This past week, we hosted our first #workshopwednesday over in the Outdoor Intelligence Academy Facebook Group. We had a nice turn out and a great outdoor safety discussion. Here’s the recap but if you would rather watch the videos, join the group! Tonight we’re chatting about staying safe when we go outdoors. It’s always good READ MORE
Community Discussion
Discussion: Active Adventure Warm Up
Active adventures such as biking, climbing, hiking, paddling, trail running or skiing demand a lot from our bodies. Doing an active adventure warm up can be a great way to perform better, avoid injuries, and can offer mental and physiological gains. Today I want to ask you: how do you warm up before an active READ MORE
Gros Morne National Park’s Western Brook Pond – Change at What Cost?
Western Brook Pond is the jewel of the national park, and a big reason UNESCO named it a World Heritage Site in 1987 – for the park’s “exceptional natural beauty” and “outstanding examples representing major stages of earth’s history”. It’s a 17 km long glacier-cut lake winding its way through 670 meter-high sheer cliffs, and READ MORE
Litter, Newfoundland, and Leave No Trace
Today I am going out on a limb. A Leave No Trace limb. I want to talk about the environment, the way we engage with it and how we can enjoy it while caring for it. This post is inspired by the conversation that was started on Cross Talk, our local CBC noon radio show, READ MORE
Q & A: How is the Winter Weather in Western Newfoundland?
Weather in Newfoundland is always a popular topic. When I am guiding travellers in the summer, I often get asked about the winter, what is it like and the number one question is always about the weather. I check the weather everyday, sometimes multiple times a day on Environment Canada plus I follow #nlwx on READ MORE
Maintenance Day on the Humber Valley Trail
A lot has happened in the last week around the Man in the Mountain trail, so I wanted to put up a post about the whole thing. The Back Story Leading up to this week, I had been told directly or saw posts on social media about people being lost on the Man in the READ MORE