FALL/WINTER2016
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Patience
Eric:
“I think I am alive thanks to a bit of luck, but also knowing
when to say no. If you are out there all the time you canwait for the
conditions to be right and gowhen it’s perfect, youdon’t have to fit it
into your weekend off. I thinkmore people are outside their comfort
zones nowadays and doing stuff when the time is best for them, but
thatmight not be the best time todo it.”
Employment
Eric:
“Forme, Iwork toplay. I don’t think I ever had a job that lasted
longer than four to fivemonths. I logged, I tree-planted.When I was
younger inWhistler, therewas no summer work so you left town and
didwhat you could, bangingnails orwhatever. It’s okay todo jobs you
don’t like, it builds character—noone likes being in a construction site
in the rain, but a job is a job. If I was learning something new, I got
interested, but once I’d learned it, I’dmove on.Work for the summer,
ski thewinter. Iwas a bartender atDusty’s onewinter and I told them
I don’t workday shifts.Then in the spring they gaveme a day shift so
I handed inmypass and jacket andquit.”
Photography
Eric:
“Photography was a good way to document the family and the
lifestyle. I always had a camera, but digital technologymade it easy. I
spent a lot of time in front of the lens so itwas nice tobe on the other
sidewatching someone else… ‘No it’s fine, hit it!’… Iknow the feeling
up there.”
Logan:
“He would bring us out for sunset alpenglow photoshoots
on Disease Ridge, make us hike and practice our poseur turns.
Dalton and I definitely didn’t always enjoy hiking up therewhen the
mountainwas closing andwaiting for him, you can imagine what a
ten-year-old kid thinks of that…”
Dalton:
“We always thought it was pretty annoying. But Dad liked
taking photos and Logan got his first shot in amagazine from one of
those times.”
“I thinkourkidsareaproduct of their
environment, theydidn’t reallyhavea
choice; itwas, ‘we’regoinghereanddoing
thisandyouarecoming.” –EricPehota
From the rivers to the hills, it’s about gettingoutside and immersing yourself in thewild. COURTESYPEHOTA FAMILY
