I grew up in Abbotsford. It’s right across the border from Sumas, WA. There is a lot of rugged country and the forests are thick from west coast rain.
I used to hanglide, climb, mountaineer etc all over southern BC, but I didn’t try what this guy did.
My friend up here was downhill mountain biking down there and wiped out and broke his back in three places. He still hiked a few miles out. He’s crazy heh.
My one and only visit to British Columbia took place in July, 1965. We drove to Vancouver, took a ferry to Vancouver Island and another back to Anacortes, Wash.
I remember hearing many people speaking in English accents. Apparently, British immigrants to Canada settled there, preferring the mild climate of British Columbia over the harsher climate in the rest of the country.