truck.

Pete, this week is not good for me as I will be flying in and out again like last time. Meeting thur/fri next week would work best for me. Thanks

In order to ensure Cory can make it to the meeting, we'll push it out to next week. So, is Thursday or Friday better for each person?

Either day is good for me.

Dave_F

Thanks guys. Either day works for me too.............

Next Thursday is best for me. Where do we meet and what time?