Friday Flick: Sheri
On the heels of Alpacka Raft‘s 20th anniversary, Sheri tells the story of founder Sheri Tingey, who navigated the male-dominated outdoor industry for decades before revolutionizing it with the design…
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The Action-Takers
As an antidote to all the scary news out there, here’s something to encourage less doomscrolling and more action-taking.
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ML Blue Mountains Fall ’22 Issue Out Now
In this issue, we take action and build a trail system, stop worrying about Covid, rebound from a tragic accident, spend a night in the Bluffs, and shred the Land of Water & Ice.
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Travels with Neegik: Humanity’s Default Watercraft
I was gifted a red Huron canoe for my 15th birthday. I named it Neegik (“otter” in Ojibwa). And it changed my life.
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Paddling Georgian Bay’s Stormy Northwest Corner
Our MEC gear and Blu Wave boards helped us navigate the exposed, wild waterscape of northwest Georgian Bay in comfort and style. Here's a rundown of some key pieces.
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‘Full Reset’ on the Spanish River
Low water but high spirits on the West Fork of Ontario's Spanish River.
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Three Waters Doc Screening
Paddler and photographer Scott Parent’s debut documentary film Three Waters will be screened at the Charles W. Stockey Centre for the Performing Arts in Parry Sound on Wednesday, August 17 at 7 pm.
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Tribal Waters
A new film examines the epic struggle over the Wind River's vast water resources inside a Native American Reservation.
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The SUP Destination We Can’t Share
We're leaving out the name of these islands we visited on a recent SUP trip, to protect them from overuse.
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Vie en montagne Summer/Fall 2022 Issue Out Now
The latest issue of Vie en montagne is now available.
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ML Blue Mountains Summer 2022 Issue Out Now
In this Water + Wheels issue, we visit a remote Great Lakes island chain but don’t name it, explore the life-directing properties of an old canoe, revisit the edge of the world and shoot the legendary rapids of the Spanish River.
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The Great Canoe
Much more than a mode of transportation, the cedar canoe provides an integral and tangible link to culture, history, community and homelands for local Indigenous Nations.
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The Artistic River Village: Discovering Paisley
The village of Paisley in Bruce County, Ontario, offers something for everyone—and isn’t overrun by summer crowds.
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Voyage to the Windswept Islands
A SUP trip to a remote island group in the Great Lakes reveals both the solace of nature and the long reach of the pollution crisis.
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ML Coast Mountains Summer ’22 Issue Out Now
Let the good times roll with the summer 2022 issue of ML Coast Mountains.
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Getting Schooled: An Alpine-to-Ocean Epic
Almost crumbling under the weight of an 80-pound pack with burning cramps firing through my legs, I feel serious doubt seep into my tired, overheated brain and I ask myself for the 300th time in the past two days… “What have we gotten ourselves into?”
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Speaking French: Savouring One of Canada’s Most Historic Rivers
You don’t have to be a Voyageur to enjoy the fur-trade routes on Canada's first designated heritage river, but it helps.
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The Ashlu River: Power vs. Fun?
From the ML archives: Will elite kayakers who paddle the Ashlu River feel the flow in the future?
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The Open Window: Motos & SUPs in Myanmar
In late 2019, with Myanmar's borders open and a large archipelago of limestone islands that could be the long-hidden cousin of Thailand’s Railay Beach rock climbing scene, three Mountain Lifers cleared their calendars, rolled up their inflatable SUPS, found what might be the only place in the country to rent enduro dirtbikes.
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