Adventure 
Climbing Nipigon(Comments Off)
“Try walking like a cowboy.” Leah Pierce edges away from us, her crampons digging into the slightly crunchy snow, her exaggerated bowlegged swagger punctuating each step.
Woodsmoke, Canvas & Ice
It’s January 1998. The temperature is -19 degrees below zero, and I have just set up my nylon tent for a weekend ski outing along the north shore. It’s hard work making sure the tent is secure and everything is in place. My fleece hat is covered in frost and the mid-layers are damp from perspiration.
The Snowflea Experience
Twenty-five years ago, three brothers from upper Michigan, Chris, Joel and Mark Stoppel, visited my brother Enn and his wife Robin at their well established B&B in the hills of Goulais River, near Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. The visit radically changed their lives, at least their winter lives.
Hallowed Bones and Frayed Nerves
I’VE GOT 50 FEET. That’s the first thing I think as the canoe turns into a submarine and I hit the water, rescue line in one hand, paddle in the other and flutter-kicking like hell for shore.