Ryan Stuart, explore's gear editor
Ryan Stuart's tell all blog spot on his gear addiction and life and times as explore magazine's gear editor
April 2008 archive
User pay
- Posted on April 29, 2008 at 4:26 PM
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As promised this blog entry I'm going to talk about the growing controversy surrounding search and rescue. For several years Mount Washington Alpine Resort has invoiced for ski patrol time spent searching for skiers and boarders who went out of bounds and got lost, stuck or hurt. Other ski hills ...
Deadly Water
- Posted on April 23, 2008 at 2:00 PM
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Last fall two men died of hypothermia after their kayaks tipped in Howe Sound south of Squamish. David Leach does an amazing job of revisiting how the accident happened and the attempts to save the men and their companions in his cover story for explore's May issue. I always find ...
Hubba hubba...a shapely tent in a sleek package
- Posted on April 21, 2008 at 5:24 PM
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I only have so much room in explore magazine and a lot of products I would like to review. For instance for explore's annual buyers guide, part of the May issue out now, I tested eight pairs of trail running shoes, but there was only room to include five. I ...
Snow to Surf: The best day of the year
Sunday was Snow to Surf day here in the Comox Valley. Snow to Surf is Canada’s oldest adventure race and like the name suggests teams of up to nine members race from Mount Washington to Comox Marina in eight legs: run up and ski down, cross country ski, two running ...
Poaching Heroin
- Posted on April 10, 2008 at 2:57 PM
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The report from my friends living up at Mount Washington promised 10 centimetres of powder. So, we loaded the skis, boards, a couple friends and our snow loving dog, Silva, and headed up to the silent ski hill. Mount Washington closed on April 6, but not from lack of snow. ...
Winter in spring
The flowers are popping up around my house, but I’m just getting into winter gear testing mode. Companies tend to launch gear for next winter at the Outdoor Retailer show in late January. They show it off to retailers and the press. Some companies have gear ready to test pretty ...
Spring rules
Today is April 6. It should be spring but the ski conditions are anything but. Last night it snowed about 15 centimetres on the local mountains. The snow is typically spring like – a little heavy – but who’s complaining. The skiing is awesome. We’ve barely had any melt so ...