I just remembered I had this posted over at my old myspace profile, which I never bother with anymore. I shot this on my still camera (using video mode) while sliding down Thar Mountain, which is located along the Colquihalla Highway in BC. Incidentally, the guy I slide past is my friend Ron Dart. Enjoy!
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Mountaineering
Sore knees, but well worth it
This photo was taken on the last day of 2007 near the summit of Elk Mountain, which is located just outside of Chilliwack, BC. What a gorgeous view, and it only took about three hours to get there (including two hours on snowshoes). After a brief lunch on the ridge between Elk and nearby Mount Thurston, we ran into some paragliders. Turns out they use Elk Mountain as a launching point. Unfortunately, we didn't have time to wait around and see them take off. I think I'll make a repeat trip later this month, carve out a snow cave, and spend the night. With any luck, I'll wake up to find some paragliders on my doorstep preparing to soar down into the Chilliwack Valley on the early morning updrafts. If I do, I'll be sure to snap some photos and post them here.
New boots!
Just had to share a bit of my joy at finally shelling out for a decent pair of mountaineering boots. Last May I started to get geared up for hiking, thinking I would be able to make it out at least once per month. Unfortunately, the intense shooting/editing schedule for "Expelled" quickly kiboshed those plans.
However, now that things have finally let up, I should be home often enough this winter for my wife and kids to let me sneak out once in a while to one of the various peaks that surround our home. If all goes well, I'll be snowshoeing my way to a summit sometime between Christmas and New Year's. I can't wait.
It's not Brokeback...
But it is a mountain, Thar Peak to be exact. It's located along the Coquihalla Highway just before the toll booth. That's my friend Ron Dart in the photo to the left. We hiked the peak on Tuesday (May 16), and it couldn't have been a better day. Warn and sunny. It took us about 2.5 grueling hours to get up and all of 40 minutes to slide back down. I have a great video of us doing that, but haven't had any success at uploading it. Just wanted to share the moment.
Playing Hooky
A lot of people assume that self-employed people like me pretty much spend most of our time surfing the Internet in our pajamas. The truth is, I keep painfully regular hours in my home office, working from 8:30-4:30 each day with no coffee breaks and only half an hour off for lunch. I know it doesn't sound like much fun, but I love it.
Even so, every once in a while I just have to exercise some of the freedom that self-employment supposedly gives you. That's exactly what I did today. My friend Rob and his family are visiting from New Zealand, so some friends and I took him hiking up in the snow near the summit of the Coquihalla highway. It was an amazing day--warm, sunny, and good company all around. We even got to witness several avalanches as we sat on a huge slab of warm rock eating lunch.
Lord willing, this will be the first of several such trips over the next four months. I spent most of last summer knocking around Europe and the US on a film shoot. This summer I plan to stay home and explore the incredible world in my own backyard. So yeah, self-employment isn't all fun and games, but when it is, it can't be beat.
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