What happens when the batteries in your gadgets die right in the middle of an adventure? You’ll probably just toss it in your backpack and be carrying around dead weight. You might be annoyed that you can’t Instagram your adventure to make your friends jealous.… Read More »SunJack 14W Solar Panel and 8000mAh Battery
Day 3 of my trip to Cape Scott in 2015.*** It’s decision day. My quads and calfs are tired and feet are blistered. My hiking speed is… slow. The plan is to hike to Nissan Bight and then down to San Josef the next day.… Read More »Cape Scott Trail: Day 3
Logs down over the Tuck Lake trail Part of my work with the Vancouver Island Spine Trail Association is to check on sections of the trail. I’ve been working my way through the Tuck Lake section. Take a look at the VI Spine Trail map… Read More »VI Spine Trail: Nitinat River to Tuck Lake
Day 2 of my Cape Scott hiking trip in 2015. Hiking to Guise Bay The morning started out completely fogged in. We couldn’t see much. Oh well. Let’s go to the lighthouse anyways. It might clear up when we get there. The weather was warm and… Read More »Cape Scott Trail: Day 2
GPS can be a blessing when you’re out adventuring but they have an achilles heel that can get you into serious trouble. GPS use batteries. Electricity makes our modern life amazing but it can be a serious liability in the backcountry. Batteries don’t last forever.… Read More »15 Ways to Extend your GPS Battery Life
Since getting a GoPro 2 years ago, I’ve wanted a good camera pole (also called selfie sticks, but camera pole sounds way better) to go with it. They let you capture unique angles with your camera, film yourself on your adventure and stick your camera in… Read More »XShot Pro Review
A Trip Report for a quick hike up the Arrowsmith CPR Trail.** I had planned to do a quick ski tour up Mount Becher but my new skins weren’t in yet at the store. So I had some time, my hiking boots and an itch… Read More »Arrowsmith CPR Trail Trip Report Dec 20, 2015
Why would you want to bring a tarp on the West Coast Trail? It’s a gruelling 75km hike up and down ladders, through mud pits and soft sand. That doesn’t exactly sound like a great place to take extra weight in that already heavy backpack of… Read More »Why Bring a Tarp on the West Coast Trail?
This is Day 1 of my 5 day Cape Scott hiking trip in July 2015. I’ll be doing a post on each day with my favourite photos over the coming months. Cape Scott has been on my list of places to hike for a long… Read More »Cape Scott Trail: Day 1
I was told to leave the house this year for my birthday in January. I wasn’t going to complain. Things I wasn’t supposed to know about were to be set up. “Be back at 3pm,” they said. So I went and hiked Heart Lake in… Read More »Hiking to Heart Lake in Ladysmith