The Changing Landscape of Search and Rescue
A shifting culture or purely a numbers game? As the old song goes: “When the shit goes dooooowwwn, ya better be ready.” And if you’re not, British Columbia’s Search and…
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Freedivers: Mountaineers of the Sea / Apnée sportive : les alpinistes des profondeurs
For French-language text, scroll down or click here. Exploring the ocean’s deepest depths and scaling the world’s tallest peaks have much more in common than you might think. Those who…
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Written in Stone: Finding Unity in ‘Deep Time’
words & photos :: Leslie Anthony. As an author of more than a few books laden with autobiographical elements, I’ve often found myself wondering over the waypoints of life—those twists,…
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Ask a Coach: Consummate Athlete Peter Glassford on the Power of MTB Fundamentals
words :: Molly Hurford // photos :: Jody Wilson. Professional cycling coach and kinesiologist Peter Glassford has lived and trained in Collingwood for nearly two decades—and when he’s not out…
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The Valley of Rediscovered Dreams: Time Travel on the Upper Squamish
words :: Feet Banks // photography :: Neve Petersen. “I’m the queen of countless canyons, king of a million peaks; Nymph of my timbered valleys green, and lord of my…
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The Blue Mountain Village Bike Valet—Your Destination Hub This Summer
words :: Mountain Life Editorial Team // photos :: Kristin Schnelten // article sponsored by Blue Mountain Village Association. Out for a day on the Georgian Trail with the family…
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FOREST FOR THE TREES: THE TREE PLANTERS
Words & photos :: Rita Leistner. Renowned multidisciplinary artist Rita Leistner has completed her epic five-years-in-the-making “perfect Canadian hat trick” FOREST FOR THE TREES, TREE PLANTERS AND ENCHANTED FORESTS: AN…
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Artist Profile: Levi Nelson
words :: Feet Banks. There’s an interesting photo on Levi Nelson’s Instagram feed, dated August 21, 2019. Sandwiched in amongst shots of his paintings or images of life in his…
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The Soulful Beauty of the Backcountry Lodge Experience
words :: Todd Lawson // sponsored by Backcountry Lodges of BC. “Leave this world a better place than you found it.” We’ve all heard this old adage before, and it’s…
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Unsung Heroes of the Deep: Meet Henry Wang and his Merry Band of Divers on a Mission
Not all heroes wear capes. Some of them, like Vancouverite Henry Wang, wear scuba gear. As co-founder of Divers for Cleaner Lakes and Oceans, Wang dedicates a minimum of six…
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La maison-cirque des Laurentides / The Laurentian Big Top
mots :: Maxime Bilodeau // photos :: Benoit Desjardins. La demeure de Marie-Josée Lévesque est à l’image de cette artiste, athlète et femme d’affaires : ébouriffante. La conceptrice artistique de Cirque Fantastic,…
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Leave No Trace—But What’s a Trace?
words :: Jon Turk // illustration :: Dave Barnes. Tiny spring leaves formed an iridescent green sheath around the ocotillo stalks that swayed gently in the breeze. As we pulled…
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Mini-Adventure: Lake Lovely Water
words :: Feet Banks // photos :: Mark Gribbon. Ever attempt to haul a full-sized plastic cooler packed with ice, beer, Jack Daniels and beef jerky up a five-kilometre trail…
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Le Québec vu d’en haut / Quebec From New Heights
mots :: Charlotte Boileau-Domingue. À la découverte de la highline C’est en suivant des cris de joie résonnant au loin, entre les falaises du Bas-Saint-Laurent, que j’ai fait la découverte de…
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Pêcheuse de fil en mouche / Women on the Water
mots :: Christina Hedrei // photos :: Alain Denis. Au début, c’était une sorte de thérapie. La pêche à la mouche me permettait de m’évader pour admirer la beauté de la…
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Happy, Healthy or Both? The Art, Science and Philosophy of Movement
words :: Dr. Carla Cupido. The art of movement is obvious—we see it in the dance a climber shares with the rock or in the paint-like strokes a skier carves…
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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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La petite histoire de la van life / A Brief History of Van Life
mots :: Maxime Bilodeau. Tout commence par un mot-clic. En 2011, Foster Huntington, un jeune New-Yorkais, plaque son lucratif boulot chez Ralph Lauren afin de vivre dans son vieux Volkswagen…
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Mountain Life to Launch Rocky Mountains Edition This Fall
For the past 18+ years, Mountain Life’s publications and digital presence have proven it’s possible to build something a community can really connect to. With the launch of ML in…
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High Water: A Guide to Spring Fly Fishing
words :: Bobby Koven // photos :: Glen Harris. This spring we can finally get back to practising the perfect self-isolation activity: fly fishing. And now this mindfulness pastime is…
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