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What an amazing ski we had today!!! I might be hooked on backcountry skiing!Well-while I didn’t get to head home after the summit today, instead I got to go for another wonderful backcountry ski…and tomorrow I’m headed out again with my wonderful hosts, Sue and Bob. I warned them that I’m like a bad cold, easy to catch-hard to get rid of! This pic by Sue is of our ski-errr-planning retreat on Thursday before the summit started that evening! Such fun!Had a fabulous backcountry ski yesterday re:summit leadership team retreat, on a new trail that had just been flagged. Fresh powder everywhere!Good morning from Norris Point!Cheers to active outdoor living!Where’s Marian? On top of Signal Hill, of course!TA’s Facebook Page
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Tag Archives: 2020
A Right Nice Paddle: Ocean Pond to Markland Bridge
In July, we paddled a route that was new to all three of us. We began in Ocean Pond and then used the Hodges River to transition over to the Whitborne pond Circuit and then we finished by taking the … Continue reading
Posted in Canoe, Newfoundland
Tagged 2020, adventure, canoe, drone, expedition, film, portaging
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Exploring a Forgotten Trail: Hiking the Avondale River
Since March, Marian and I have been exploring and adventuring closer to home. We’ve been pushing ourselves to find and fall in love with new outdoor places rather than stick to all the places we already adore. We skied until … Continue reading
Posted in COVID-19, hiking, Loca-venturing, Newfoundland
Tagged #NLhike, 2020, Avalon, Avondale River, legendarycoasts
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Paddling Chance Cove
Mike, Marian, and I had another fabulous paddling day recently. We set out from Chance Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador and paddled to Rantem and then returned to Chance Cove. We departed from the government wharf, along with many folks headed out to catch cod during the food fishery. We looked across the bay to the popular Chance Cove hike, know for its stunning beauty. Unbeknownst to most hikers, is that the coastline opposite them is equally beauteous-but only accessible via boat, kayak, or bushwhack. Continue reading
Posted in COVID-19, Loca-venturing, Newfoundland, Sea Kayak
Tagged 2020, Chance Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador, sea kayak, Staycation2020
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Beauty Day Out: Paddling from Chapels Cove to Harbour Main
Marian, Mike, and I spend a lovely day paddling from Chapels Cove to Harbour Main, NL and back. We wanted to share the beauty we saw and experienced with you.
Posted in COVID-19, Loca-venturing, Newfoundland, Sea Kayak
Tagged 2020, Chapel's Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador, sea kayak, Staycation2020
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World Premiere: OMD and the School of Drag
Welcome. Thanks for joining me as I premiere my short film about OMD and the joys of portaging on our “River with Two Names” expedition in August of 2019. The film is called OMD and The School of Drag. It … Continue reading
Posted in Canoe, Labrador, River With Two Names
Tagged 2020, adventure, canoe, expedition, film, Labrador, portaging
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Almost Everything I Needed to Know about Getting Through Tough Times, I Learned on Aconcagua (and other mountains)
It feels like I’m on an expedition and I don’t know when this expedition will end. That’s new, because most of my expeditions have an end date when the float plane comes, when the climbing season ends due to monsoon, … Continue reading
Posted in COVID-19, Everest 3.0, Life, Loca-venturing
Tagged 2020, COVID-19, expedition behaviour
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Get Away to the Mountains, the Deserts and the Deepest Recesses of the Earth-A Found Piece of Writing
Here on 2-20-20, another fine odometer moment, I delved into a little Finder clean-up/re-org and found this piece I’d written some time ago. Given all the skiing we’ve been doing this winter and given our soon to be departure to … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Ski
Tagged 2020, Baffin Island, exploring, Greenland, Matty McNair, polar
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Making the List: 90 Great Canadian Explorers
I am humbled once again to be recognized by the Royal Canadian Geographic Society by my inclusion in their 90 Greatest Canadian Explorers List. Of course, whenever a list is made, many noteworthy, awesome, & deserving folks are left off … Continue reading
Posted in Aconcagua, Ama Dablam, Canoe, Elbrus, Everest 2010, Everest 2015, Everest 3.0, Everest-007, Fire&Ice17, Great Big Walk, Great Himalaya Trail, Gunnbjørn Fjeld, Kanairiktok River, Kilimanjaro, Labrador, Life, Lungta Livyers, Mountaineering, Nepal, Newfoundland, Ojos, Orizaba, Paddle 2 Peaks, Paddling North, Pumori, River With Two Names, Sea Kayak, Ski, Tajumulco, Tibet Bike, Toubkal, Trekking, Vinson, Volcanopalooza
Tagged 2020, 90 Greatest Canadian Explorers, adventure, Adventurous Decade Countdown, decadeofadventure, explore, Royal Canadian Geographic Society
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Revisiting an Adventurous Decade Countdown 2019: Pretty Big Walk and River with Two Names
To finish off this countdown, (which has been pretty darn fun to do–thanks for coming along), I’ll leave you with two expeditions from the past year. Our climb of Yala Peak, occurred during our Pretty Big Walk expedition in April … Continue reading
Revisiting an Adventurous Decade Countdown 2018: How Paddling North is Like Climbing Everest and 2.5 Million Paddle Strokes
Happy New Year! Since I didn’t quite manage to get the countdown completed before the new year dawned (oh well-it was more fun to ski than stare at my laptop), here is 2018’s entry. With a 90-day expedition that year, … Continue reading
Happy New Year 2020! Every Moment is New
The year has just turned to 2020…what a lovely odometer year! Those who have followed me for awhile know that I am a fan of odometer moments. Turns out that I have several posts that explain this love of mine. … Continue reading
Posted in Life
Tagged 2020, adventure, Adventurous Decade Countdown, explore, Happy New Year
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