Ten months after the intervention by U.S. armed forces to overthrow the Taliban, photographer Beth Wald and veteran reporter Rob Schultheis traveled to Afghanistan. Their goal was to document the remains of this ancient country's splendor and the struggle of the Afghan people ...

Dane Tudor Olds from Red Mtn BC recently competed in the US extreme Freeskiing Comp at Crested Butte Co and took 1st place in the Junior category (14-18 yr olds). Dane is 14 yrs old and this is his first Big Mtn Comp. Exert from the Crested Butte website: 13th Annual Saab ...

I came back again the following year, and the old lady was waiting with a special mushroom that had spoken to her from the tundra. Yykees. Well I ate it and we proceeded to travel toward the other world. But I got scared and turned back.

A blog to be updated twice weekly through June In 1997, I got caught in an avalanche in Fish Bowl, just out of bounds from the Fernie ski hill. Deep pow -- Buried surface hoar - Fifteenth line on the slope. And all that beautiful white crinkled and I was ...

Highest Snow Totals in a Decade Set Stage for Ideal Late-Season Conditions SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (March 1, 2004) - Utah's Wasatch Mountain ski and snowboard resorts welcomed the second largest snowstorm of the season over the weekend starting Thursday, Feb. 26. Utah resorts ...

Moolynaut, a 96 year old Koryak shaman, conjured up the storm that brought us to Vvenka. OK, you don't believe that one. You think that I'm a crystal-watching, ohm-chanting, new-age crackpot. OK, I'm not sure I believe it either..But then again; I'm ...

It was 1998. I was 53 years old, and I’d made somewhat of a name for myself as an expedition sea kayaker. They say that if you’ve rounded Cape Horn under sail you’re allowed to toast the Queen with your feet on the table. Well, I rounded the Horn in a kayak and I’ve ...

On Friday, April 16th Puddles Promotions will be leaving Calgary bound for Panorama Mountain Village for a weekend of skiing, partying and outright good times. Mountainside accommodations, lift tickets, transportation and other goodies will all be included in the package. ...