As long as I live, I’ll hear waterfalls and birds and winds sing. I’ll interpret the rocks, learn the language of flood, storm and the avalanche. I’ll acquaint myself with the glaciers and wild gardens, […]
Before the invention of automobiles and snowmobiles, winter travel was exceedingly difficult. Northern Indigenous people developed a more convenient mode of winter transport, the dogsled. At its most basic, a team of dogs, typically between […]
Digging in the dirt is a favourite pastime for many a youngster. Playing outside and getting dirty were simply rights of passage during our childhoods. Yet as we grew older, for most of us anyway, […]
Social media platforms have been around for nearly two decades and have grown exponentially since the turn of the century. Alongside their meteoric rise the term “influencer” was thrust into the mainstream consciousness. Influencer culture […]
This past fall I was attending a professional development day in the Bow Valley that was specifically for Outdoor Educators. One of the guest speakers was Jeff MacPherson, a Rescue Specialist with Kananaskis Public Safety. […]
Regardless of what you’re doing, outdoor activities all require equipment of some sort and if you’re anything like me you aren’t committed to just one sport, so the gear just continues to pile up. Outdoor […]
“Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wildness is a necessity.” […]
“It had been a long day. Ed’s fifty-seven winters combined with the warm sun of later afternoon weighed heavily on his eyelids, so he drowsed in the saddle, riding with a slack rein. Sometimes he […]
Long time readers will remember me Entering the Rat’s Nest with Canmore Cave Tours a few years ago. That post told the story of my exciting subterranean adventure exploring one of Canada’s longest cave systems. […]
The very first story I published when I started writing for the Calgary Guardian back in 2014 was all about stand-up paddleboarding (SUP). More specifically, how one could change their perspective on the traditional mode […]
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