Tag Archives: Adventure
Auyuittuq National Park: The Land That Never Melts
An expedition report from Conor Hurley, who ventured north with Claire Sieber and Jon Walsh to explore Auyuittuq National Park on Baffin Island. MEC provided Expedition Support for this adventure. Imagine a land without trees that’s barren, windswept, and cold. An … Continue reading
Waddington: Sarah Hart Samples Alpine Granite
An update from MEC Envoy Sarah Hart, who visited the Waddington Range in BC’s Coast Mountains. Success in the mountains is a relative thing. In the grand scheme of mountain adventure, just returning home safely is success enough. So, by … Continue reading
Learning to Camp Differently
Editor’s note: Claude, our Montreal-based French editor, has been contributing to MEC’s blog since it began in 2010. You may recall him telling you about his parents’ backyard and his native Kamouraska. And you may remember his daughter Frédérique who … Continue reading
Funding Adventure: November Recipients
All of us dream of adventure. Some of us dream of really big adventures. And some of us get the opportunity to turn our dreams into reality. At MEC, we’re pretty excited that our Expedition Support fund gets to help … Continue reading
Celebrating BC Parks
It’s hard to believe that July has passed and it’s on to August already. Perhaps that’s because for most of us, summer took forever to make an appearance. Soon it will be time for scholars of all ages to head … Continue reading
Weekend Warriors
The turn of phrase popped into my head at around 2pm. It was about half-way through Sunday’s ride with my family and my energy-levels seemed near zero. I was staring at my front tire, spinning pedals trying to maintain some … Continue reading
Funding Adventure
Three times a year you get the opportunity to apply for grants through our Expedition Support fund. Three times a year the folks on the selection committee wade through the details of the trips you’ve been dreaming of doing. And three … Continue reading
Favourite Places: Inishmore
Where: Inishmore, Aran Islands, Galway Bay, Ireland What: Cycling When: July and August are the warmest, but they’re the busiest too, best to go in June or September. I remember watching Inishmore emerge from a ghostly fog. I remember stepping … Continue reading
100 Years of Adventure
You wouldn’t normally connect snowshoeing with surfing, but BC Parks found a way, and on a chilly weekend in early March they kicked off a season of outdoor adventure for their 100th anniversary with snowshoeing in Manning Park, and surfing … Continue reading
Our Favourite Places: Ireland
Where: Northern Ireland What: Cycling When: Best time to cycle is May through September. I went in June — the weather was pretty good, the touristy sites were open, and it was still a bit quiet before all the summer people … Continue reading
