50+k Transecting Cape Breton Island

After six attempts at packing and repacking my gear “just right,” I ventured out with my buddy and fellow cross country ski enthusiast, Paul Finney, owner of Escape Outdoors in North Sydney, and cross-country snow shoe aficionado, Lori Mackenzie for a weekend of good ole’ fashioned, testosterone heavy, high-endurance, extreme-climate induced stress release. The route? … Continue reading →

Small Fish, Big Pond.

[Excerpts from blog entry on October 11, 2010 – Aboard IO, a two year Pacific crossing] Vanuatu. Anchored position: S17 34 E168 12 I am a small fish in a big pond. I do realize that we are floating in the South Pacific Ocean which is the biggest pond of all, but during most of … Continue reading →