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Archive for April, 2007

Wow, it’s been a while!

Monday, April 23rd, 2007

Well, it’s been a long while since my last post. A very long while.

It’s occurred to me that blogging is a lot like going to the gym. Once you’re in to the routine, and doing it regularly, it’s easy enough to stick to it and enjoyable - but once you miss day, or two, or three, it seems a bit (lot) harder to get back in to it. (more…)

Tour the Seven Summits with Google Earth

Thursday, April 12th, 2007

Now you can soar high above the tallest of peaks and enjoy a front seat, satellite image based, view of the tallest summits on each continent and the tallest mountain in the world. (more…)

Summits of Canada Expedition

Thursday, April 5th, 2007

Central Cirque SummitsI came across this expedition which is sponsored by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society called the CanaTREK Summits of Canada Expedition. I think what they’re doing is really great, so I’d like to share it with you.

Essentially, the point of the expedition is to reach the tallest summit of each Canadian province. Like a Canadian version of the Seven Summits, except in our case it would be the 13 Summits! It started in June of 2006, and is still working it’s way across this vast, geographically diverse, country of ours. (more…)

Congrats, and Goodluck, to the Adventure Junkie

Wednesday, April 4th, 2007

Congrats to the Adventure Junkie over at The Adventure Blog on his 1000th post!

Here I thought I was on a roll with 50! I guess I’ve got more writing to do.

I’d also like to wish him good luck, as he’s currently in Tanzania scaling Kilimanjaro.

So, AJ, congrats and good luck!