Wapta Icefields – June 2017

Intro to mountaineering course through Yamnuska Mountain Adventures.  This was a 6-day course where we worked on our glacier travel and falls arrest skills while seeing fabulous scenery and meeting great people.  This was an amazing experience through Banff National Park and the Bow valley.  We had the opportunity to summit Mt. Olive, Mt. Gordon, and […]

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Ice climbing at Big White – Feb. 2017

We decided to take a drive south, through Kelowna and up to Big White ski hill.  Have been thinking about it for a year or so now and finally made the opportunity real.  A full day of ice climbing.  Constructed out of 4 telephone poles and equipped with water misters, the ice is ever growing, […]

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Atraxia Sailing – Dec. 2015

December 15 – January 4 – Kelowna – Fort Lauderdale – San Juan / Providenciales – Nassau – Fort Lauderdale – Kelowna When Tyson gets an idea in his head he runs with it.  He has wanted to take some sailing lessons for quite some time but we had just never gotten around to it.  […]

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Halfway Hot Springs

One of our favourite natural hot springs and the closest to where we live.  Always a great place for some R & R for the sore muscles after hiking in the nearby mountains.  Located roughly 13km up Halfway logging road between Nukusp and the Shelter Bay ferry, a high clearance vehicle its recommended for the […]

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Colombia

May 12 – June 9, Walked over the boarder from Ecuador to Colombia. If you missed the Ecuador section your can find it Here! $1 CAD = $2000 COP. When crossing the Frontera Ecuador/Colombian border it was a little chaotic.  Crossing into Colombia is free for everyone except Canadians.  Each Canadian must pay $160,000 COP […]

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Ecuador

Kelowna – Seattle – Atlanta – Quito – April 28 – May 12  – American dollar Ecuador, the land of plenty.  Everything from tropical beaches, unaltered islands, lush jungles and the real reason why we are here… glaciated volcanoes.  Shannon and I landed in Quito at an elevation on 2850m above sea level (ASL) on […]

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