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Updated: Nov 22, 2009 8:17pm PST

Baffin Island, NU - 07-08/09 : A 17 day adventure to Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada. The main agenda was a 10 day hike thru Akshayuk Pass, in Auyuittuq National Park. Flights out were Ottawa-Iqaluit-Qikiqtarjuaq & Pangnirtung-Iqaluit-Ottawa back in, all via First AIr. The weather was unbelievable & overall a very exciting experience.

Baffin Island, NU - 07-08/09

LAUREN & CARTER :

LAUREN & CARTER

Parc national des Haute Gorges de la Riviere Malbaie, Quebec 10/08 : A hike up L'Acropole des draveurs. http://www.sepaq.com/pq/hgo/en/

Parc national des Haute Gorges de la Riviere Malbaie, Quebec 10/08

LA MAURICIE - 05/08 : A nice park north of Shawinigan, in Quebec. Looks like it may be more suited for paddling, but the hiking wasn't too bad either. Les Deux-Criques Trail was our hike for the day and offered up a great taste of the Laurentiens. &http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/qc/mauricie/index_e.asp

LA MAURICIE - 05/08

OTTAWA WINTER 2007/2008 - : The winter it finally snowed again. ~427cm of the fluff.

OTTAWA WINTER 2007/2008 -

CHILE - 01/07 :

ARGENTINA - 01/07 :

ARGENTINA - 01/07

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK - 09/07 : Some frozen moments taken along our 7-day journey in the Park. From Sol Duc Trailhead to the Hoh Rain Forest visitor centre, via the High Divide. Great weather & although we didn't manage to score rain in the Hoh Rainforest area, we didn't complain about all the sun. For another look, check out:
http://picasaweb.google.com/Gracerann/BackpackingOlympicNationalPark2007 &

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK - 09/07

XMAS HOLIDAYS 12/07 : A trip based out of Vancouver, with a goal to take an Avalanche course. A flight into the west coast, followed by a road trip to Nelson and back did not disappoint. We enjoyed some R & R with some relatives & scored 5 days on skis in mostly deep & light snow. Although the sun rarely shone, this was all part of the equation & mother nature came thru quite nicely. The SD300 held up nicely and was able to capture the following grab shots.

Warning - This gallery features too many shots of snow covered trees - proceed with caution.

XMAS HOLIDAYS 12/07

Mount Washington, NH - 04/08 : A great 24hour-and-a-bit alpine adventure. A Pinkham Notch based, AT-Gear powered hike & ski of the Gulf of Slides area. The route included a side-trip to Hillman's Highway & vantage points along the way. We put aside sleep deprivation and enjoyed large dosses of mud, rock, brush, corn snow, rain, fog, cloud, and a small dose of sun. http://www.chauvinguides.com/washskimap.htm

Mount Washington, NH - 04/08

FERNIE, BC - 02/08 : 6 days of skiing in Fernie, delivered 1cm of snow and mostly spring-like conditions. Not what we hoped for, but in the end was enough to make it a success.

FERNIE, BC - 02/08

Mount Marcy, NY - 02/08 : An epic 16-mile round-trip slog to the summit of New Yorks highest. Over the 23 hours, the weather was all over the map & combined with the terrain, made for a memorable experience. The wheels started falling off while trying to stay warm & well fed @ Marcy Dam. Used up all matches trying to get the stove lit, which was also our source for melting H20. No dice. Only ourselves to blame for this one though & we did manage to patch things up well enough to carry on. As quoted January 1937 in The Ski Bulletin, " The Van Hoevenberg trail up Mount Marcy from Heart Lake is not a good downhill ski trail... .It is, however, a very good trail to ski." I'd have to agree.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/0111/trips_6.html

Mount Marcy, NY - 02/08

Rogers Pass - Yamnuska AST2 - 01/08 : Memories of an amazing week in the heart of the Canadian Alpine (Columbia Mountains), on an avalanche course. Great weather, greater people, and the greatest guides
Interesting links:
http://www.yamnuska.com/avalancheawareness3.shtml,
http://www.currentresults.com/Weather-Extremes/Canada/snowiest.php,
http://www.islandnet.com/~see/weather/events/1910avalanche.htm,
http://www.pc.gc.ca/apps/PSB/index_e.asp?oqAVA_PARK_ID=3

Rogers Pass - Yamnuska AST2 - 01/08

LANDSCAPE : Nature is the art of God - LA NATURA E L'ARTE DI DIO
Dante Alighieri

CITYSCAPE :

GARDEN CENTER :

GREAT BIG SEA : The Lord on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea.....Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them - The Holy Bible

The sea--this truth must be confessed--has no generosity. No display of manly qualities--courage, hardihood, endurance, faithfulness--has ever been known to touch its irresponsible consciousness of power - Joseph Conrad

ANIMAL KINGDOM :

POWDER ROOM : For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth;.....Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? - The Holy Bible

In the end, to ski is to travel fast and free - free over untouched snow country. To be bound to one slope, even one mountain, by a lift may be convenient but it robs us of the greatest pleasure that skiing can give, that is to travel through the wide wintery country; to follow the lure of peaks which tempt on the horizon and to be alone for a few days or even hours in clear, mysterious surroundings - Hans Gmoser

The true skier does not follow where others lead. He is not confined to a piste. He is an artist who creates a pattern of lovely lines from virgin and uncorrupted snow. What marble is to the sculptor, so are the latent harmonies of ridge and hollow, powder, and sun-softened crust to the true skier. By a wise dispensation of providence, the snow, whose beauty has been defaced and destroyed by the multitude of piste addicts, does not record the passage of the "lifted skier." It is only soft snow that records the movements of individual skiers, and it is only soft snow that the real artist can express himself - Sir Arnold Lunn

FISH BOWL : And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life..... - The Holy Bible

Sometimes we are lucky enough to know that our lives have been changed, to discard the old, embrace the new and run headlong down an immutable course. It happened to me on that summer’s day, when my eyes were opened by the sea - Jacques Yves Cousteau

ART GALLERY :

BLUE ROOM : Waves like people come in all shapes and sizes and like to go to the beach. Unlike some people waves know no boundaries or borders and treat all surfers equally - Unknown

Half a mile out, where the reef is, the white-headed combers thrust suddenly skyward out of the placid turquoise-blue and come rolling in to shore. One after another they come, a mile long, with smoking crests, the white battalions of the infinite army of the sea... - Jack London

WORK COMMUTE : 12/17/02 - Just a few snapshots along the way of my favorite work commute of all-time. Out the front door, 5 minute walk alongside beach to the ferry, then half-hour ferry ride to CBD, then choice of 5 stop bus-ride or 15 minute walk, depending on the timing. The return-leg was the reverse in the cooler evenings, which usually included a nap on the rear deck of the ferry.

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