Blogs from Canada, North America - page 1267

Last you all heard was that I was homeless in Vancouver. Well I would like to inform you all that i'm off the streets and into an apartment pretty much right downtown Vancouver. I'm here with 4 other people I worked with in Lake Louise and so far we absolutely love it. It's a two bedroom apartment on the ground level so we have a nice patio. Our landlord also left us his big screen tv and we have internet and phone which is nice after 6 months of not having any of that. I have been job hunting with no luck yet but with all the job postings around i'm sure it won't be long. I have been getting to know the city lately (trying to feel like a local). It feels like we've ... read more

Secret of the blowhole North America » Canada » British Columbia » Vancouver Island By Sazzle DazzleMay 8th 2007 This was by far the best walk I have ever been on in my life! We were supposed to go fishing today however it was too windy so the boats weren't going out. Ron had already closed the cafe for 'Tibeten Easter' so rather than wasting a day we went to the Blow Hole. This is a secret location just outside of Ucluelet which only the locals know about so it was an absolute honor to have been taken there in Ron's dented truck! All three of us squeezed in and pulled up along what ... read more

Our major excursion on Sunday was a trip to the top of the tallest man-made structure in the world - the CN Tower. Won't bore you with the details but the tallest observation deck is way up there. Pat & Geoff took the lift to the first level - in a lift with glass walls that ran up the outside of the tower travelling at 22kph - then we waited in line to travel up a further 100 m to the tallest observation point the Sky Pod (marked on the photo) Great view, but Geoff's balance was skewed and vertigo spoilt the experience somewhat. Pat was keen to step onto a glass floor and look down 350 m but didn't. GMB didn't get anywhere near it. We polished off our final day doing some window ... read more

Hallo Leute dies ist unser erster lagebericht aus vancouver. Der flug mit zwischenlandung in amsterdam wollte einfach nicht mehr enden.unser erstes highlight war sicherlich die sicht auf grönland, sowas hab ich noch nie gesehen.(fotos folgen) schnee, eis, und berge soweit das auge reicht und das über ca. 3 flugstunden(oder sogar länger?) später über die staaten nunavut und north west territories sowie am schluss über die mächtigen rockies. bereits im flugzeug lernten wir einige schweizer kennen ,welche auch in vancouver einen sprachaufenthalt gebucht hatten. als wir bei der familie ankamen bereits die erste ernüchterung. die griechische familie ist zwar nett aber putzen und zuhören ist nicht ihre stärke. dafür um so mehr über sich und die bibel zu erzählen. wir erwägen die familie zu wechseln und in seperate familien zu gehen. dazu später mehr.... am sonntag ... read more

A weekend has just passed and I have no climbing photos to show for it! :O No talk of granite, slab, cracks or corners. No new jamming techniques to discuss. No scratches or bruises to show. How will I get through the week? Tehehe. Actually, the last time we went climbing, my newly founded love of cracks took a bit of a beating. We did a climb that I found excruciatingly painful, to the point of tears. Apparently the shoes I have been wearing (Five Ten Anasazi lace ups) are one of the worst for crack climbing, and to use MEC’s words, they make cracks “exquisitely painful”. I inherited these shoes from a friend with bigger feet than me, and I think she was doing multi pitch crack routes in Europe in them! She is ... read more