OK, now that I see the other post...
I'm not from BC. I'm actually from Ontario, out here studying Outdoor Recreation and Tourism Management. I love the outdoors, spent a week hiking in the mountains north of Dawson City last August...just to give you an idea of me.
As for gear, well I'm a university student...money is not exactly one of those things I have in great abundance. Is there any way I could borrow, for lack of a better word, enough to get me started?