Last week I took the Wilderness Survival Course with the Canada West Mountain School. You will spend one evening learning about pre-trip planning, hazard recognition and avoidance, emergency kits, survival psychology and navigation skills. An overnight field session will allow you to truly experience a night out in the local mountains with minimum survival gear. […]
Featured Website: dailymile
dailymile is a “social training log for runners, triathletes, and cyclists. dailymile is the easiest way to share your training with friends and stay motivated”. I’ve been using dailymile for the last week to track my training for the Vancouver marathon, and overall I’m very impressed with the features. The key benefits I can see […]
Featured Blog: Pure Outside
Pure Outside is good local outdoors blog I’ve been following for a while now. A lot of the posts are about hiking, and have a Vancouver Island focus, but they also do a good job of covering the spectrum. Running, biking, travel, trip reports, whatever you’re after, be sure to add this one to your […]
Gear Review: Deuter Kid Comfort III Child Carrier
It’s not easy to combine young children with an active outdoor lifestyle. Being able to ‘just get up and go’ isn’t really an option. Overnight trips are limited to having your partner stay home with the little one, or something like car camping and staying somewhat near civilization. I had my son a little over […]
Gear Review: Atlas 930 Snowshoes
I started snowshoeing this season and am loving it. Being able to get up into the mountains on snow covered trails has helped me deal with the hiking withdrawals I used to go through during the winter. I picked up the Atlas 930 snowshoes after looking at some options and have been very happy with […]
Feature Blog: Tawcan – Confessions Of A Monkey
Confessions of a Monkey is an (oddly named but very interesting) blog written by Tawcan, who is another local outdoor nut. My name is Tawcan. Obviously that’s not my real name but I like to keep my real name separate from the internet world. I live in Vancouver, BC, Canada and have various interests ranging […]
