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The “BaddAss” Polar Bear

  • November 29, 2022
  • Mountain Life Media
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A polar bear had ripped a hole in the vestibule and there we were, face to face, an arm’s length (or a paw swipe) away.
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The Lion Speaks Tonight

  • November 29, 2021
  • Mountain Life Media
Mountain Life columnist Jon Turk talks lions, myth, and storytelling in his latest book. Words :: Feet Banks. Jon Turk is not only Mountain Life’s original columnist, he’s also our resident expert…
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Podcast Launch: Live it Up with Mountain Life

  • September 16, 2021
  • Mountain Life Media
Live it Up with Mountain Life is a collection of conversations about life in the wilderness with the people who do it best. It’s another feather in our multimedia cap.…
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Leave No Trace—But What’s a Trace?

  • June 10, 2021
  • Ned Morgan
words :: Jon Turk // illustration :: Dave Barnes. Tiny spring leaves formed an iridescent green sheath around the ocotillo stalks that swayed gently in the breeze. As we pulled…
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Big Brain, No Tools: Searching for Survival on the Winds of Antiquity

  • April 6, 2021
  • Ned Morgan
Words :: Jon Turk // illustration :: Dave Barnes. I’m standing on a snowy ridge, with a gentle breeze dusting bits and balls of last night’s powder off the tree…
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Bumps and Barriers: How to Navigate the Long, Strange Trip

  • December 4, 2020
  • Mountain Life Media
Adventurer Jon Turk tells us how to find that hidden and evanescent wormhole that can reduce a barrier to a speed bump on the long, strange trip. words :: Jon…
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MULTIPLICITY 2019: Jon Turk and the Cosmic Luck-O-Meter App

  • March 8, 2019
  • Bradford McArthur
Don’t have tickets to Multiplicity yet? Get them here. Jon Turk earned a Ph.D. in organic chemistry in 1971 and was nominated by National Geographic as one of the Top…
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Jon Turk on the Ecstasy of a Sore Toe

  • December 2, 2018
  • Bradford McArthur
Words :: Jon Turk June 28, 2011, I wrote in my journal: When you’re trying to drag a 250-pound boat over a dune of ice and snow, and you’re sinking…
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Narrative : The Holy Stone

  • November 23, 2017
  • Ben Osborne
I had been to the Holy Stone a decade ago, travelling by snow machine with people who knew the country. At motorized speed, landmarks don’t imprint on your brain as well as…
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MULTIPLICITY 2017: Jon Turk on Adventuring and the Consciousness Revolution

  • April 4, 2017
  • Ben Osborne
Jon Turk received his Ph.D. in chemistry in 1971, but abandoned academics to spend a life adventuring. His circumnavigation of Ellesmere Island with Erik Boomer was nominated in 2012 by…
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Close your eyes and, for a moment, imagine yourself deep in the polar regions aboard an expedition ship stuck in the ice. The white pack-ice is dazzling, and the immobile vessel seems frozen in time and space. That experience piques your curiosity, doesn't it? Without having to go all the way to Antarctica, you can experience these icy sensations 30 minutes from Quebec City in one of Bora Boréal 's two floating cottages.
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Live It Up EP 24 is out now!
The Southern Interior region of BC holds an ecological cross-section of the province with alpine meadows, arid Douglas fir grasslands, damp cedar and hemlock forests of the Columbia Mountains and the warm expanse of Shuswap Lake.
Do Not Disturb mode activated ✅ #mountainlifer
Conceived by superhuman snowboarder @travisrice, the @naturalselection Tour highlights earth’s premier riders, from big-mountain mavens to Olympians, all competing on the most stoketastic—and unpredictable—terrain known to humankind.
Built upon a shared desire to enjoy, respect, and advocate for Alberta’s incredible landscapes, it was a natural fit for @elementsoutfitters to work with a local conservation organization @saltslandtrust to highlight the province’s rugged beauty and outdoor apparel to match.
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