You won't believe what they pulled in Squamish.
You know, sometimes I think we're living inside one of those urban legends, the kind where you hear about something so ridiculous, so utterly *Vancouver*, that you just have to shake your head. Remember that bright yellow Volkswagen Beetle that showed up last week, dangling precariously from a cliff face just outside Squamish? The one near the Stawamus Chief, visible right off the Sea-to-Sky as you're heading north, a real head-scratcher against that granite backdrop. Well, it's gone now. And the group claiming responsibility for this masterpiece of absurd engineering has stepped forward. It's apparently a "long-running tradition of pranks" by anonymous UBC engineering students. *Nani kore?* What is this, some kind of elaborate *sotsugyō-shiki* graduation stunt?
### The Squamish Cliff-Hanger
For a few days there, it was a real talking point on the Skytrain, everyone wondering how on earth someone managed to hoist an entire car up there. It wasn't just some random act of vandalism; this took some serious planning and, frankly, a good amount of ingenuity. Think about the logistics:
* **Vehicle Acquisition:** Where do you even get a Beetle that you're willing to sacrifice for art? * **The Ascent:** Getting it up a sheer rock face without anyone noticing must have been a *very* late-night operation. * **The Setup:** Rigging it securely enough to hang there for days, a bright, impossible yellow against the green and grey of the Chief.
It's gone now, removed quietly, probably by people with less time for whimsical public art installations. But for a little while, it was a beautiful, complicated symbol of something uniquely West Coast – that blend of outdoor adventure, a touch of engineering brilliance, and a healthy dose of "why not?" It's a reminder that even in a city grappling with serious issues, there's still room for a little bit of playful anarchy. It makes you wonder what they'll try to suspend next. A Vancouver Special, maybe?
Beautiful out here. Complicated in here. That's the coast.
Curious about how they actually got it up there? The Morning Wire crew talks about it every day – catch them at mornings.live.