MOUNTAIN LIFE - Coast Mountains | Winter Spring 2020

38 We connected with James Spikes, who also flies a Cessna 180 and is a master of short takeoffs and landings (STOL). He escorted us out towards the Tordrillos, where we’d make a successful high landing. On the way back south, we hopped in his plane and flew to a remote glacial lagoon chock full of icebergs. On his final approach, Spikes skimmed the plane on the water through the icebergs and plopped it right onto a sand bar. It blew our minds. The view was too good. We felt obliged to put up a small jump. The landing totally sucked, but with Bushy’s classic cat-like abilities, he managed to stick a 360.