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As each winter ends I wait patiently for the greenery of my wild food sources to return. Leaf by leaf spring takes over, and before long my forested commute is full of colourful flowers signalling the approaching food season. Three weeks ago I excitedly ate my first...

A little more than two weeks ago I became the first official manager of the Sea to Sky Adventure Company. I've been exceptionally busy as it's the fastest growing company, in the fastest growing industry, in the fastest growing town in BC. Everyday I am excited to...

Growing up on Vancouver Island I believed I would always live on that rock, gazing at far off mountain tops across the Salish Sea. Exploring coastlines searching for intertidal life and scrambling on boulders, and beach cliffs had always been in my nature. The coast...

2012 brought us a long dry autumn in the Pacific Northwest and that meant excellent scrambling in the Coast Mountains.  Without hesitation I had responded to a post agreeing to take part in an attempt of Mamquam Mountain in Garibaldi Provincial Park. After extensive...

I had blindly responded yes to a post regarding an autumn ski free attempt of Mamquam Mountain, and even though there wasn't much information to be found I was fully committed. In preparation for the long walk to Mamquam I met with my new partner for a scramble up...

I always enjoy climbing as a party of three because it means I can take photographs while hanging on the cliffeside. For this particular occasion my friend Graham came to town, but unfortunately I had to work so I set him up with my friend Dave to climb with. I only...

Only days after returning home to Squamish from the coast I was headed back to the island; this time to celebrate the union of close friends. The event went off in typical island fashion: camping in a field, local musicians, picinic dinner, bonfires, and island brewed...

After the hands on learning experience that was 'The Bugs' I was feeling rather satisfied by the mountains (only temporarily that is), and decided it was due time for another trip to Vancouver Islands southwest coast. One of my favourite places to relax on the beach,...

This past summer the stars alligned and I finally got to take a trip to Bugaboo Provincial Park, aka 'The Bugs'. Visit the Flickr set for this trip; each photo has a write up detailing the trip in stages.[gallery columns="4"...

Needle Peak is by far one of my favourite easy scrambles. The ascent through the trees is fast and furious i.e. steep, followed by a long and shallow ridge punctuated with short steep sections. Several years ago I went for my first time with a couple of friends. We...

With Juneuary finally over it was once again playtime in Squamish, and that means mountain time. One of my favourite places is Garibaldi provincial park, in particular Black tusk via Taylor meadows. I had done the trip as a over nighter a few October's ago, and now in...

Less than a week after my first encounter with the duck family they were back, much to my excitement. This time however, I noticed there was one less chick which made me a little sad for mother (one was hidden in the previous photo). This time the family was resting a...