This story is a tribute to seven
wranglers at Chilcotin Holidays, who shared the knowledge, experience and
laughter of the One Week Wilderness Guide Training Program that would last a
lifetime. To Darrel, Jim, Allen, John, Joe, Kim and Todd.
They say once you see the mountains
of British Columbia, you are drawn to a life that is unknown to civilization.
It was on this same date in June that five men had a opportunity to meet and
share the experience of lifetime.
Sitting around the dining room
table they introduced themselves to each other and shared what experience they
had. After lunch, they met Darrel, their instructor and lead guide. In the
first three days, the Training was at "home on the range." The second
night experience included the "wet wrangler" while listening for
bells and looking for horses in the mountains. After looking all over the
mountains for tracks, the wranglers had their fill, gave up the chase, and
returned to the Ranch. The only thing you could hear was the sound of the
squeaking saddles coming up the long entrance to the Ranch. The wranglers
unsaddled their at 10.30pm and put them out to graze.
Wednesday morning came, and the
wrangler loaded their horses and guests, then rode off to apply their skills in
the high country. Riding to Spruce Lake, the wranglers stopped for a lunch
break and a cup of cowboy coffee. Finally arriving at the cabin, they unloaded
and prepared dinner. Some went to hobble the horses.
The dawning of a new day, and
Allen, Todd and Darrel went to get the horses, while breakfast was being
prepared back at the cabin. That afternoon, the group rode high to the snow
peaks. Just before dusk settled Allen, Todd and Jim went to hobble the horses.
The last morning of cowboy breakfast in the cabin. After saddling up the
horses, the wranglers rode back to the ranch, knowing that they put all ther
skills to good use during the One week wilderness guide training program,
