Highline Winter 2012/13

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Get off the sauce BACKCOUNTry ice exposed banff film fest cold-water therapy

Elevation Place “An inspiring gathering place that enriches the well-being, enjoyment and aspirations of the community.”

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swim Aquatics centre: • • • • • • • • •

sweat Climbing centre:

25 m - 8 lane pool with depths from 4-8 feet Zero beach leisure pool Lazy river Large and small water slides Steam room On deck pool and second floor spectator viewing 25 person hot tub Locker rooms and showers On deck multi-purpose rooms

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Art gallery •

Gallery for the Canmore Arts Guild (CAG)

Community amenities: •

Community library: • Large multipurpose room • Technology area • Children’s collection and story area • Collection space

10,000 square feet of climbing surface Bouldering area 45 foot climbing wall Speed wall

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Fitness room Multipurpose rooms Community atrium with stage Fireplace and exterior deck Child care space

Elevation Place, located at 700 Railway Avenue. Phone: 403.678.8920 Drop in, registered programs, and facility rentals will begin in January 2013.

Please note: Opening dates are based on current construction completion estimation and are subject to change.

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Feature Contributors

Legendary Local: Ralphine Locke

Water, Water Everywhere

Still Life : Featuring Dan Rafla

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Know Your Neighbour

Film Fest Forerunners

Get Off the Sauce

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Warming Recipe

Back of the Pack Tactics

Locally Grown

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58 Snapshot

Book Review

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46 Exposed

Cold Water Therapy

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30 Poster

Baby Got Back – Backcountry Skating, That Is

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10 Chatter

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Photo by Kristy Davison.

Winter 2013 Volume 5 | Issue 1

Founding Publisher | Creative Dictator: Kristy “The Maestro” Davison · kristy@highlineonline.ca

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Contributors Sara Eve Alarie, Erin Cipollone, Dan Rafla, Reuben Krabbe, Camara Miller, Chloe Vance, Chic Scott, John Reid, Mystee Maisonet, Corrie DiManno, Lynn Martel, Bob Sandford, Joanna Croston, Tim Remick, Cory Keefer.

Special Thanks Siri Bright, Allan Buckingham, John Coleman, Lynne Robertson, Jody Goodwin, Christine Thel, Michelle Oszust, Dave Stark, Sarah Pearson, Jeff Thom, Tom Thompson and Harvest Moon Acoustics, Cindy Newton, Bryon Parlo, Mitch Sime, Chloe Vance, Julia Lynx, Adam Robertson, Paul Zizka, Cory Keefer, Brenda Davison and Macx Davies.

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Cover photo: A climber admires the creek flowing out from the North Glacier of Mt. Forbes at sunset. Shot points to the southwest of the Mons Icefield. Photo by Dan Rafla.

This issue is dedicated to the memory of Peter Thompson, WHO MADE THE WORLD EVERYTHING HE WANTED IT TO BE, AND WILL BE FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS.

I don’t like to drink it, showers are a chore, and washing my face only happens on special occasions. Like a feral kitten, I will scratch the living daylights out of you if you try to push me into a lake when I’m not expecting it. And if I could turn water into wine, you’d better believe I would do it.

So the idea of “Water” as a possible theme for this, our 10th issue, was ironic to say the least.

But, reminded by the Highline team that my own body is made up of 98% water (dang!), what more could I do than embrace the idea and jump in with both feet?

As soon as the watery theme was agreed upon, we were instantly drowning in bright ideas and incredible stories, leaving us bailing out the Highline canoe. Water became the solvent into which all of this issue’s content began to dissolve.

For example: you can grab a paddle and row the Bow with Sheena Miller in Know Your Neighbour; put up a fight against Mother Nature in Exposed; beat your addiction to bottled-water with Erin Cipollone in Get Off the Sauce; skate on a lake with Sara Eve Alarie in Baby Got Back; and hit up a Cold-Water Therapy session with resident ice-man, John Reid in Taking the Plunge.

And that’s just the tip of the iceberg.

Here in the Rockies, we are stewards of the continent’s water towers. Let this issue remind us all to appreciate the life-giving substance that unites us. Be grateful for water’s fingerprint on every slab, crack, snowflake and frozen breath you take out in the hills this season.

Because after all, you really can’t have winter without a little water.

LETTER FROM us

I have never liked water.

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featured contributors

Following a summer of record water levels in the Rockies, our contributors meditate on the following questions: If your basement was flooding, which three things would you save?

What would you like to see float away?

sara eve alarie The natural world and working with young children fill Sara with wonderment and awe. She has been fortunate to teach Grade 1 in Canmore since 2005. keepers: Pet worms (vermicomposter), shoeboxes of old photos, favourite backpack. goners: Clouds (to reveal a blue sky).

CHIC SCOTT Chic discovered the mountains 50 years ago. Since then he has devoted his life to backcountry skiing, climbing, guiding, organizing clubs, writing books and lecturing about mountains. keepers: Skis, boots, poles. goners: “I keep only the things that I need and love, so would not like to see anything float away.”

Corrie DiManno Corrie hasn’t strayed far from the Bow Valley since graduating three years ago with a degree in photojournalism. She lives for sunny days, Wild Flour’s chai lattes, and good jokes. keepers: A ratty Lilith Fair shirt from 1997, Travel journals, Unused greeting card collection. goners: ”I would let my cell phone, makeup and hairbrush float away.”

Erin Cipollone Erin’s work has been published in various major daily newspapers and some magazines. She thinks the fine for speeding in the park should be raised to $1000 per offense. keepers: The family bike, a copy of How to Write a Sub-Par Screenplay and Get Paid, and the photo of her and Vladimir Putin at the International Space Station. goners: She’d let her husband’s “sun hat” float far, far away.

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Mystee Maisonet Mystee loves hiking, skiing, cycling, yoga and cooking. In the summer, she and a friend keep Banffites cool at the Farmer’s Market with their Manna Mama gourmet popsicles. keepers: Skis, boots, poles. goners: Her son’s messy room!

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Joanna Croston Rolling into the Canadian Rockies during the -30C snap of Hallowe’en ’98, Joanna has never regretted her decision to call Canmore home. Although backcountry skiing, climbing and cycling are her true loves, the geek in her might just hold the local reading record at 60 pages per hour. keepers: Fausto (her Italian made road bike), Her copy of A Fine Balance, Her Eiger Sanction DVD. goners: She would be delighted if her vacuum cleaner floated away and sank.

JOHN REID John would be fun to take to a party. Unless it was a cat party. He doesn’t like cats. keepers: Calvin & Hobbes collection, Road bike, Settlers of Catan. goners: Student loans.

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hosted by Highline Magazine Party and chill out in a fun, friendly atmosphere while we all get neighbourly at this awesome annual community event!

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An Annual Mountain Photo Contest Deadline for entries: February 29, 2013.

Contest Details: We’re looking for your best shots of mountain adventure, sport, landscape, people and wildlife. Think apocalyptic conditions, seldom-photographed locations, and other rare perspectives on common mountain subjects. Make us laugh, make us cry, make us feel grateful to call this place home!

Winning entries will be published in Highline Magazine’s Summer 2013 Issue and winners will also receive a custom gallery wrap canvas print of their image, brought to you by The Pro Image in Canmore.

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November night?

Each KYNN supports great initiatives in the Bow Valley. This time around, the Pink and Green Ribbon Campaign will be front and centre, running a stellar raffle to support the fantastic work that they do.

Musical performances by local favourite, The Eerie Green and Golden-based rock gods, Willhorse.

When:

Friday, November 9th 2012

Doors open at 6:45, Show starts at 7:30 sharp.

Music & after party goes all night!

Where:

Cornerstone Theatre and Restaurant 125 Kananaskis Way, Canmore

Price:

$15 advance, $18 at the door. (cash only at the door.)

Tickets available online at:

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or at Rocky Mountain Soap Co., at both Banff and Canmore locations

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Bear Hugs to the nice stranger who donated his Keen ‘hiking sandals’ (not cheap in price these things) to a pal loaded with blisters on our way up Bourgeau. A summit in sandals: not smart, but we made it, thanks to him.

Bear Hugs to those “Aww yeah! Woohooo!” hooters ripping down mountain bike trails, not worried about beating their best time.

Bear Hugs, a spare tube, and a case of cold ones to the two biker dudes rippin’ on the Minnewanka trail on Sept 22.

Mooseknuckles to fish tits. I’ll drown you with line weights, you dirtbag.

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Bear Hug to Miss Lucy for the most poignant turkey wreath in the history of Grade One. Mooseknuckle to Hostile Bears.

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Bear Hugs to cup holders that are big enough to hold wine bottles.

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One Bow Valley local has big dreams of a new sport that combines the finesse of figure skating and the loft of kiting.

Always a figure skater, but never a great one, founder Meagan Stewart wanted to find a way to give herself more height, something she didn’t have in her own jumps. Serious about her sport, Stewart is looking to develop a custom kite and find athletes who can bring the dream of figure kiting to fruition. (She even pitched her idea to the Red Bull Launchpad competition and made their Top 10 before being cut.)

“I definitely want to see women innovating in action sports,” Stewart says. “It’s OK to be feminine and extreme.”

Check it out at mountainmegs.tumblr.com.

- MJW

Strange Sports Think figure skating and kiting make for an odd combo? It pales in comparison to some sports you’ll find around the world.

Which of the following is an actual sport?

(You’ll find the answer somewhere in the mag. Happy looking.)

a) Toe Wrestling b) Wife Carrying c) Octopush (Underwater Hockey) d) Cheese Rolling

Photo by Tim Remick.

EXPOSED: About the Images

Comprised of 20 large-scale carbon pigment colour prints, the photographic series “After, Portraits from Denali” (pg.48) is a visual exploration of the human condition after a climb of North America’s highest peak. It documents the human experience through the communicative power of the face, explores the physical manifestation of the journey’s toll and celebrates the human capacity to endure. Engaging the viewer, each portrait provides an opportunity to seek out those curious physiological details of the face resulting from the ravages of exhaustion, ultimately accentuating the emotional condition of the climber. -KD

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Featured Blogger:

Photo by Marni Wilson.

Niki Wilson

Based in Jasper, Niki Wilson (nikiwilson.com) and her husband, Geoff, love sharing their passion for nature and conservation with their son, Dylan.

Having studied everything from mountain pine beetles to mammoths, she regularly shares a unique view to science and motherhood in her column on HighlineOnline.ca titled Two Biologists and a Boy. You can read her insightful and entertaining articles at bit.ly/nikiwilson.

Mix up some Cougar’s Milk

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Kudos to Rick Collier

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If you’ve scrambled anywhere in the Canadian Rockies, you’ve probably seen his name in the summit register. That’s because Rick Collier had climbed more peaks in the Rockies than anyone else – more than 1,300 – before he lost his life in a tragic accident on Mt. Geikie on August 15, 2012, at the age of 71.

Shying away from the public spotlight, Collier climbed to explore and graciously made his knowledge and route descriptions available to other climbers (check it out at bit.ly/rickcollier).

Climb on, friends, and do it Collier-style: with an eagerness to learn, explore and pay it forward.

- MJW

This high-octane treat is loaded with calories and hailed for its pain-numbing qualities. The exact origins of this classic backcountry beverage are unknown, but what is certain is that Cougar’s Milk was the hot liquid of choice for early mountain pioneers in the Canadian Rockies. Among those adventurers are Ken Jones, the first Canadian-born mountain guide, and Erling Strom, who managed Assiniboine Lodge for decades and, according to Chic Scott’s Summits and Icefields, may have coined the drink’s name.

You will need: 1 large mug 1 oz Rum (spiced if you like) 1 Tbsp Condensed Milk Hot, high-quality H2O Nutmeg, for sprinkling Stir the ingredients together, and sprinkle some nutmeg on top.

Then, sit back, sip and steep your soul in some mountain history!

-KD

Alpine Corner mountain adventures and leadership training.

Through the winter months, the Edmonton Section gets together monthly at the Old Strathcona Performing Arts Centre, 8426 Gateway Boulevard, at 7:30 p.m. on the third Tuesday of every month for slide shows, guest speakers and socializing.

Perfecting the

Snot Rocket 1. Remember Driver’s Ed? Start with a solid shoulder check.

2. Press firmly on one nostril, and close your mouth.

3. Lean your upper body away from the centerline (keep the up-track mucus-free).

5. Blow the air out of your other nostril in a short, powerful spurt.

6. Be prepared to remove any stragglers (better to sacrifice your mitt than get a new nickname).

- MJW

The Alpine Club of Canada, Canada’s national mountaineering organization, has six Sections across Alberta, each offering climbing and skiing adventures and regular socials. Check this space for seasonal happenings.

More information from each Section, including trip schedules, social calendars, upcoming events and how to join, is available at alpineclubofcanada.ca/sections.

Calgary Section The Calgary Section is very active in the winter months with a full slate of weekend trips for skiers and climbers as well as a midwinter ice climbing camp and a spring ski camp.

Calgary Section meets on the third Tuesday of each month through the winter at 7:30pm at the Bow Waters Canoe Club in Calgary at 1975 36th Street SE. They feature guest presenters and the opportunity to socialize with other members, or even meet new climbing or skiing partners over drinks.

Edmonton Section There is a great community of climbers and skiers in Edmonton who make weekend treks to the mountains. The Edmonton Section runs trips ranging from one-day to one-week long and includes indoor climbing,

Rocky Mountain Section Usually on the first Tuesday of each month, the Rocky Mountain Section holds monthly meetings that are all about getting together and sharing experiences and fellowship.

Central Alberta Section Open to everyone, monthly meetings of the Central Alberta Section are held throughout the winter on the first Tuesday of the month at the Collicutt Centre in Red Deer. Trip schedules, including climbing wall evenings and annual skills reviews, are posted online.

Jasper / Hinton Section The Jasper / Hinton Section serves members from all over west, central and northern Alberta and British Columbia. The section offers regular outings as well as courses in avalanche awareness, wilderness travel, snow and ice mountaineering and leadership skills.

Southern Alberta Section The newest Alberta section of the ACC (since May of 2012) is based in the Lethbridge area. The SA section claims the mountains of Waterton, Crowsnest Pass, Fernie, Glacier National Park (in Montana) and even the Tetons as their stomping grounds. See their website for a full list of section skiing and ice climbing outings, and for information on social events.

Answer from page 12: All of the above.

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fig. 1: Raven, curved beak. fig. 2: Crow, straight beak.

who you callin’ “crow”?

by Chloe Vance, illustration by Camara Miller.

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all a Canuck a Yank or a Kiwi an Aussie, and you’re sure to get a reaction. Call a Raven a Crow, and he might just tell you to f’CAW. But, you’d be right. The Raven is a Crow – one of many members of the Corvidae or Crow family, which also includes jays, magpies and other chatty birds.

Habitat, size, tail shape, flight pattern and sound will help you keep your corvids straight so that you can avoid an awkward avian encounter.

Think of the Raven as the big loud brother of the Corvids. Size-wise, he’s the biggest of the songbirds, soaring silently in wild places with his four-foot swing span and wedge-shaped tail. Gleaming purple-black in the sunshine, the Raven is older, wiser, a keen hunter, and is intelligent enough to use tools and hold

grudges. “Kronk! Kronk! Gurgle! Pop!” The Raven chats up a storm with his wide range of vocalizations and the ability to imitate sounds.

The poor little Crow lacks the Raven’s wise ways. Fidgety and nervous, the Crow resorts to scavenging for food and begging for scraps.

With duller feathers and a straight-edge tail, the Crow flaps his small wings while he flies in a great big flock. “Caw! Caw! Caw!” he says, making a scene with the only sound he has.

It’s no surprise that in European tradition a flock of antsy, hyperactive Crows is seen as an ominous symbol of death, while in Native American culture, the wise old Raven is seen as the keeper of secrets – a vocal messenger from the spirit world and a symbol of change.

Both come bearing news: “Cras, Cras,” which is Latin for “tomorrow.” Humans would be wise to listen.

fig. 5: Raven, wedge-shaped tail.

fig. 6: Crow, fan-shaped tail.

Mmmmm...

Volcano-y.

According to Bob Sandford's Water and Our Way of Life, "Snowflakes form in the atmosphere when water vapor freezes on a "seed particle." A lot of different materials can perform this function. Snow crystals can form around motes of dust from a construction site, pollen carried into the wind from a farmer's field, or specks of ash blasted into the high atmosphere from a distant volcano. Snowflakes also form around particles released into the air by automotive exhaust, salt spray from oceans, broken bits of ice, or even around microorganisms floating in the atmosphere. When you taste snow you taste the dust around which it formed."

Correction: “Dazed and Concussed” (Summer 2012) Brain mapping results help doctors to understand an individual’s neurochemistry to tailor programs involving medications, supplements, dietary changes, neurofeedback, emotional and psychological support, exercise, hydration, new learning, stress reduction, meditation, and CBT.

backcountry skating, that is

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by Sara Eve Alarie

by Sara Eve Alarie

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The ice can be so clear in mid-November that you can see schools of fish swimming beneath your feet as you skate. Impromptu games of shinny take place, and the surrounding peaks create some of the most picturesque rinks on the planet.

Outdoor skating in the Rockies is a quintessential Canadian experience. Some years in autumn, the ice on lakes and rivers becomes thick enough to skate on before the heavy snow falls. Luckily, some of these natural rinks are maintained by volunteers and local businesses and kept free of snow, making them perfect skating options throughout the winter.

V469/1152 Fancy Skating, Margaret & Mary Simpson, Banff Winter Carnival, ca. 1930, George Noble fonds, Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies.

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At Johnson Lake, the ice is so clear that you can see plants and schools of fish below the ice. Be aware that there can be open water at the far end of the lake.

The wind can be strong enough to blow the snow off Lake Minnewanka. In perfect conditions you can skate to the end of the lake and back. Try from January onward.

Banff

Vermilion Lakes often freezes in early November.

A skating oval is usually cleared of snow on the Bow River near the Blue Canoe docks.

Gap Lake, between Canmore and Exshaw, provides awesome views of Mt. Lougheed and is often clear of snow because there is almost always wind!

Spray Lake is gorgeous, huge and out of the way – perfect for people who like skating in solitude.

Be cautious of ice thickness early in the season; otherwise, skate anywhere on the lake.

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The Canmore Pond is a hit with families.

There are benches to help little ones to tie up their skates.

Located halfway between Banff and Canmore, Carrot Creek is often the earliest to freeze because it is so shallow. Access is gained from the eastbound lane of the TransCanada, roughly halfway between the two towns. Look for cars parked on the shoulder, and follow the tracks to the pond!

Pyramid Lake Resort often clears a rink on its namesake lake.

Lake Louise

Skate at the base of Victoria Glacier on a rink cleared (and maintained) on Lake Louise in front of the Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise. In January, check out the Ice Magic Festival.

winter 2013 Vance.

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The Jasper Park Lodge clears a large oval on Lake Mildred.

Jasper

Snaring Pond is a 20-kilometre drive from Jasper and can be a quiet place to skate.

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How to Get There All the locations listed and described here can be found on maps of the area, except for Snaring Pond in Jasper. For directions to Snaring Pond, check out bit.ly/highlineextras.

check yo’ self Know Before You Go The Canadian Red Cross recommends that ice be at least 20-centimetres thick for group skating use.

Parks Canada recommends using a drill to check the thickness of the ice and to check multiple locations on the ice surface.

The safety of the ice is not monitored, and users are cautioned to be especially careful near water inflow and outflow areas where the ice may be thinner.

If you happen to fall into the water, hypothermia is a serious concern. It is recommended you carry a throw bag or hockey stick to help rescue someone who has fallen through the ice.

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She remembers sleeping in a canvas-topped cabin in B.C.’s Bugaboos on one of legendary mountain guide Hans Gmoser’s first heli-skiing adventures in 1966.

“I was thrilled to death to be there,” she recalls, “but it was a little chilly.”

She remembers riding on horseback with her uncle Jim Brewster for a VIP tour of his new Sunshine ski area when the horses became mired in softening spring snow.

“They had to buck to get themselves free,” she says. “I hung on to my seat. It was a big adventure.”

A self-described tough kid, Ralphine was just ten years old at the time.

Born in 1925, she is the only documented person to be born at Lake Louise where her father managed Brewster horse and bus tours during the summers. They lived in a cabin where the current Chateau Lake Louise parking lot sits.

“It was a wonderful time,” she says. “Mom encouraged us to notice everything about nature. We were so free. There were bears around, but we never worried; we just gave them lots of room.”

Ralphine Locke

Ralphine Locke has a really good memory.

Ralphine Locke tells her stories of a bygone era and reminds us of the importance of giving back – no matter what your age.

by Lynn Martel

In winter they lived in Banff, skiing at Norquay long before chair lifts. The hardships of WWII, however, sent the family to Calgary where Ralphine married Banffite Gerry Locke and raised two children. Her son, Harvey, founded the Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative.

Then, in her will, Ralphine’s cousin and celebrated Banffite, Eleanor Luxton, requested that Ralphine join the board of the Eleanor Luxton Historical Foundation. She accepted the challenge with gusto.

Now 87, this diminutive yet industrious great-grandmother has seen two of Eleanor’s books re-published and has gained museum status for the historical Luxton home where Ralphine guides visitor tours. She launched a creative writing contest for Banff Community High School students modelled on one she has run for three decades at Strathcona Tweedsmuir School. She consults on Whyte Museum exhibits and works on the Bison Belong campaign. At the 2011 Banff Mountain Book Festival, she sparkled on a story-telling panel.

“I like to be busy,” Ralphine says. “That’s one of the nice things about living here. There’s so much going on.”

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Water Everywhere?

We Canadians take our abundance of fresh, clean water for granted. As mountain people, in the face of depletion and pollution of our water resources, we have an opportunity to act as stewards of the water towers of the continent.

Photo by Dan Rafla.

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by Bob Sandford

n Canada we have accepted and encouraged wasteful water use as a social norm.

Canadians are the second largest per capita water users on Earth. In fact, we use twice as much water per person per day as the average European and three and a half times more water than leading world centres who pride themselves in water conservation.

Ironically, we waste enormous amounts of energy treating and moving water to where it can be wasted. Additionally, we have realized that the energy we are wasting by wasting water is accelerating climate change, which we now know is increasing the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events that have begun to cause enormous damage to the infrastructure we can no longer afford to maintain and replace.

We have, unwittingly, created a positive climate change feedback – an obvious vicious circle – that wastes money while compounding climate change effects. This cycle will accelerate until we stop wasting water and the energy it takes to move it to where we waste it.

There is, however, a silver lining in conservation. Canadians can share in the head-turning economic benefits of breaking this cycle. Industry example suggests that, for every dollar you save in water use, you can save as much as four dollars more on chemical, electricity and energy costs. Such savings will help free up resources that could contribute significantly to assuring that we can afford to maintain and upgrade water infrastructure in both urban and rural areas so that, in turn, water supply and quality are assured in all parts of Canada now and in the future.

Bob Sandford is the EPCOR Chair of the Canadian Partnership Initiative in support of the United Nations Water for Life Decade. Bob’s new book, Cold Matters: The State & Fate of Canada’s Fresh Water will be published by Rocky Mountain Books in the fall of 2012.

Conserving our water means not only not wasting it, but also conserving its quality by keeping it clean! Here are some simple suggestions for ways to save and preserve water, inspired by Water and Our Way of Life, also by Bob Sandford (Highline-recommended reading).

Household If we do not want toxic chemicals harming the environment and coming back to us in our water or food, we must dispose of household chemicals properly. Such products as oven cleaners, toilet bowl cleaners, sink drain cleaners, bleaches, rust removers, and most other acidic and alkali products should be used up completely. This also includes paints, solvents, carpet and furniture cleaners, polishes, and glues. Use eco-friendly products whenever possible, and don’t ever flush chemicals into the sewer or the storm drain.

LAUNDRY ROOM KITCHEN Keep a jug of drinking water in your fridge rather than running your tap until the water gets cool each time you want a drink.

Wash only full loads in your washing machine. Use the shortest cycle possible for washing clothes, and use the “suds-saver” feature if your machine has one.

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BATHROOM Reduce water usage by about 20% by placing a weighted plastic bottle filled with water into the water tank of your toilet. With a toilet insert like this, a family of four could save 45,000 litres of water per year.

Wash your dishes at least 10 metres away from the water’s edge.

Use sand instead of soap to scrub them clean. If possible, dish water should be disposed of in sandy soils.

If a latrine is needed only for temporary use, dig a shallow pit approximately 15 centimetres deep, at least 10 metres away from the water’s edge, and cover it with dirt when you’re finished.

For more on water conservation

Find out how you can make a difference: Bow River Basin Council: brbc.ab.ca The Living By Water Project: livingbywater.ca Government of Alberta – Water for Life Project: waterforlife.alberta.ca

The inside of the terminal end of the glacier off Mt. President.

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A terminal end of glacier recedes to reveal the long hidden bedrock underneath.

Some years ago, Dan heeded the call to “go west, young man.� As with so many other adventurers, the view of the mountains erupting out of the prairies made for a journey of no return.

His love for the mountains is equally matched by his love for the sea. He has spent many nights being lulled to sleep by a gentle swell, and spent days being

tossed like driftwood, pitching fitfully in tempestuous waves.

When asked by Highline about his interest in photographing water, he says he attempts to capture a moment that is not immediately visible in the flow; to uncover a sense of order in the seemingly chaotic; to hold the ephemeral, and to occasionally discover the magic.

See his portfolio at danrafla.com.

Wild stages of ice patterns off the Bow River.

A waterfall in winter forms wild shapes while the underlaying water continues to flow into a deep pool.

Adventurer: James McSkimming. Photographer: Reuben Krabbe.

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Taking the Plunge

One brave soul explores the deep freeze of cold-water therapy.

by John Reid

“Absolutely! All the athletes do it. Muscles recover so much faster after an ice bath.”

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t’s a sickening feeling: standing on the edge of a lake in the dead of winter, jeers ringing in my ears, machismo on the line. I had to jump – buck jones naked – through a small hole in the ice as payment for a poor Superbowl bet. My heart in my throat, my hands clenched, all I could think about was Leonardo DiCaprio explaining to Kate Winslet the pain of jumping into glacial water in Titanic. Damn you, Leo! Damn you and your fantastic acting!

I plunged into the bitterly cold water and immediately panicked as it swept over my head. It took all my concentration to claw my way back onto the ice. Taunts involving “raisins” and “shrimp” poured down on me as I shamefully skittered indoors to a warm shower, vowing to never again bet on the Colts.

I still get goose bumps thinking about it, so you can imagine my disbelief when a speed skating friend of mine mentioned how she “couldn’t wait” for an ice bath after training.

Speed skaters are borderline bananas; they spend their time screaming around ice at 50km/h with razor blades strapped to their feet, wearing uniforms tighter than the wool sweaters grandma used to knit, so I expect to hear some odd stuff from them. But hearing her say she was looking forward to an ice bath made me freeze in my tracks.

I considered suggesting that a cold beer and a lounging session on the couch watching Jeopardy works pretty well, but thought I’d do some research before opening my yap.

It turns out that cold-water therapy was popularized in Scandinavia more than 100 years ago but only recently started gaining steam in athletic circles. It involves immersing yourself in a tub of water at 5 to 15 degrees Celsius, not just after injury but also after exercise. I’m pretty sure an intense warrior scream is mandatory as you take the plunge.

So why would you put yourself through it? If you’re like me, it’s a bad combination of pride and stubbornness. But researchers say there are better reasons to try cold-water therapy: decreased muscle soreness and faster muscle healing. That’s because it limits the buildup of lactate and prevents inflammation of damaged muscle. Scientists say they’ve really only touched the tip of the iceberg and more studies are needed, but Canada’s top athletic therapists are already implementing it into their athletes’ recovery programs.

“Cold-water therapy is very athlete specific, but generally we find endurance athletes benefit from it,” says Dale Butterwick, Athletic Therapy Program Coordinator at the University of Calgary. “Usually we see pain relief and quicker recovery from 10 to 20-minute immersions.”

All right, so elite athletes willingly immerse themselves in a freezing cold tub of ice. They also spend five or more hours a day pushing their bodies to the limit, however, so we know they are a little crazy. We mere mortals have more common sense.

We might throw Epsom salts in a bath, but that’s it. Right?

Apparently not. Evidently, even we casual athletes have some inner narwhal. One study pegged cold-water therapy as the fastest growing treatment among recreational marathoners. Moreover, during the past two decades, people have been flocking like penguins to try a “polar bear dip,” an increasingly popular activity that involves jumping into water in the dead of winter. Last year nearly 40 people became human popsicles at Jasper’s Bear’s Paw Polar Dip. You have to wonder if all that thin mountain air has gone to their heads.

Still, I could use some pain relief and muscle recovery, especially after an ambitious day on the slopes leaves me too sore to sit. So I figured I’d give it another try. And you know, it wasn’t really that bad. I just had to discover the missing ingredient those Scandinavians hadn’t mentioned: vodka.

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Ironman when she’s not competing in them. In her spare time, she works at Patagonia and co-organizes Craft Café, a series of Banff community-based artisan nights. She has a teaching degree in Phys Ed and aims to write her own outdoor cookbook one day, boasting her badass specialty sushi made with sprouted brown rice and fresh fish.

Sheena admits with a laugh that she’s a classic example of the Bow Valley overachiever, sampling everything and anything with her ‘jill-of-all-trades’ lifestyle.

Regarding her super-human athletic capabilities, Sheena is known around town as “Ma-Sheena.” Her achievements include running up Mt. Kilimanjaro in just three days and being the youngest finisher in the 2009 Ultraman World Championship in Hawaii.

Not to be forgotten is the time when she was hard at work promoting Patagonia products during a race at the Canmore Nordic Centre and spontaneously decided to join the runners. Legend has it she snatched a sports bra from a nearby booth, put it on over her shirt and took off in her jean shorts, sprinting down the trail.

“It’s not my aim to be the best at anything,” explained Sheena.

“My aim is to enjoy, get out, and do it.”

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heena Miller is the type of person who could be happiest living in a van, down by the river. She hops out of her 1984 Volkswagen Vanagon (christened “Paul” after learning she should always name a van after one of the disciples) in front of the Blue Canoe docks, one hand digging into a Ziploc bag of frozen blueberries. With the other hand she is unstrapping a yellow, 18foot ocean kayak that she has just spent 200 hours building with her partner-in-crime, Leland Clark. Now they’re constructing a second one in hopes of rowing side-by-side next summer from Vancouver to Skagway, Alaska.

Originally from Penticton, B.C., Sheena grew up on the water, so when she describes the plans for the two-month paddle up the coast, her eyes light up to match her electric blue mascara. “The best I feel in life is when I’m outdoors,” she says as she rows upstream on the Bow River. “This is where I find peace.”

Having worked in fire management and pine beetle research for Parks Canada, as well as ski patrol with Lake Louise Ski Area, Sheena has reached her moment of Zen many times over. This mountain gal is also an avid runner, cyclist, climber, skier, rafter, swimmer and triathlete. She even announces races like the Ultraman and

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Forerunners A retrospective look at the years before the Banff Mountain Festivals and what shaped the annual mountain culture mecca.

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The Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival, which takes place each year over a period of nine days in late October and early November, is the world’s greatest celebration of mountain culture. Held at The Banff Centre, high on Tunnel Mountain overlooking the Bow Valley, the Festival showcases mountain books and films and features some of the planet’s most renowned mountaineers and adventurers.

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In the Centre’s theatres you can experience onthe-edge-of-your-seat tales of hard rock and steep snow. But for me the biggest thrill is to walk the halls at intermission and mingle with the real flesh and blood adventurers themselves. If you are up for it, you can join them in the pub at the end of the evening for flaming shooters and endless tall tales.

The Banff Mountain Festival is not the first of its kind. That honour goes to Italy’s Trento Mountain Film Festival, which was first held in 1952. And, while the Banff Mountain Festival might now be the largest, it rose from humble beginnings in 1976, with foundations laid by several forerunners.

It was Hans Gmoser, known worldwide as the father of the heli-ski empire Canadian Mountain Holidays, who pioneered the idea of a visual celebration of the mountains and a gather-

ing of the mountain community. Between 1957 and 1968, Hans created and toured ten films across North America. From late October until the end of February, he travelled the continent in his little Volkswagen, presenting his films at over 50 venues, including major ones like Los Angeles, New York, Montreal and Toronto and small mountain towns like Nelson, Rossland and Revelstoke. In Detroit Hans drew a crowd of 2,500 people.

In 1963 I saw my first Hans Gmoser film, Skis Over McKinley, in the Jubilee Auditorium in Calgary. The theatre was packed, and at intermission Hans mingled with the crowd in the foyer.

The evening was the highlight of the mountaineer’s social calendar. Other filmmakers toured North America at that time — John Jay, Dick Barrymore and Warren Miller — but they showed primarily ski racing and resort skiing.

Top: photo by Kristy Davison.

Above: Brochure from Hans Gmoser’s 1963 film, and photo right, Hans Gmoser courtesy Chic Scott archives.

Hans’ films were different, featuring ski touring in the Little Yoho Valley and Rogers Pass and climbing on Mount Logan, Mount Robson and Denali (Mount McKinley). Hans gave many of us our first glimpses of the world of the alpinist and ski mountaineer. For me, and friends like Don Gardner and Charlie Locke, Hans exerted a profound influence and changed our lives. We left our small town Calgary teenage world for exciting lives in the emerging Rocky Mountain climbing scene.

In 1966 local climbers Brian Greenwood and Don Vockeroth brought a celebrated French mountain guide, Gaston Rebuffat, to Canada.

With a film titled Entre Terre et Ciel (Between Heaven and Earth), Rebuffat toured the country, playing major venues like the Jubilee Auditoriums in Calgary and Edmonton. Created

by Pierre Tairraz, this film is a marvellous

The funniest moment for me was when, a couple years back, I went with some friends to an autograph session for Chris Sharma (rock climbing superstar). When it was our turn, my friend, who was a climbing gym instructor at the Sally Borden Climbing Gym at the time, offered Chris to use the climbing gym. My friend told Chris he’d waive the $5 belay check fee, but still needed to do the check because he’d never seen Chris belay before.

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evocation of the beauty and romance of alpinism in the Mont Blanc Range of the French Alps.

As a student at the University of British Columbia at the time, I saw the film at a packed Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Vancouver. After this, the granite aiguilles above Chamonix became the object of my alpine pilgrimage.

In the summer of 1973, while instructing a rock climbing school in Leysin, Switzerland with the great Scottish mountaineer, Dougal Haston, I casually asked him if he would be interested in touring Canada. Three years earlier he had climbed the south face of Annapurna, one of the major peaks of the Nepalese Himalaya, on an expedition led by Chris Bonington. Presenting the film of the climb would be perfect for the laconic Haston. He said, “Why not?” so I wrote to Pat Boswell in Banff (he ran the Alpine Club of Canada (ACC) at that time) and Pat agreed. In February of 1974, Dougal crossed Canada with the film, each show being organized by the local section of the ACC. The ACC only guaranteed Dougal $50 or $100 for each show, but he knew he would do a lot better than that. And he did, with sold out shows from Montreal to Vancouver Island. It was obvious that there was a tremendous appetite in this country for films and slide presentations by

the world’s greatest climbers. The ACC was so pleased that they asked me to invite someone else for the following year.

I had just read an article about an outstanding lecture given in England by an Austrian climber named Kurt Diemberger. I tracked down his recently published autobiography, Summits and Secrets, and discovered a man with a stellar climbing career — first ascents of two 8,000 metre peaks, expeditions to the Hindu Kush in Afghanistan and to Greenland, and ascents of many of the great north faces in the Alps. I wrote to Kurt, and he immediately accepted an invitation to tour Canada for the ACC in April of 1975.

While I spent the summer of 1974 in Switzerland working with Clint Eastwood filming The Eiger Sanction, a letter arrived from Canada: the ACC was getting worried about Diemberger: Could he speak English? Did he have good material? They asked me to travel to Austria to find out. After the filming ended, I took the train to Salzburg where Kurt lived. Over the next four days I hiked, ate and drank beer with Kurt.

Sitting in his apartment, surrounded by his magnificent collection of fossils, crystals and souvenirs from around the world, he showed me his films and slides. I quickly learned that

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I watched the World Tour each year in our small town library, and finally conceded that I was missing these types of adventures in my life.

Ergo, I moved to Calgary, spend all my free time rock/ice climbing, sea kayaking, backpacking, skiing and biking, and I couldn’t be happier!

-Meghan McKay

Gmoser with his skis, ice axe and camera in 1963 on Mount McKinley. Courtesy Canadian Mountain Holidays.

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the banff Mountain Film Festival inspired me to quit my career in a small town and leave my friends and family behind to move closer to the mountains.

his English was excellent, and that his material was outstanding. The next winter Kurt toured Canada and was a great success. I remember sitting backstage in Calgary with Kurt and Herb Kariel, the chairman of the ACC’s Calgary section, watching them count out piles of twenty-dollar bills. Sport stores in San Francisco and Seattle got word that Kurt was touring Canada, and invited him south to lecture. The tour had turned into a bonanza.

The most memorable for me was the 2010 Film Festival, where That winter the first mounI watched Salt, The Swiss Machine, and Journey to the Centre tain film festival in Banff was back-to-back. I had just moved to the Bow Valley, and this was conceived. The executive of the Banff Section of the ACC — Evmy first time being exposed to such amazing adventure films. elyn Moorehouse, Betty Ware, Patsy Murphy, John Amatt and myself — were sitting around brainstorming about what the club could do for community projects. We had just organized shows for Haston and Diemberger, and some of us, years earlier, had also been thrilled with Gmoser’s film offerings. It was not a great leap of imagination to conceive of something more permanent, and someone suggested that Banff would be perfect for a film festival like the one held at Trento each year. The town - Melissa Lochhead was quiet in the autumn and would appreciate any additional business, and The Banff Centre was the perfect venue.

John Amatt immediately saw potential in the idea, and, working in partnership with Patsy Murphy, turned it into a reality. On October 31, 1976, the first Banff Festival of Mountaineering Films was held. It was a success right from the beginning, and John, with the assistance of others including Patsy and Denise Lemaster, was to guide the festival organization for over a decade.

In 1988 Bernadette McDonald became director and led the Festival to a new level. In 1994 she initiated the first mountain book festival, and in 2000 hosted over 30 of the world’s greatest mountaineers in Banff — perhaps the pinnacle of her career. But McDonald’s most enduring legacy may be the World Tour, where a selection of the finest films shown in Banff travel to film festivals in other countries. Begun in the late 70s when Patsy chauffeured old-fashioned film reels to a handful of Canadian showings, the tour now travels to 390

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I remember thinking how utterly crazy, yet inspiring, these people were, and my definition of ‘living life to the fullest’ was forever changed.

Diemberger on Shartse. Photo courtesy Diemberger family. locations around the world and reaches continues to evolve today. The appetite for 280,000 people. In 2006, Shannon O’Donoghue, mountain adventure that Canadians showed who had been working with McDonald since in the 1950s has not diminished, and the num1998, took over as festival director. The story ber of Canadian mountain lovers has grown of these early years of the festival is well told beyond our wildest dreams. The imagination

by Amatt and McDonald in the book Voices and creativity of the film festival forerunners from the Summit. has borne fruit, resulting in a marvellous Since 2010 Joni Cooper has been at the annual event. helm of the Banff Mountain Festival, and her team continues to create a stellar show. A major factor that contributes to the festival’s overwhelming success is The Banff Centre itself, with three large theatres for presentations, rooms for trade displays, accommodation for visitors and, of course, the technical backup of a world-class performing An inspired group of locals brought the Banff Mountain Festivals to life arts centre. None of the other and, year after year, local artists are inspired to make a contribution to festivals around the world the celebration of mountain culture. This year, check out Mountains in have the resources that exist Motion: The Canadian Rockies (mountainsinmotion.ca), a short time-lapse in Banff.

The festival is now going into film created by Highline’s very own Meghan J. Ward and photographer, its 37th year and today wel- Paul Zizka, in conjunction with Doug Urquhart of Atlanta, Georgia. You comes about 15,000 mountain also won’t want to miss Andrew Querner’s The Gift (andrewquerner.com/ lovers. A real source of pride film/the-gift/), which profiles Chic Scott. Both films will be featured at for Canada and for Banff, it has evolved over the years and the 2012 Banff Mountain Film Festival.

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ecuas e say “no” to bottled water.

by Erin Cipollone

GET SMART Watch the documentary Flow: For the Love of Water, free online:

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Find out how Canada compares to its peers:

www.conferenceboard.ca/hcp/details/environment/water-consumption.aspx

Get your facts straight:

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anada: the land of freshwater lakes and democracy. Clean, cheap, plentiful water pours from our taps, quenching our thirst, washing our bodies and clothes - heck, we even soak our lawns and clean our cars with the stuff. Yet, consumers are increasingly gravitating to the idea of water in a bottle rather than from the tap, swallowing the multi-national corporations’ rhetoric that bottled is safer and healthier than tap water. The reality is that bottled water is an unnecessary luxury, and one that is leading us down a precarious path.

According to Statistics Canada, 65 bottlers are now vigorously slurping up our water supply and trucking it far away from our taps and future generations of Canadians. In her book, Blue Covenant: The Global Water Crisis and the Coming Battle for the Right to Water, Canadian author and activist Maude Barlow writes, “In anticipation of this emerging water market, water entrepreneurs are hunting for new sources of water and buying up bulk water and water rights and holding them for future profit.”

Picture it: a well-known soft drink company sets up at a local water source (Bow Lake? Spray Lakes? The Bow River, perhaps?), sucks water out of the ground before it can hit our lips and pumps so much water into its bottles that the flow of local creeks is reversed. Sounds dramatic, but that’s exactly what is happening at a Nestlé plant near Guelph, Ontario – with the Canadian government’s blessing.

So what can the people do to make a difference? Start by spreading the word about bottled water’s backwash. Check out the following links :

Sources: CBC, Statistics Canada, The Council of Canadians, toxicfreecanada.ca, nviromind.com, The Polaris Institute – insidethebottle.org, Wellington Water Watchers, Environmental Working Group, Town of Canmore Public Works, blueplanetnetwork.org.

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Frostbite

by Meghan J. Ward

How to Prevent It:

• Avoid tightly fitting footwear.

• Stay dry and wear moisture-wicking socks.

Acquiring leathery, weathered skin is like a rite of passage in a • Wear mittens instead of gloves. mountain community. Wrinkles – deep as crevasses – are es• Watch for signs of frost-nip/frostbite on your partners’ teemed as well-earned scars from battles fought against the eleexposed areas. ments in the alpine.

• Be extra cautious in high winds or at high altitude.

But, sometimes too much is too much, and the effect that wind, • Stay well hydrated and well fed. sun and cold can have on our bodies is nothing worth bragging about. Frostbite, sunburn, hypothermia and snow blindness, Try this on: combined with the remoteness of the wilderness and other nasty factors, can turn a wee problem into a full-scale ordeal.

Cover up! We recommend the Reversible Storm According to Dave Stark, Director of Operations for Yamnuska Buff ($43 CAD), which combines Gore WindMountain Adventures and IFMGA certified guide, it’s almost stopper protection with super-soft microfialways a lack of preparation that compounds the effects of unber comfort. When worn around the nose and controllable backcountry factors like changing weather, injuries, mouth, the microfiber panel enables you to broken equipment or even stumbling across another party in disbreathe normally (hallelujah!), and an adjusttress. When preparing for a backcountry trip, the “fast-and-light” able drawstring makes it easy to modify the mentality will get a lot of people in trouble,” he says. What begins garment from neckwear to headwear. as a broken binding on a day trip can turn into a night spent out in freezing temperatures with insufficient protection against Why is it important to maintain adequate hydration and nutrition levels? the elements.

This winter, skip the sufferAccording to a study at the University of Manitoba by Dr. Gordon Giesbrecht, fest stories by learning to protect also known as “Professor Popsicle,” dehydration can lead to decreased blood yourself against some easily preflow and delivery of heat to peripheral tissues such as the hands and feet ventable, life-threatening moun(see more on that at bit.ly/highlineextras). Foods, particularly those high in tain maladies that can otherwise carbohydrates, can help us sustain energy and are converted into heat by leave you laid up for weeks. the body.

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Ever experienced the dread of someone saying to you, Oh, buddy, your cheeks are lookin’ kinda pasty? On a cold day, if you’ve had skin exposed, or have had poor circulation in your extremities, you could be a contender for frostnip or frostbite.

What’s the difference? Frost-nip is a superficial frostbite and will appear as a patch of white skin. The skin will return to normal with warm breath or skin-to-skin rewarming. Frostbite, on the other hand, actually freezes the blood vessels and surrounding tissue in the affected area, and can cause permanent damage.

Skin will appear cold, hard and either pale or darkly discoloured.

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With every 1000ft of elevation above sea level, the intensity of UV rays increases by 4% Did You Know?

Try this on: The After Sun Body Butter ($16 CAD), from Rocky Mountain Soap, is an all-natural, locally made option that will soothe inflammation, reduce itching and swelling, cool the skin and speed healing.

Hypothermia 25 years: 20,320 feet: 32 days.

Sunburn Ever come away from a day in the mountains with the “red mask of shame?” Taunting from your friends is bad enough, but skin cancer and some of the other consequences of sunburn are also pretty unappealing.

Not only does sunburn cause itching, blistering and peeling, but it can also cause headache, fever, nausea and fatigue. Sunburn is caused by ultraviolet (UV) radiation that increases in intensity at higher elevations because there is less atmosphere to absorb the damaging rays.

Be extra careful in the mountains and especially on snow, which reflects the sun with even more intensity.

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• Apply sunscreen prior to sun exposure (Health Canada says to choose one that blocks both UVA and UVB rays, with an SPF factor of at least 15), and reapply often. We usually up the SPF above the recommendation.

• Be conscious of the likelihood of burning, even on overcast days.

• If you’re hard-core, apply Zinc oxide paste (a.k.a. clown white) to your nose and cheeks.

• Wear a ball cap or wide-brimmed hat, long sleeves and pants.

• Frequently apply lip balm with SPF. • Wear sunglasses (see Snow Blindness).

You’ve probably heard the stories of people who become hypothermic, go nuts and rip off all of their clothes. As crazy as they sound, the stories are true. In the later stages of this chill-induced malady, a hypothermic person can become disoriented and, for some little-understood reason (there are some theories), be compelled to remove his or her clothing.

But, before this paradoxical undressing occurs, an individual has to become hypothermic in the first place. The condition results when the body’s core temperature drops to 35 degrees Celsius or less. It is most likely to occur after prolonged exposure to chilly, drizzly conditions, not necessarily just brutal cold, and it is the leading cause of death in the wilderness.

How to Prevent It: • Dress for the weather.

• Dress in layers, keeping a quick drying fabric against the skin. De-layer before you begin to sweat, and add a layer if you’re feeling chilled.

• Avoid overexertion, but keep moving.

• Stay well hydrated and well fed.

• Drink hot, sweet liquids. Cougar’s Milk (see Pg. 14) is great once you’re warm and cozy, but alcohol should be avoided in the cold as it can actually speed up heat loss.

• Find shelter, or head indoors when you begin to shiver and can’t warm up.

Try this on: Available in women’s and men’s sizes, the Patagonia Capilene® 4 Expedition Weight 1/4-Zip Hoody ($130 CAD) is a soft, stretchy, breathable and quick-drying base layer. Use the thumbholes to keep your sleeves down, and unzip the collar for extra venting.

Tip: A runny nose (and frequent wiping) can leave the underside of your nose prone to burning. A quick way to reapply protection is to rub a bit of your SPF lip chap around your nostrils (use your finger or just glide away). Stop the runniness by Perfecting the Snot Rocket (Pg15).

First Aid in the Wild Out in the mountains, it’s often up to you to take care of yourself or of someone in your party. If you haven’t done a First Aid course since grade nine, it might be high time to re-cert. Better yet, prepare yourself for more remote scenarios with a Wilderness First Aid course.

Yamnuska Mountain Adventures hosts both 80-hour and 20-hour programs. yamnuska.com/ wilderness-first-aid

Snow Blindness In the alpine, a good pair of sunglasses can be as important as a rope.

Like your skin, your eyes are vulnerable to radiation. Without eye protection, you can burn your corneas without feeling any immediate discomfort. Later, the excruciating pain and temporary vision loss of snow blindness (also known as UV keratitis) will kick in. Better to be safe than sorry!

How to Prevent It: • Wear your goggles or sunglasses (have someone in your group bring a spare set).

• Cover your eyes, even in cloudy conditions.

• If you forgot your eyewear, make some. A few layers of folded duct tape, with eye holes cut into it, works well, or cut some slits in your Buff – whatever you have to do (Google “Inuit goggles” for inspiration).

• If you’d like to know how snow blindness feels, go for laser eye surgery (just ask the author).

Try this on: Invest in some good, quality sunglasses. We like the Alpine Polarchromic Sunglasses ($95 CAD) from Mountain Equipment Co-op. They auto-adjust to brightness and come with side panels that clip into the glasses for added peripheral protection.

34 years: 20,320 feet: 17 days.

32 years: 20,320 feet: 15 days.

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Sources: Wilderness Medical Society: Practice Guidelines for Wilderness Emergency Care, Edited by William W. Forgey; Mountaineering: Freedom of the Hills, Edited by Steven M. Cox and Kris Fulsaas; Dave Stark.

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Photographs: Tim Remick is an Anchorage based freelance photographer whose work has been recognized by the Banff Mountain Film Festival Photography Contest in both 2004 and 2011.

The series “After, Portraits from Denali” was a recipient of the Patricia B. Wolf Solo Artist Exhibit awarded by the Anchorage Museum. Tim’s photographs have been exhibited at the Alaska State Museum in Juneau, and the Anchorage Museum at The Rasmussen Center. In addition, Tim teaches photography at Alaska Pacific University and University of Alaska, Anchorage.

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Joanna Croston is a voracious reader of all types of writing and is the Programming & Event Producer for the Banff Mountain Film & Book Festival.

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very once in a while, a good book draws me in and won’t let go. It immerses me like a rip tide. I can’t quite put my finger on it, but when it happens I’m usually quite happily drowning in words. This is something only a rare breed of authors can conjure up, and Christian Beamish is one of them.

From the first few pages of The Voyage of the Cormorant, I knew this was going to be an exceptional piece of writing, and a captivating memoir. Beamish is a surfer, and the Cormorant is a small boat, lovingly handcrafted by Beamish himself when he decides to abandon the conventional lifestyle of having a steady paycheque and a landlocked home. The vessel is simple but sturdy enough to take him down the coast of California and into Mexico so he can fulfill a dream of surfing secret havens and coves.

Throughout the journey, Beamish’s talent at conveying a memory of a special place or a unique encounter presents itself with remarkable ease. You float along, catching snippets of family life in Mexico or the occasional foray into the anti-social behaviours of narcotics dealers and gangsters. Beamish seems to get lost in self-discovery, too, with all the time in the world to think about life and what matters most. Like John Muir or Henry David Thoreau before him, Beamish revels in nature, some of it wild and some of it very common, though often overlooked in the course of everyday life.

What I like most about this memoir is its unpredictable outcome. You might assume that, after abandoning all material things and forcing himself into a simpler life, Beamish might have a “Eureka!” moment. But, he doesn’t. In fact, it’s entirely possible that he makes no progress whatsoever in deciding the direction his life should take. What this book is really about is the here and now. It is about the conflict we all feel – that push and pull of our connection to the planet and our place in it.

The Voyage of the Cormorant flows effortlessly, much like the Cormorant herself as she slips along in a sturdy breeze.

Christian Beamish is a past participant of the Mountain and Wilderness Writing Program of The Banff Centre, and The Voyage of the Cormorant will be a contender in the 2013 Banff Mountain Book Competition.

Preparation time: 45 min. Serves 4 This robust curry lends itself well to a variety of veggies. Just make sure that you add them according to how much time they take to cook. Add cubed tofu or chicken to this dish for a little something extra.

This dish freezes well but only lasts a day in the fridge as coconut milk is fairly perishable.

directions

Serve over steamed brown basmati rice or quinoa.

Spice Up Your Winter

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Sometimes the last thing you want to do following a big day carving turns in the mountains is to cook dinner, and yet there’s nothing quite as satisfying as a home-cooked meal after a day in the cold. So, we’ve asked a kitchen guru for her favourite, easy-tomake, warming dinnertime dish. Make it in advance so all you have to do is heat it up, or show that stove who’s boss when you clip out of your skis.

Do you dread those occasions when you find yourself straggling behind your friends in the backcountry?

Have you ever considered lying, cheating or manipulating the dynamics of the group for the sake of your own racing heart and heaving lungs?

If you answered yes to either of these questions, rest assured that you are not alone in your wily ways.

If you answered no to both, well, we’ve watched you from behind (thx!):

Kindly forge on to page 54.

At The Back of the Pack

There’s more to look forward to!

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kay. Now that the others have carried on up the trail, Highline has a confession to make: we too are left in the dust from time to time. We can relate to the backcountry experience of a typical Back-of-thePack-er (BOTP), one who is often riddled with guilt, competitiveness, nutritional peril and occasionally just the slightest smidgen of selfdoubt. So to help you avoid being a self-deprecating snail, we’ve compiled a comprehensive “trail mix” of crafty tactics that will help you (and us) keep stride with the rest of the wolf pack out there this winter.

You newbies may find these strategies curiously sociopathic, but seasoned BOTP-ers like

the ones we surveyed have been employing them for years. Regardless of your level of experience, the tactics suggested here will help liberate you from physical and psychological woes as you pursue your goal of being stoked in the outdoors.

We’ve divided our top 20 tactics into four groups that represent the most common BOTP personality types. Blossom from a rank amateur into a well-rounded and truly enlightened BOTP-er this season by sampling the following suggestions. Study them well, and keep them in your arsenal for when things get rough. And remember, at the Back of the Pack, the ends always justify the means.

Eat a complete breakfast, but offhandedly mention that you only ate an apple: “I didn’t have any food in the house this morning.” (Only a bowl of oatmeal, an omelette, two coffees and an orange.)

Bring toilet paper.

Tell everyone about the scandalous night you had (and “can’t remember”), despite having gone to bed at 8:30 and spending ten hours in a quasi-hibernative state.

Talk up an old injury (that is currently NOT bothering you).

Wear several layers so you can always take a break to make adjustments.

EXPERT LONGTERM THINKING: Refrain from upgrading your gear so you always maintain the classic excuse of having the heaviest and most outdated setup in the group.

The Pretender Be overtly positive about everything: You are “dawdling,” rather than “sucking wind.”

Continually stop to “smell the roses” and appreciate nature. ***POTENTIAL BACKFIRE: Friends may discover that Winter Rose was a Canadian glam metal band, and probably isn't worth smelling.

When your nose starts to drip uncontrollably (see Snot Rockets, page 15), tell others “I think I’m getting a cold.” It's a great deflection from the fact you are actually dying of exhaustion.

Tell the group you have been taking lots of pictures, which has slowed you down.

BONUS: Later, tell your friends that your memory card was erased so you don’t have to produce any of your fake photos.

Suggest a topic you know your friends are passionate about. Excessive talking is guaranteed to slow them down, and all you have to do is listen.

Suggest that a friend’s backpack is open: “Hey, is your backpack open? Let me get that for you.” Then proceed to secretly un-zip the backpack before letting them continue on. They will eventually lose something and have to go back for it, providing you one more rest stop.

Be overly safety conscious: “Should we dig another pit?” (Note: at nine or ten pits in the same location, the group will usually begin to catch on that you are stalling.)

Casually suggest a controversial topic to extend the length of a group break: “What do you guys think about developing Jumbo Glacier --- wouldn’t that be rad?”

EXPERT MOVE: Stop and rest for five minutes out of sight before arriving at a group rest stop.

You’ll appear fresh as a daisy when you come around the corner, boosting your morale and the group's impression of you.

Also, you won't feel as choked when the group gets moving the moment you arrive, as the jerks so often like to do.

The Controller Always keep some kind of collateral from the group: “I’ll carry the (car keys, first aid kit, spare parts, flask...etc.).”

Be the driver: “I need to leave by about one o'clock (shortening the length of the trip). Is that cool with everybody?”

Keep your friends' bellies in check by carrying the best snacks: “I made enough (brownies, chocolate chip cookies, lasagna...etc.) for everybody!”

Keep a leash on their hearts by constantly professing your love for them: “I flippin’ love you guys...”

IMPORTANT: Never let ‘em see you cry.

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