Landing at home in New Denver

I got two paragliding flights from Idaho Peak this summer. The road was closed due to snow until early August. Quality over quantity. Nice to keep my head in the game.

The little man Ethan and I getting to work

Getting a lot of yardwork done this spring. The snowpack is still deep in the mountains, even been getting a few fresh dustings of snow up high. It's been cool and wet in the Kootenay valleys. Of course, Ethan is a big help for the big jobs.

My parents make a visit to New Denver

My parents flew in from Australia and spent some good days in New Denver. A little rain and a little sunshine.

More excavators

It's been a lot of heavy equipment in the yard at Glacier View Cabins in New Denver. We have torn down trees, moved the parking lot closer to the street and laid down concrete sidewalks, topsoil for a large lawn and next will be fences to keep the little boy contained....

Reading with the little man

Spending lots of time with Ethan. Every day is a little different. A few new words, understanding concepts, and always with a little laugh and a smile. A little boy - every time a truck goes down the road - it's "vrrooom - truck" and every rock is picked up and thrown.

The little man and I enjoy the surf

After a long winter away it has been good to see my little man. Ethan is now 18 months old. We had his 1st birthday and a month later I was away for the most of the next 4 months. Sometimes it was just an afternoon at the swimming pool once every two weeks and we did have a month away in February-March. We are both happier together.

Last Day of Catskiing - tailguide special

We had a bluebird day, creamy powder with perfect stability for the last day of catskiing for this winter. After skiing Wildhorse Peak we traversed into this bowl to keep skiing. The rest of the group had a sweet line just to the right of the picture but this spine looked in condition for me. The last time I skied this line it was a little windswept and not altogether pleasant. Today it was much different.

Another run a different view

Skiing with the new helmet cam

Justice Delayed is Justice Denied

Well worth looking at, thinking about.

Ethan staggering

The Paradox of our Age

We have bigger houses, but smaller families.

more coneniences, but less time.

we have more degrees, but less sense.

more knowledge, but less judgement.

more experts, but more problems.

more medicines, but less healthiness.

We've been all the way to the moon and back

but have troube crossing the street to meet

the new neighbor.

We built more computer to hold more

information to produced more copies than ever

but have less communication.

We have become long on quantity

but short on quality.

These are times of fast foods

but slow digestion.

Tall man but short character.

Steep profits but shallow relationships.

It's a time when there is much in the window

but nothing in the room.

Dalai Lama

My Sister, Cynthia and her Family

Ethan and Trevor with Cynthia, Peter, Tegan, Toby and Oliver. Thanks for the hospitality. We look forward to seeing you soon in Canada.

Australia

Spent the month of May in Australia visiting my parents with Sara and Ethan. We spent some good times walking and we even brought a little bit of rain from BC to Central Victoria.

The Meaning of Life

Wildhorse season over

Another great winter season with lots of good people and great snow. We had fairly challenging avalanche conditions this year which meant for guiding a lot of careful terrain selection and client management. I am looking forward to next winter. This photo of me was taken by Osso of Sci Club Europa from Italy.

Ethan the Jolly Jumper

Ethan

I finish my day and head home to a little baby that is laughing and smiling. Sara is not sleeping as much as I am apparantly (???) but is looking good and doing a great job keeping Ethan healthy and growing. Ken and Jane came down to New Denver to visit Ethan just after his arrival in this world and again when he was two months old. We spent Christmas in Vancouver and Sara and Ethan stayed on for lots of Grandparent time which was loved by all.

I love my job

I take skiers that love to ski to places that they love to ski. I see great big powder smiles all around me. The people that ski ( and ride ) at Wildhorse inspire me. I am thankful to have them in my life even for such a brief moment. I work with a team that know what they need to do and do it well. They too love what they do. We make the very best of what we have and are grateful for that. It is a beautiful world.

Ethan crying for the Vancouver 2010 Olympics

Ethan was out waving the flag when the Olympic torch came through the West Kootenay. The torch came through Creston, Salmo - and Ymir - before ending in Nelson for the evening. It was all pretty funny with the promotional vehicles, the police and the whole production - bringing Canada together....Ymir even had a lone protester - "Environment before Olympics"