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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Trips & Expeditions
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Mink & McCoy Islands with MEC
words :: Mountain Life Editorial Team // photos :: Glen Harris. 2020 was an odd year, to put it mildly. So when our Ontario team set up a paddle trip…
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Atlantic Family Odyssey: A (Mostly) Smooth Ocean Crossing
words :: Kristin Schnelten // photos :: Gillian Montgomery. For 19 years, Paul Montgomery and his family spent their summer vacations along the lengthy coasts of Europe. Sailing between ports…
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L’expédition de tous les (im)possibles / The (Im)possible Expedition
mots :: Frédérique Sauvée // photographie :: Expedition AKOR. Au moment où vous lisez ces lignes, quatre* Québécois sont en train de repousser les limites de l’aventure. Tandis que vous…
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What ‘SUP Garibaldi? Two Lakes, Six Mountains and a Homegrown Pack ‘n’ Paddle Mission
words :: Tim Emmett // photos :: Jim Martinello. Many moons ago, I was flying south from Whitehorse to Vancouver. For more than two hours, I stared out the airplane…
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Fire on the Mountain: Behind the Scenes of the Night-Surf Sequence
The Grateful Dead defied genre, encompassing multiple styles in a seamless whole. Similarly, 2019 short film Fire on the Mountain led viewers on an improvisational journey of snowboarding, skiing, surfing,…
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Au-delà de l’Everest / Beyond Everest
mots/words :: Peter Oliver // photos :: Bernard Franke Il ne peut y avoir qu’un seul plus haut sommet sur terre; le mont Everest. Une distinction qui est autant source…
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Mount (Not So) Fairweather: A Frozen Test of Patience and Sanity on BC’s Highest Peak
words :: Andrew Findlay // photography :: Steve Ogle Wind blasts with freight-train force, prowling the frozen plains of the Grand Plateau Glacier. Hate has never come easy to me—spoken…
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Island of Life: The Reclamation of Earth’s Most Untamed Place
words & photography :: Ben Haggar Cloaked in deep grey fog, the island reveals itself in layers. Staring into the wet, blank abyss of the southern Atlantic Ocean, I see…
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The Epitome of Untouched: Heli-Camping in the Alpine
No cabins, no crowds, and endless lines in “the most peaceful place in the world.” Words :: Todd Lawson // photos :: Michael Overbeck. “Surrounded by Castles” The…
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Plastic Horizons: An all-women crew sets sail to uncover the state of plastic pollution in BC’s Salish Sea
words & photos :: Nikkey Dawn. The official motto of the province of British Columbia is Splendor sine occasu, a latin phrase that translates to “Splendor without Diminishment.” But these…
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