Category: Magazine
- The Heralds of Spring
- March 23, 2009
I must admit, by the time the end of March rolls around, I am restlessly searching for signs of spring in southern Alberta. I find myself dusting off my hiking boots, flipping through wildflower books and dreaming of those early season hikes. Unfortunately, from living in the shadow of the Rocky Mountains in Calgary, I [...]
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- John Bachar
- December 28, 2008
Free solo climber John Bachar has always tried to test the boundaries of what is humanly possible, and in the process makes it all look easy. “I’ve always been interested in pushing those limits as far as climbing goes,” says the California-based head of design at Acopa Rock Shoes, and one of the world’s most [...]
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- Attack of the Grizzly, or Attack of the Humans?
- December 22, 2008
Recent news saw the death of Robert Wagner, an avid hunter and angler, and Didsbury local. Wagner was out on a typical hunting excursion on September 29th, but failed to return home. After a search and rescue party found and identified Wagner’s body, tests confirmed that he was mauled by a grizzly bear. Alberta fish [...]
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- A Fine Madness
- December 22, 2008
One Calgarians’ pursuit of year round skiing, is his personal passion and his friends describe his passion as; a fine madness. How does a fellow born in Speedy Creek Saskatchewan that spent his formative years with family and an agricultural academic father in Kenya, develop a passion for telemark skiing? He relocates to Calgary in [...]
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