Player Feature: Zane Robison

by Jeremy Fung

My conversation with
Zane began with a discus-
sion of Timberwolf current
events. Both Timberwolf
teams are heading to
Kelowna for the Provincial
championships, unfortu-
nately not all the guys
have enough money to go.
The team has been raising
money together. They raf-
fled off a $150 gift certifi-
cate for Pacific Western
Brewery. They are also
doing score-keeping for
local. women’s basketball
games.

The Timberwolves battled
it out for the men’s league
championship on
Wednesday March 25. On
Monday March 23 UNBC
defeated the Rebels 61-
45. Unfortunately the
‘wolves lost in the final
game. Steamers Pub
defeated UNBC 73-63.

Zane grew up in Nakusp,
in the Kootenays. He start-
ed playing basketball in
grade 10, however, he did-
n't join the high school
team until grade 12.
During high school Zane

Feature
Club

by Jeremy Fung

The main goal of the
Climbing Club is to have
fun! Climbing is one of the
fastest growing sports in
BC, and the club offers
newcomers an opportunity
to learn how to play. There
are 18 members currently
with the club. Together
they go to the Crag (an
indoor.climbing gym), or to
various places around
Prince George, to scale
whatever happens to be
available.

Climbing can be broken
into six main categories
indoor sport climbing, out-
door sport climbing, tradi-

tional climbing, moun-
taineering, bouldering, and
ice-climbing. Each

requires the athlete to be
in great shape, strong fin-
gers are essential, though
learning to climb is a great

was involved in ski racing.
He won several awards,
including top male skier in
the Nakusp region. He
graduated from high
school in 1990, and set out
for college life.

Zane moved to Kelowna.
He worked on his bachelor
of science degree, and
played on the Okanagan
University College
Basketball team. By this
time his passion for bas-
ketball was _ flamed.
However he decided he
didn’t want to finish his
BSc. He moved back to
Nakusp: and worked in the
forest industry for a year.

This job suited him
extremely well, as one of
his favourite activities is
just being outside. Zane
says Nakusp is one of the
most beautiful areas in the
world. During this year he
coached several teams.
“At this time | realized |
wanted basketball to be a
part of my life forever.”
Zane claimed.

In 1995 Zane made the
move to Prince George.

He managed to haveone
year’s worth of courses
transferred to UNBC, so
he is now in his third year
of the forestry program.
Last year Zane acted as
the playing coach for the
men’s team. This was
awkward, and it hindered
the teams bonding.

According to Zane, the
team has become much
closer this year. It is pay-
ing off because the team is
working together on the
court, too.

Zane has been instru-
mental in the development
of the men’s team, and he
would like to continue with
it even after he graduates.
He plans to live in Prince
George as it provides all
the things he needs to
enjoy life. It has all the out-
door activities he enjoys,
and it is an excellent base
for a forestry career. Zane
follows the Cougars and
the Spruce Kings avidly.
After he graduates Zane
would like to work as an
assistant coach for the
Timberwolves.

Club: Climbing

way to develop the body.
Indoor sport climbing dif-
fers from outdoor sport
climbing by being inside a
building! The sports runs
also have pre-fixed protec-
tion. Protection is what the
rope is hooked onto
before, or during climbing.
Traditional climbing
requires the lead climber
to put the protection in as
they proceed up a pitch.
After a distance the lead
climber anchors himself
and becomes the belayer.
The belayer, that is the
person who spots for the
climber, then removes the
protection as he climbs up
after the lead climber. The
previous three groupings
are usually done on short
runs, whereas moun-
taineering begins at the
bottom of a mountain and

ends at the top.
Furthermore mountaineer-
ing involves simple scram-
bling (only a little more dif-
ficult than hiking) as well

‘as climbing. For one to ice-

climb, a frozen waterfall
must be located, Canada’s
wonderful winters provide
wonderful ice surfaces.
Ice-climbing involves
cramp-ons,. spikes which
attach to. the boots, ahd
ice-axes which are held in
the hands and hammered
into the ice as one climbs.
Bouldering is far less dan-
gerous, it involves no
ropes and for those afraid
of heights it provides an
excellent way to experi-
ence climbing. Bouldering
is traversing horizontally
rather than vertically.

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