Feeding the Addiction
One student's ramblings about her addiction to hiking and traveling.
The magic that is the impromptu hike.
So I somehow scored the best way to get a semester's worth of credits towards my degree: 3 months in Nepal. Without going into the nitty gritty of my time here, my co-worker invited me to visit her village... in the middle of nowhere. Last weekend we took the bus ...
Trail Karma is for real!
While on a car camping trip near Lake Placid, my family went on to hike Mt Hopkins. We passed two ladies on the way up and asked how far we were from the top. Later we decided to turn back because my little brother was tired and the weather wasn't ...
Shaking things up...
So I decided to shake things up this year and venture away from the self propelled activities I usually commit to. My friend asked me to join the all-women dragon boat team she had put together for the Dragon Boat Festival we have at Mooney's Bay every year. I accepted, ...
Kicking off the season...
Last weekend my friend Sab and I decided to initiate a few people to the joys (or lack of, as they'd learn) of backcountry camping in Frontenac provincial park. It was our first time there too, actually, but having sufficient experience, we weren't too worried. On Friday night, my friend ...
2008's Walk of Barrleans: Done!
It may be 2009... but we're bending the rules. Not having been able to complete our 5th Walk of Barrleans in 2008, we decided that this is our rain-date. Not only did we walk from one of the city to another, we did it in winter! A slightly harder challenge. ...
