Posts tagged with ‘summer’ (21)
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In the summer of 2000, nearly four million people attended a picnic in France that was about 1,000 kilomtres long. While you won’t likely be attending a picnic that is longer than the world’s tallest building lying end to end 1,000 times, you can still enjoy sandwiches and wine in one of the thousands of parks Canada has to offer.
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There are several things you have to take into consideration as expedition leader when you and your fellow climbers are huddled underneath a tarp 9,700 feet (3,000 metres) up a mountain, struggling to keep warm while a blizzard rages outside.
I talked to my team about all the dangers we faced. We had to consider the calories, for one. We had brought two lunches and two litres of water each. We’d already eaten our lunch and normally had dinner at 8 p.m. But were we going to be there for another ...
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Fear and great anticipation. But mostly gut-aching fear. That’s what I’m feeling right now.
It’s 3:00 a.m. Darkness is pressing in on all sides of our bedroom.
Three weeks from now I’ll be sliding my canoe into the icy, turquoise, swift current of the Yukon River to begin my solo adventure quest to retrace the 1898 Klondike gold rush. Seven weeks later, above the Arctic Circle, I’ll haul my canoe out of the water 1,500-km downstream and pack my gear into a float plane to head home. Rapids, ...
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Posted by Jonathan Metcalfe
on Monday, June 04, 2012
The commander must decide how he will fight the battle before it begins. He must then decide how he will use the military effort at his disposal to force the battle to swing the way he wishes it to go; he must make the enemy dance to his tune from the beginning and not vice versa. -Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
The enthusiasm with which our group has stormed forwards with this project cannot be understated. To help develop curriculum on Canada’s North by recording an expedition across it is the ...
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Posted by Rob Stimpson
on Monday, February 13, 2012
A view of Ushuaia, Argentina. Credit: Jerzy Strzelecki
Photographer Rob Stimpson blogs from Ushuaia, en route to Antarctica.
I am writing from Ushuaia, the southernmost city on the planet. Flying up the Beagle Channel to get here was spectacular, with the mountains shrouded in clouds and mist and sunlight peeking through. We landed in the early evening, surrounded by these huge pieces of rock on three sides and a window looking out to the Beagle Channel.
Credit: Rob StimpsonThis is the jumping off spot for expeditions to the Antarctic Peninsula. ...
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