December 11, 1928: The Pesuta, a 264-foot 2000-ton log carrier, was under tow by the tug Imbrecaria in the Hecate Strait just north of Tlell when it was struck by a heavy southeast gale.
Haida Gwaii: Extremity of the Extreme! October 11th 2010 Welcome to the Pacific Northwest, the heart of the temperate rainforest. It is a thin strip of islands and fiords hemmed in by the Coast Mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west, taking its shape from jagged rocks that were pushed up from the ocean floor eons ago.
If this wasn't enough of a primoridal and wild place, I am in the remote islands of Haida Gwaii (formerly the Queen Cha ... read more
North America » Canada » British Columbia » Queen Charlotte Islands A land of vast distances and rich natural resources, Canada became a self-governing dominion in 1867 while retaining ties to the British crown. Economically and technologically the nation has developed in parallel with the US, its neighbor to the sou... ... read more
Welcome to the Stinky Feet Project!
Welcome to the ongoing series of four adventures, dubbed the "Stinky Feet Project". Each adventure is a journey into one of the four elements (fire, water, earth, air).
The most recent adventure was "Fire", an 8000-kilometre bicycle journey across Canada from May to August 2011, following a variety of recreational trails and unpaved highways starting at the Pacific Ocean in British Columbia and finishing at the Atlantic Ocean in Nova Scotia.
The Stinky Feet Project is 3/4 done - in 2008-2009, I completed a very wet and wild adventure explorin... full info