ML Coast Mountains Summer Issue Out Now
Editor’s Message: FEET FIRST Let’s not kid ourselves, pretty much every issue of Mountain Life is “The Backyard Issue,” that’s kind of the point of it all—we love the Coast…
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When Chaos Takes the Reins: Navigating 2020’s Long, Strange Trip
The good news is, 2020 will soon be over, no wipeout lasts forever and there’s a bottom to every downward spiral. words :: Feet Banks // photo :: Steven Shannon…
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Feet First – Time Travel Issue
Words:: Mountain Life Editor Feet Banks On June 28, 2009, the late theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking threw a massive champagne party at Cambridge University in England. It was a party…
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Feet First: Requiem for the Crotch Grab
The crotch grab has always been iconic, but these days, it might be the most important grab on the mountain. Sure, the mute grab will always look better (some would…
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Celebrate 10 Years of Mountain Life Coast Mountains
It was Bob Dylan who said, “Time passes slowly up here in the mountains.” And that’s true when you’re out there on the ridge line watching the sun sink…
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Editorial: Seize The Day; Put Very Little Trust in Tomorrow
“Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero.” This longer version of ancient poet Horace’s now-classic aphorism translates into, “Seize the day, put very little trust in tomorrow (the future).” Generally chopped…
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Wellness: Appetite for Destruction—Cleaning the Metal out of the Pipes
Heavy metal music kicks ass. Heavy metals, the actual metals, are not always so awesome. Metals like cadmium, lead, mercury, aluminum, and plutonium are too dense for our bodies to…
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Feet First: A Meditation on Democracy and The Mountains
Democracy works in the mountains. Everyone’s voice counts when you’re up high, surrounded by seracs and terrain traps. Everyone counts and everyone is equal because the mountains are always in…
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Big Questions and Tiny Homes: Life in 105 Square Feet
What is a home? It seems like a simple question, until you really think about it. Is a home just four walls and a roof, or do aesthetics and affordability…
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Buried Treasure: Digging Deep in Western Newfoundland
There are few places better suited to “social distancing” than the mountains (yes, they have mountains) of Western Newfoundland. The only problem is the people there are so warm and friendly you don’t want to distance yourself from them at all. This is a story about digging into the unexpected and finding adventure where every you end up, but it’s really about a group of BC kids discovering just how similar mountain culture is on the other end of our great nation.
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A Failure of Reason
In British Columbia, opposition to Enbridge’s proposed Northern Gateway Pipeline is fierce and runs deeper than any politician wants to admit. With people willing to put their lives on the…
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