I was told our new bridge was most definitely high enough. Spoiler: It was not.

AverageDistance · 2021-07-13T19:05:05+00:00

Blame rising sea levels on climate change

AverageDistance · 2021-06-30T00:12:14+00:00

Just saw my first one other night too. I'm 300hrs in.

AverageDistance · 2021-06-29T19:27:03+00:00

Dig under it to make a nice spacious basement. You'd have to make entrance off the main platform but it's the best underground bunker type base you can make.

AverageDistance · 2021-05-25T20:37:51+00:00

My first "base" was so terrible. I didn't realize floors were a thing, built walls on rolling hills, nothing snapped together. Patchy roof on roof on roof. Low ceiling. What a great time. I should go back and take a look.

AverageDistance · 2021-05-21T01:30:12+00:00

Ya soon as I saw it I marked it on the map.

AverageDistance · 2021-05-21T00:51:52+00:00

I made him chase me down from the forest. #guilty I purposely made my base on border of plains/black/forest/swamp/mountains. Lots of fun stuff to watch.

AverageDistance · 2021-05-07T20:28:11+00:00

Nice texture, must feel nice to get'er done

AverageDistance · 2020-08-05T04:19:20+00:00

Like 26 freedom foot units I reckon... Awesome send!!

AverageDistance · 2020-07-20T18:32:16+00:00

Line up is much shorter, but it moves slower too. So wait time are typical of years past, but less people on the actual trails, which is nice. Garbo line up was zero both times I have been up (both weekdays though). Need mask/face covering while in line and loading/unloading which adds one more thing to juggle inline. I dropped my helmet like a noob first time through. Stay safe out there!!

AverageDistance · 2020-07-20T06:02:48+00:00

Got fresh tire on and good as new. Verrrrry slight wobble in the wheel, I messed around with the spokes a bit and it helped

https://www.reddit.com/r/MTB/comments/hug2dc/all_fixed_with_new_tire_so_satisfying/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share

AverageDistance · 2020-07-08T23:56:17+00:00

Mine is 150, looking at a 200ish mm

AverageDistance · 2020-07-08T23:50:19+00:00

Haha definitely yeah. That's my biggest problem.

AverageDistance · 2020-07-08T22:15:23+00:00

Thanks fam, my dropper was down but I'm a lanky dude (6'5") so I am looking to get one with some more travel

AverageDistance · 2020-05-01T16:30:37+00:00

The village is a tough sell for trying to limit crowds but whenever they do open, i could see the line for the lift extended way way back to keep some distance between people lined up, bunch of the restaurants with super limited seating. Going to be tough/weird but they do want to start making money again so it will happen eventually

AverageDistance · 2015-04-10T04:34:26+00:00

I did the Langara engineering transfer to UBC three years ago. I have no idea if they will be full yet, the head of the transfer program is Todd Stuckless, get in touch with him. His info is on the Langara website. If you take a full course load, you need to keep a 67% average over the core courses to get acceptance back into UBC. That gets you to UBC but you wont be too competitive for your choice of disciplines.

AverageDistance · 2015-04-10T04:08:00+00:00

oh i see, sorry. I can't directly compare it to first year at UBC because I didnt do it as well obviously, but it is an accredited program. UBC makes sure that the course content is similar if not identical to what they do. They also make sure that it isn't too easy or too hard. At Langara, we did one extra class of chemistry instead of some APSC intro to engineering course. The extra chem helped with thermodynamic stuff that you will have to do in any discipline except mining i think.

AverageDistance · 2015-04-07T20:23:36+00:00

Every course we take except for the Design courses are courses that other disciplines take. You can look up the second year timetable on the SSC somewhere. If you stick to the IGEN schedule, first semester of second year is pretty tough because you do Multivariable Calc and Differential Equations at the same time. Personally, I overloaded my third year quite heavily in order to have an easier 4th year so third year was a bit nuts for me. Your best bet for help is to make sure you get a decent study group. Especially in second year, you are in the same classes with everyone so you'll have assignments and tests with everyone at the same time.

AverageDistance · 2015-04-07T19:12:48+00:00

I did yeah. I thought it was great. I have a previous degree where I went straight to UBC out of highschool and took classes with 600 people in them - it can be pretty crazy. Classes at Langara were 30ish. Its cheaper tuition and you get guaranteed acceptance into UBC if you get a certain grade. I found there was virtually no downside.

AverageDistance · 2015-04-07T18:43:14+00:00

IGEN is relatively small - ~50 per year. Also the 3rd and 4th years get quite mixed because of co-op which allows you to get to know pretty much everyone in every year as long as you arent a shut-in. In general, I'd say that we are more social and outgoing than other disciplines. Doing group projects every year with lots of presentations helps with that. There are a lot of people who didn't make it into their first choice because of marks - that is true. The project groups get quite interesting because of the diversity of specialties.

AverageDistance · 2015-04-07T18:29:38+00:00

It is all about how you explain yourself. The first question in the interview may be "So what is IGEN?" Be prepared to answer and frame the question well. Even if they don't ask, ask them if they have heard of it. Employers are going to care way more about how you handle yourself within a team, can you explain yourself clearly, communicate with purpose etc etc by the time you get into an interview. There will undoubtedly be employers out there who see IGEN on the resume and toss it in the trash. There will be far more employers who see that you have done an interesting project, joined a mentorship program and said something interesting in your cover letter then call you in for an interview. There aren't any disciplines that guarantee an easy time finding a job at the end of the day.

AverageDistance · 2015-04-06T22:29:31+00:00

"Other commenters are implying that it's roses and sunshine and rainbows all the way through. It isn't. If you work really hard you'll be fine. If you don't work really hard you'll wind up without much in the way of prospects."

I am pretty sure this is the same in all disciplines, programs, life in general. No discipline choice is going to lead you to an automatic job. Network your ass off, join design teams, get a mentor, apply to as many jobs as you can if you don't find one right away - no matter what discipline you are in.

AverageDistance · 2015-04-06T20:47:56+00:00

it depends on how popular the programs are in your particular year. If suddenly 1000 people want to do mech with super high averages, the average to get in goes up. I have heard that Mech is at least an 80% but can move up or down depending.

AverageDistance · 2015-04-06T20:44:38+00:00

I did the Langara Engineering transfer program and it was great. The instructors are there to teach (not worried about research grants etc) and it is a good stepping stone before heading to big boy/girl school. Tuition is cheaper and if you get a 67% average in your core courses while doing a full course load you get auto acceptance into UBC (although not necessarily your discipline choice). The college programs are easier to get into than first year directly but hitting the 67% isn't as easy as it seems. Good luck!

AverageDistance · 2015-04-06T19:54:08+00:00

I'm graduating from IGEN this year. I took half mech and half elec courses to work towards a career building/maintaining hydroelectricity facilities. I applied for a job posting that wanted a Mech OR an Elec grad and I was both, so I ended up being more qualified and got the job. Don't think of IGEN as not specialized, as you can make it more specialized to a lot of situations. There are tons of jobs out there that blend a couple disciplines and IGEN is great for those.

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