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How To Handwrite a Letter
In the age of convenience and instant gratification, seeing your name handwritten on a battered envelope can’t compare to the sterile ping from a cellphone.
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Protecting Canada’s Oldest Provincial Park
A conversation with Algonquin Provincial Park Biologist Jennifer Hoare. Words :: Carmen Kuntz. Jenn Hoare’s kids are living a childhood much like her own. Before she begins her own story…
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River Rights: Balancing Sea-to-Sky River Resources
In a rush to find alternatives to coal and fossil fuels, decision-makers are looking to the last undammed waterways of the world to produce 'green' energy. Yet for whitewater kayakers, a hydropower project (HPP) is the equivalent of a solar farm on a mountain face...
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Eat Like a Voyageur: Make the Bread and ‘Energy Bars’ That Fuelled the Fur Trade
words :: Carmen Kuntz. Imagine canoe-tripping for a living. A paddle and canoe as tools of the trade, the river as an office. Paddle. Navigate. Survive. Now imagine the year…
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Warren & Wayne Wood Co: Turning Trees Into Tables
Words :: Carmen Kuntz. Tyler Spence slowly guides a 60-inch chainsaw blade—easily twice the length of his extended arm—across the rough bark of a cedar tree laying across a Squamish…
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Date Wild: Advice on Getting to Know Today’s Adventure Woman
Words :: Carmen Kuntz // illustration :: Dave Barnes. She comes to a skidding halt spraying dust into the gaping mouths of spectating guys. You know the woman—the one equally…
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The Trailblazing Women of Vancouver Island
words :: Carmen Kuntz. Chatting on the phone with my sister, she concludes a salt-saturated story about an encounter with sea wolves on a recent Vancouver Island hiking trip with…
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Undergrowth Underdog: Salal as Superfood & More
words :: Carmen Kuntz. The thick undergrowth of B.C.’s rainforest is seldom looked upon fondly. Devil’s club can tear skin (or a raincoat) and chest-high sword fern will turn any…
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Under the Weather: ML Contributors Describe Their Most Memorable Outdoor Jobs
cover photo :: Luc Forsyth. As a magazine about outdoor recreation, we decided to take a slightly different tack this spring. We’re all outside for a leisurely bike or trail…
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Can Chairlift Chats Save the World? Maybe.
words:: Carmen Kuntz Communication is complex. Travel, work, love—people begin learning a new language for various reasons. Communicating and navigating in a foreign country likely tops the list for many.…
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Pedal Down, Top Off: Nude Road Tripping Is A Thing, And It Rules
words :: Carmen Kuntz illustration :: Dave Barnes Sun on bare skin. Fresh air through the car window, music cranked, the road unravelling and adventure on the horizon. I drive…
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New Coast Mountains Issue Available Now
Over at Mountain Life: Coast Mountains we haven’t run a snowboard cover since 2012. And it’s also been a couple years since a woman has graced the cover so the…
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Slalom and Tequila: Recovering From Traumatic Brain Injury
words :: Carmen Kuntz. The surge of whitewater rocks me up and down in my kayak. Waves of nausea and pain pulse in my head and chest. I grab the…
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Embrace the Darkness: Torrance Barrens Dark-Sky Preserve
It’s pitch black. You can’t see your hand in front of your face or your feet beneath you. But when you look up you can see millions of stars, planets…
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Before the Drop: Waterfall Drops and How Media Tells Less Than Half the Story
Standing in line at the grocery store, you pick up a magazine. Flipping it open you pause on a photo: a tiny red kayak embedded in a frothing vertical wall…
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Wellness: The Five S’s Of Healing
Recovering from adventure sport injuries doesn’t get easier with practice. It’s as much a mental game as it is a physical one. Over the years I’ve developed a long list…
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How to Meditate Outdoors
The path to enlightenment might not be one you ride your mountain bike down. But it is still well worth travelling.
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Breakfast with Canada’s National Rafting Team
Written by Carmen Kuntz. 5:30 AM – OTTAWA RIVER, Ontario A bright orange raft smashes through a wave, almost airborne. Six burly paddlers pound out perfectly synchronized strokes, and the…
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