The action starts at 11:00am on Saturday with the Nimby 50 bike race. This epic cross country mountain bike race race has become a fast favourite with some of the best riders in Canada, and this year’s event will not disappoint. There is a new section in the Mosquito Lake area, and a revised route … Continue reading TrailWatch: Three Ways to Get Into Gear – Ride, Build, Cheer
All it took was a weekend away to remind me how inspiring I find this region. And when Mt Currie and the cherry trees in bloom and the random snake sightings and the swelling seasonal creeks don't do it, all I have to do is ask a fellow-creative... and BOOM. Inspiration-injection. The latest artist to … Continue reading Work In Progress: Amy Hazeldine
Last November I had the pleasure of attending Zoya Jiwa's Simply You presentation at the Winds of Change Wellness Gathering with my tweenager. It was an awesome afternoon where we explored our definitions of beauty, talked with strangers about our inner hopes and learnt how to appreciate the important people in our lives. The session … Continue reading On gratitude, parenthood and Zoya Jiwa
Maybe it was the free pancakes. Maybe it was the glorious weather. Seventy people showed up for Pemberton Trails Day the other weekend, including out-of-towners, locals and kids. “That’s a huge number for such a small community,” said Dean Linnell, one of the directors of NIMBY Fifty which will incorporate 37 kilometres worth of local … Continue reading Column: In Dirt We Trust
Polek's Photo of the Week contribution is a self portrait shot at the Pembie Boulders on Cosmic Boulder, entitled "My Moving Meditation."
Dave Steers picked this for his Photo of the Week contribution, of a hummingbird taking off. He said the image was the result of blind luck - he'd been taking pictures of the hummingbird perched atop a tree, guarding the hummingbird feeder over his head, when the bird launched just as Dave pushed the … Continue reading Photo of the Week: Dave Steers
I’m pretty much the least qualified person in the entire Sea to Sky corridor to write a column about Wellness. Surrounded by farmers, pro athletes, amateur IRONMEN, raw food gurus, yogis, RMTs, naturalists and other wise folk, I keep bumping hard up against my own ignorance about how the body works, how to feed the … Continue reading Column: Cramming for the Apocalypse
Very stoked to debut a brand new column on The Wellness Almanac, dedicated to local trail news, contributed by Tracy Napier, a biker, hiker and tool belt wearer who loves maps, dirt, dogs and Pemberton. She'll be contributing a monthly Trails Update here. You can reach her with questions, news, photos or props, at tjnapier@gmail.com. … Continue reading TrailWatch: Riding Season Is Underway, and We Have a New Column Dedicated to It! Updates Galore.
Third Sunday of the month. Gary Martin has agreed to take this spot in our Photo of the Week line-up and share an image from his travels... Given the number of miles he is clocking on his bike or in his running shoes or in his wetsuit, in preparation for this summer's IRONMAN, there are … Continue reading Photo of the Week: Gary Martin
I am not a columnist. I prefer asking questions to offering opinions (unless I'm at a dinner party and a little sauced.) And my skin isn't thick enough to put my unfootnoted thinking all naked out into the world on a regular basis. And I'm not funny (like my favourite columnists are - to wit: … Continue reading The Wellness Almanac In Print: This Week in the Question
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