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By Tom Pennells, '98 Godfrey Knox came to Brentwood in 1992 to join Dan O'Brien in the Rambling program (Outdoor Pursuits) as a coach and climbing specialist.  I met him in the spring of 1994 as a wide-eyed grade 8 in search of adventure.  My first day of Rambling was not what I had expected....

Today, in Vancouver, His Royal Highness Prince Edward, met with Old Brentonians Kat Holland (2006) and Chloe Malinka (2008) at an awards ceremony held at the Fairmont Waterfront Hotel. The two young women received the Gold Level of the Duke of Edinburgh Award as a result of activities they completed while still students at Brentwood College. Kat...

On Saturday, the Outdoor Pursuits rock climbing group had the opportunity to climb outdoors again, but this time they had the warm sun on their backs. Students challenged themselves with difficult routes (5.10a - 5.11) and were climbing cliffs of 20 m (63 ft) in height. Though the students found a full day of outdoor climbing more exhausting than...

On Saturday May 2nd, the Outdoor Pursuits group went climbing outdoors for the first time at Nanaimo River. The students have been climbing one or two times per week this term and three more outdoor climbing days are planned for this month. Last Saturday, the students were climbing at a variety of levels ranging from 5.7 to 5.11.