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2017-07-25
Here's a sample spread from my forthcoming coffee-table book. I love the beauty that one can see up on the mountain early in the...
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2017-07-24
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Pistol Pete
Conrad Anker, an accomplished alpinist, has recently been awarded an honourary doctorate by the University of Utah. He is a former...
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Pistol Pete
2017-07-24
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2017-07-23
I've been working on a coffee table book of photos and stories from my ski touring adventures over the past three seasons. I'm going to...
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2017-07-23
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Bushwhacker
Have you ever looked at photos or videos of Norway's fjords and felt an overwhelming urge to charter a sailing ship to maraud up and down the...
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2017-07-22
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A summer ritual for most in BC is the pilgrimage to SilverStar’s Bike Park in Vernon BC. With over 125 km of cross country and downhill...
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2017-07-22
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2017-07-19
Everyone has a vice. Some struggle with alcohol, others drugs, food, and mine is google earth. An activity that can keep me up well into the early...
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2017-07-17
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Pistol Pete
Anthrophony: any sound produced by humans or their creations.
The anthrophe is the word given to the human made soundscape, and...
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2017
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Pistol Pete
2017-07-17
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2017-07-13
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admin02
Bravo to OR for taking the piss out of #vanlife, the "lifestyle phenomena" that has been sweeping social media for many moons. OR could...
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2017-07-13
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2017-07-12
While cruising through the internet avoiding daily household chores I came across a familiar title on youtube. Salomon Dream Trip. This time...
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2017-07-10
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Pistol Pete
I remember the first time I saw the Patagonia advertisement that requested that you "don't buy this jacket". I loved it, and...
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Pistol Pete
2017-07-10
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2017-07-05
A month ago a Facebook group chat with good friends from the Rockies sparked up the idea of skiing one of the Kananaskis giants, Mt Joffre. I...
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2017-07-03
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Pistol Pete
On April 1st, 2017, three individuals began an adventure that would take them from the seas of northwestern British Columbia and the...
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2017-07-03
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2017-07-02
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Bushwhacker
"A breath of fresh air on trail is one of life’s greatest pleasures. No traffic in the distance, no recycled air, no...
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Bushwhacker
2017-07-02
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2017-06-26
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Pistol Pete
Love skiing? Love biking? Ever wish you could rip the same trail on skis as your do on your bike, or vice versa? Well some dreams do come...
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Pistol Pete
2017-06-26
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2017-06-25
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Bushwhacker
This week while browsing through Instagram I noticed a series of posts from Alpinist Magazine. They do this thing on their feed where they promote...
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Bushwhacker
2017-06-25
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2017-06-22
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Remember that great article in the New York Times 5 or so years ago? It was a really well-put-together multimedia piece on the Tunnel Creek...
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2017-06-22
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2017-06-21
I understand that's it's officially summer today and skiing might be in the summer storage bin on the back burner of your mind but the...
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2017-06-19
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Pistol Pete
Is there no end to the innovative uses of drones?! Aside from getting all those super cool perspectives in the latest shred flics and the...
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2017-06-19
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2017-06-17
Tomorrow morning, very early in the day, I’ll connect with a friend and head out towards Revelstoke to embark on an ambitious day hike....
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2017-06-17
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Bushwhacker
To make a long story short, last season I discovered that spectacular early-summer potential of the Jumbo area first hand. This season I knew I...
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2017-06-17
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2017-06-14
Where the wild things play by Outdoor Research does a bit more than just show a little unified girl power. Over the last few years the gender gap...
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2017-06-12
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Pistol Pete
With climbing season well underway, projects both familiar and new are challenging us, pushing us to perform better than we did the day...
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Pistol Pete
2017-06-12
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2017-06-11
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Bushwhacker
During a late May weather window, Ian B and I got a dream line in dream conditions on the O'Hara side of Mt. Victoria. If you love to search...
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Bushwhacker
2017-06-11
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2017-06-10
I like to set fitness goals for myself and one thing that works well for me is to participate in race events. This provides a fixed date, a...
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2017-06-09
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Ok...so I know this isn't about backcountry skiing. Forgive me. It is about mountain biking in the Selkirk Mountains though, on the...
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2017-06-09
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