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I was in highschool or younger when I first heard about Corbet’s Couloir. My Dad told me yet another story about my incredible Uncle Barry and the this ski run in Jackson Hole named after him. It was some crazy notch in the rocks with a hellish monster of a cornice drop into a steep […]
After losing my Google Pixel5 on a ski hill, a series of unbelievably unique events trapped me in Whistler Village during COVID with no ID, no proof of Vaccination and no means of payment, not to mention no way to call anyone. I became determined – even obsessed – with recovering it. And it all started at the tail end of an epic snowstorm that dumped tons of fresh powder on Whistler Mountain on a Sunday when a world of people were trying to leave town after Christmas
Where to start? The Rick Steeves reference may require some explanation. He’s a travel writer from the age of paper travel books. An explorer who has cross-crossed Europe uncovering secret courtyards, ancient passageways and historically significant neighbourhoods in the world’s most famous cities. From the catacombs under Paris to a hidden mews in London, he […]
Some of us have nine lives but few realize how important just one can be when it is nearly taken away from you
The internet shows its limits, Tiktok explodes and CNBC eats it all up
So-called COVID Weekend marks the moment when the #coronavirus
was upgraded to COVID-20
A quick and easy recipe if you have a BBQ with a rotisserie. A little oil and spice, onto the spike and it cooks by itself in less than an hour.
A parenting philosophy from a parent still figuring it all out (See also “Happy to be Final Lasts”) You can read books about it. Amazon will deliver one in an hour by drone; or at worst, in a day. Advice on parenting can be found everywhere. Sometimes it is hurled at you unwanted, but that […]
The crazy, weird and utterly unbelievable life of the chief of a Big Oil refinery in some gawdawful place you would never choose to go Chapter 1 – You Have Arrived I did alternating 28 day tours in a Big Oil refinery somewhere in the world you would never normally choose to be. Where exactly? It […]
A friend of ours wrote a touching article recently that brilliantly juxtaposed the firsts in life with the lasts. As parents we all remember so many firsts: the first time we changed their diaper, saw them ride a bike, watched them go on a date or drive the car. But the article fixed on lasts: […]
What I did in grade 12 but could never imagine allowing my kids to do today Early in my life as a parent a buddy told me a story about parenting his kids that left an interesting impression on one of his neighbours. And me. He was a little ahead of us as far as […]
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