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Climb Details
Climb Details
Brandon and the climb team will fly by helicopter from Tatla Lake, British Columbia to the foot of Good Hope Mountain on July 24, 2006. After the climb, the team will be picked up at the base of Good Hope Mountain and return to Squamish by helicopter by August 1st.
About Good Hope Mountain
Officially it is called Good Hope Mountain, but commonly is known as Mount Good Hope. This is one of the principal summits of the Pacific Ranges of the southern Coast Mountains in British Columbia, Canada. It stands immediately west of Chilko Lake, the highest peak on the massif rising between that lake's southern arms.
Elevation: 3,242 metres (10, 636 feet)
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Range: Coast Mountains
Coordinates: 51°08'33"N, 124°10'18"W
Topo map: NTS 92N/01
First ascent: 1922 R. Bishop; G. Durham
Easiest route: rock/ice climb
Climb Team
Brandon Schupp
Age 13 - Grade 8 student at Jack Chambers Public School, London, Ontario. Previous mountain climbing experience: Mount Baker in Seattle at age 12.
Geoff Unger (Brandon's personal mountaineering trainer)
Geoff has climbed rock all over the western U.S., from the big walls of Zion and Red Rocks to Yosemite. His broad alpine experience and enthusiasm for teaching stems from a love of the mountains, especially the Cascades where he spends summers on the high peaks and glaciers. Geoff is an avid backcountry skier and is actively pursuing full international certification through the AMGA. He holds American Level II avalanche training.
Christine Boskoff - Owner of Mountain Madness
Christine strives for excellence as owner of Mountain Madness. She is passionate about providing clients an experience of a lifetime and the highest quality service available. As North America's premiere female alpinist, Christine has summitted six of the world's highest peaks including Everest, Gasherbrum II, Lhotse, Cho Oyu, Shishapangma and Broad Peak. Christine guides and climbs worldwide.
Lorne Mayencourt, MLA, Vancouver-Burrard
Lorne Mayencourt is the MLA for Vancouver-Burrard in the Province of British Columbia. Most of his life's work has been dedicated to helping those in need and he has tirelessly served a wide variety of community causes. As a small business owner with many years in the computer software industry, Lorne gained extensive North American business experience working with Vancouver-based Columbia Computing Services. He managed the opening of the company's regional offices in Washington, DC and New York City before returning to Vancouver as the company's international sales manager. One day, as a close friend began living with the affects of a life-threatening illness, Lorne left it all to be at his friend's side to help in some way to improve his quality of life. Throughout this time Lorne began assisting others and their family and friends deal with the effects of devastating illnesses such as AIDS and cancer and the tragedy of death.
Soon helping others became his passion and to-date Lorne's record of community service is extensive. He is a founding board member of the Life Quilt for Breast Cancer, and held directorships on the Vogue Theatre Restoration Society and the BC Women's Hospital Foundation. Lorne is best known on the West Coast as the founder and, for its first five years, Executive Director of the Vancouver Friends for Life Society, which supports people living with AIDS, cancer and other life-threatening illnesses. Lorne led the fundraising campaign to create Canada's first wellness centre the Diamond Centre for Living. As a volunteer, he has organized events for the community including "Sunday in the Square", a block party for West End seniors and their neighbours.
Currently he serves on the Government Caucus Committee on Education and for 4 years he was a member of the Public Accounts Committee and the Legislative Standing Committee on Finance and Governement Services. Lorne has also served as the Caucus Liaison for the Ministry of Advanced Education. As Chair of the Safe Schools Task Force, Lorne investigated ways to reduce bullying and improve student safety. He also served on the Government Caucus Committee on Communities and Safety. More recently, Lorne championed the Safe Streets initiative, resulting in the passage of the Safe Streets Act and the Tresspass Act which help protect BC residents against harassment and aggressive solicitation. He has been instrumental in the creation of Vancouver's groundbreaking Homeless Outreach Program (HOPE) which reaches out to the homeless and assists them in accessing stable income, social services including mental health, addiction services and housing.
Lorne is a Governor General's Meritorious Service Medal recipient, one of our country's highest honours.
Several of Lorne's friends have faced the affects of cancer in their lives. He is excited to join Brandon Schupp in his Mountain of Hope climb to raise $1 million for cancer services for kids.
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