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CANADA | Mon, 9 May 2011 | By shalaith | Views [1068] | Comments [3]
Ever had a great idea? The one you get
at two am just as you're drifting off to sleep. Usually when you wake
up the idea seems too hard or too impossible. In the cold light of
dawn the idea seems unreasonable. So you file it away at the back of
your ... Read more >
Tags: bicycle touring, cycling, sea to sky, squamish, vancouver, whistler
CANADA | Fri, 8 Apr 2011 | By elis82 | Views [5583]
Being a ski bum; working patchy hours for minimum wage; living in the Australian Refugee Camp, aka The Ghetto, aka Staff Housing; partying in Whistler; riding all the time? Is it worth it? The basic Whistler lifestyle is summarised beautifully in this ... Read more >
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CANADA | Fri, 25 Mar 2011 | By elis82 | Views [2120] | Comments [1]
Whistler in Review: Part 2 - The Village Whistler village was constructed in 1978 from the old garbage dump. So it was designed around the same time as these buildings . As you'd probably expect, most of the village is devoted to a combination ... Read more >
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CANADA | Tue, 22 Mar 2011 | By elis82 | Photo Gallery
The latest things that have been going on at Whistler
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Tags: ice skating, snow, whistler
CANADA | Sun, 13 Mar 2011 | By elis82 | Views [3093] | Comments [1]
So after almost 5 months in Whistler, we have less than 3 weeks to go here. To look back at our time here, we'll be preparing three posts reviewing different aspects of our time here - the mountains, the village and the lifestyle. So with no further ... Read more >
Tags: mountains, skiings, snow, whistler
CANADA | Thu, 24 Feb 2011 | By elis82 | Views [2256]
So after a couple of quiet weeks, with not as much snow as we’d become accustomed to, we were starting to wonder if that was it for the season. The snow base dropped about 20cm, from around 245cm to 225cm, non-pisted runs were getting mogelled to the ... Read more >
Tags: music, snow, whistler
CANADA | Thu, 24 Feb 2011 | By elis82 | Photo Gallery
We've got loads of snow, Australia Day, Carly visiting, and loads of snow. Did I mention snow?
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Tags: snow, whistler
CANADA | Mon, 17 Jan 2011 | By elis82 | Views [1993]
There's been a fair few happenings since our last blog. First stop, our engagement party. We had our engagement party at the Firerock Bar, before moving down to the Cinnamon Bear for more drinks. It was raining in the village that evening, so we got ... Read more >
Tags: engagement, snowboarding, whistler
CANADA | Tue, 11 Jan 2011 | By elis82 | Photo Gallery
Our engagement party at the Firerock in Whistler
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Tags: engagement, whistler
CANADA | Thu, 2 Dec 2010 | By elis82 | Views [1176]
So for those who don't facebook, or at least facebook either Bronwyn or myself, or don't communicate with people who do facebook us (you get the picture), Bron and I got engaged last week! It was our first day off together since Whistler had opened, ... Read more >
Tags: engagement, snow, whistler
CANADA | Thu, 2 Dec 2010 | By elis82 | Photo Gallery
Photos from our first week or so skiing Whistler, and from our engagement
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Tags: engagement, snow, whistler
CANADA | Fri, 19 Nov 2010 | By elis82 | Photo Gallery
Photos of the last couple of weeks
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Tags: snow, whistler
CANADA | Fri, 19 Nov 2010 | By elis82 | Views [630]
The last couple of weeks have been fairly slow, waiting for the season to kick off. The initial snow didn't quite last the afternoon. It warmed up for a bit and we spent time in the gym getting ready for the season, and in the pub, undoing our good work.... Read more >
Tags: snow, whistler
CANADA | Sun, 17 Oct 2010 | By sdicko101 | Views [817]
Whistler 15th October 2010 It was a cold crisp morning in Vancouver as I jumped on the Greyhound for the 2hr 45min journey up to Whistler, the bus was virtually empty besides a couple of other making the religious journey up to the mountain at this ... Read more >
Tags: adventure, canada, partying, snow, snowboard, trekking, whistler, winter
CANADA | Thu, 8 Apr 2010 | By dmac_jmoss | Views [546]
Sup? Just a quicky from our trip to Whistler that I didn't write up the other day because I was struggling to keep my eyes open. You know how me and mossy pretend to be super rad and totally tubular sick snowboarders? Well, that's not exactly true.... Read more >
Tags: snowboarding, whistler
CANADA | Mon, 5 Apr 2010 | By dmac_jmoss | Views [658] | Comments [1]
14 hours is a damn long time. It's not quite the same as flying to Australia, but I've never had to do that, so 14 hours is the longest I've ever spent in one little, poxy seat. Flight was uneventful. Food was crap, barely slept, sat next to a frenchman.... Read more >
Tags: flying, snowboarding, whistler
CANADA | Sat, 4 Jul 2009 | By true-claims-stories | Views [2030]
I hit the terrain park at Whistler Resort and was a little too confident on my snowboard. The first jump I went off landed badly and I hurt my back. I was whisked away in one of those ski patrol sleds and ambulanced to Whistler Health Care Centre.... Read more >
Tags: canada, health, ski accident, ski patrol, snowboard, travel insurance, true claim stories, whistler, world nomads