Category: Outdoors
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Change of plans
After announcing my plans to tackle my first 100 mile ultra I’ve learned a few things. You might be thinking, “has he comes to his senses?” No. Clearly not. My ultra hero Jeremy Palmer suggested I pick up “Training Essentials for Ultrarunning” by Jason Koop (second edition). I’m 9 chapters in and I realize I’ve…
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I’ve gone and done it now.
I hope to have done it, anyway, by Sunday afternoon July 9th, 2023. All I’ve done at this point is signed up and paid the entry fee. There are eight long months ahead to be prepared for the Sinister 7 ultra marathon. It is 100 miles (161 km) with 6363 meters of elevation gain (20,876…
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Bowron Chain 2022 – Day 7 & 8
It has become clear that I need to do these last 2 days together else risk never getting this done. Day 7 The sun was shining when we got up. It continued all day. The water was warm at Rum Lake and people began swimming with the dawn. I put the triathlon suit on that…
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Iron Horse 100k – Race Report
The race is named after the train line that ran through this area of Northern Alberta, the Lakeland. The tracks have long been pulled up and the remaining line a multi use trail for ATVs and snowmobiles. Much of the race sticks to the Iron Horse. While sections are ideal compact dirt, keep in mind…
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Bowron Chain – 2022 Day 6
Day 6 #highlights – August 6 Cariboo Falls. The weather today was the best it could possibly be. The skies were generally overcast but the ceiling high. It was warm but not stifling. We paddled through Lanezi and Sandy Lakes with calm waters. We stopped in at every campsite along the way foraging for firewood…
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Bowron Chain – 2022 Day 5
Day 5 – August 5 A broken canoe. We had a later start this morning. I don’t think we all left the shelter until 11:30 or later. There was quite the logistics to sort out with strapping things into canoes and deciding what we’d all do. Matt and Vivian left first and portaged around the…
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Bowron Chain 2022 – Day 4
Day 4 #highlights – August 4 Sail away. It rained most of the night. When we were ready to get going it stopped. So we set out about 10:30, once again having packed up without battling the rain. We had to cobble together some rain gear with things being wet. Jaron looked great in his…
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Bowron Chain – 2022
Day 3 #highlights – August 3 RAIN. We were all on the water by about 10:40am. Jaron and Steven and Matt and Vivian were out first. They went looking for wood at the wood lot just past campsite 19. They wouldn’t find any. It was a good thing we brought most of the wood we…
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Bowron Chain 2022 – Day 2
Day 2 #highlights – August 2 Better wheels and bears. We had a casual morning. I think it was close to 9am before I drug myself out of bed. Robyn spotted a bear about 30 yards from the outhouse while she was doing her morning ritual. Ted stormed over with his knife, Matt with his…
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Backcountry Dinners
This could be a long post. So I’m cheating and I’ll share a video here on one method for cooking in the backwoods. This is my preferred method and it works for me. That said, one of the fun things about backcountry camping is figuring out what works. It is a series of little puzzles…
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