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Local Big
In merely one week I’m going to be packing up that little black truck in the background of this photo and driving north with a cargo of camping gear to spend some quality time in the Alberta wilderness. (No) thanks to the pandemic it’s been two years since I’ve slept in a tent, and coincidentally
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Hot Days, Trail Run Nights
Sunday Runday and technically I finished my weekly long, slow distance very early this morning, even before I went to bed last night. The arrival of what the weather forecasters have called “a mass of hot air” over the western half of North America has provided us with a second great excuse to mix up
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Toys, Tackle and Fish Stories
Another story thread I may have seemed to have dropped is that of my slowly simmering plans to do a little fishing this summer. Back in my previous Gone Fishin’ post back in March I was revelling in the notion of the snow melting soon so that my brand new fishing permit and soon-to-be-mended rod
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The Mystery of Big Island (Part Two)
Almost three months ago to this day, readers, I introduced you to a local puzzle that I was hoping to solve. Big Island, to catch you up, is a modest chunk of river valley wilderness with a backstory that both intrigued the explorer in me and piqued the curious pathfinder that lives in the uncaged
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Gear: Skin 4 Hydration Vest
As the summer runs get longer (and hotter) I’ve picked up a new bit of gear to assist with the ever-present runner’s dilemma: hydration. I don’t think I need to write too many words on the subject of why water is important to … um … being alive, but certainly the effort of carrying enough
Category: running & adventure
My sport involves feet and trails and moving one quickly across the other.