RTW 2007
In and around Bristol, United Kingdom
We left the UK in Feb 2007 and headed for a season in Fernie, in the Canadian Rockies. We made it up to Alaska mid-April for some awesome back country boarding before exploring the West Coast USA (5 months in North America in all) . A few days in the Cook Islands followed, before we hit the snow again in NZ South Island. We spent a great few months in NZ snow chasing, before heading towards home exploring NW and SW Australia. Final destination was Singapore before we headed back to the UK mid November 2007.
Route taken and entries written by V&Rob
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Trip preparation
Offsets = Each time we heat our homes, take a flight or drive the car, CO2 is added into the atmosphere. Climate Care offsets CO2 by funding projects... Continue reading »
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Life in minus 17.........
We have made it to our first stop on adventure! After relatively painless journey to Calgary (although taking two huge snowboard bags on the tube in t... Continue reading »
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Griz days and Avalanche training
Happy Griz days to all! This weekend is carnival in Fernie, in honour of the local legend, the Griz who guarantees good snow to Fernie. Find out more... Continue reading »
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Spring snow, Hockey, Sushi and Frogs
Snow has turned spring like with slushy crystals but sunshine and warm winds mean that much fun is still being had. V is perfecting her small jumps an... Continue reading »
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Road Trip to Red
Just returned from a few days exploring nearby (well, "nearby" in Canadian terms meaning 6 hours drive!) hills. Having been based in Fernie for nearly... Continue reading »
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CASI and Hotdog
A very strange fashion trend of a past era hit Fernie this wednesday. Hotdog day, in honour of the great 1984 ski movie , was held and many strange ou... Continue reading »
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April Fool = Powder Snow
We had a great April fool's day surprise earlier this week, when over the first and second it snowed nearly 50cm over 48 hours! Powder days in April a... Continue reading »
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Last week in Fernie and off to the USA
We have had the most amazing few months in Fernie, and it was a real wrench to say goodbye to everyone. Snow continued for the last weekend and the fi... Continue reading »
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Rob's Heli Day
Right, this is actually my first piece of writing on this blog, so you may notice a couple of style changes, spelling mistakes etc, but i thought it w... Continue reading »
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Elk, Bears and Helicopters
So Alaska.Snow, ice and seals.That was pretty much all I knew before arriving in this beautiful state, nearer to Russia in places than the rest... Continue reading »
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Mountain Huts and Random Dogs
The title of this entry may be a little random, but the Alaskans are kind of dog crazy and so I thought that it was kind of fitting! After a great tri... Continue reading »
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The world's most snow and the Alaska Marine Highway
Unfortunately we didn't get to go iceclimbing on the Medenhall Glacier, as the access path was thigh deep in snow! We had to content ourselves with ju... Continue reading »
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Kayaking Seattle, Roses in Portland and Helen's Volcano
After 3 days on the ferry it was great to be back on dry land. And Tom and Linda's wonderful hospitality in Seattle was very very welcome! We spend a... Continue reading »
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Climbing at Smith Rock
So, the only option when visiting Bend (apart from drinking their extremely nice local beer) is to visit Smith Rock, reputed to be the birthplace of s... Continue reading »
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Bend to Mammoth
Having recovered from Smith Rock (see previous entry) we continued Southwards, stopping at the deepest lake in the US, Crater Lake. The electric blue... Continue reading »
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Rock Week at Mammoth
As we had spent a great day climbing at Smith Rock, we decided that it would be good to learn a bit more about the sport, and Mammoth was selected as... Continue reading »
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Yosemite, Kings Canyon & Sequioa National Park... and Exeter
We have continued in quite a convoluted fashion, zigzagging across the Sierra Nevada mountains from Mammoth towards the North Yosemite entrance. The d... Continue reading »
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Death Valley, Vegas and Sailing
Continuing south we stayed at the town of Fresno (I think it's famous for something?!) and then turned left....and towards the desert. We arrived in t... Continue reading »
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Gettin' our kicks at the Grand Canyon
A long drive from the Hoover Dam led us to Williams, a charming town (with Wild West accessories such as a "live" cowboy gunfight every night!) which... Continue reading »
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Adventures in Utah
It was tough to leave the Canyon but once we realised that the sun had really set and that it was now to dark to see anything it was time to go!We dro... Continue reading »
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Surfing Santa Cruz
Having left Moab after a morning's mountain biking, we had 21/2 days and the small matter of 990 miles to travel before going we got to surf Santa Cru... Continue reading »
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The Bay Area and beyond
A hectic week of surfing toned our bodies and generated pain in muscles we didn't know we had, so we were ready to get out of the tent and into a hote... Continue reading »
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Drive through trees, Tsunamis and Sand Boarding
And so on into Orgeon, and the land of the Giant Redwoods.Before any Californians get upset, I KNOW that you have these beautiful, ancient, enormous t... Continue reading »
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Return to Hood River...kitesurfing and goodbye to Ernie
It was great to return to a town we had already visited, after staying in nearly 50 places on our trip so far, the familiarity was most welcome! We re... Continue reading »
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LA pitstop
After the tour of possibly all the second hand car garages in Vancouver, it was good to have LA to look forward to...Well, to look forward to may not... Continue reading »
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The Cook Islands Weather Forecasters....
....couldn't have got it more wrong. At this time of year (winter in the Cooks, as we have just crossed the Equator), I guess that they could be forgi... Continue reading »
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Welcome to New Zealand...
The palm trees and crystal clear beaches of the Cook Islands were pretty gorgeous, but what a girl really needs in July is...SNOW!Yes, the lure of bei... Continue reading »
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Ice Climbing at Fox Glacier
So, deterred from snowboarding slightly by the lack of snow and pricey lift passes (they're getting a little cheaper as the Kiwi dollar slides but sti... Continue reading »
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Powered by TimTams: NZ South Island Road Trip
We were delighted that our friend Nicky, an Aussie girl we met in Canada, could join us for a couple of weeks in NZ. Nicky flew into Queenstown on 1 A... Continue reading »
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Brunches, Boulders, Boats & Backcountry : NZ South Island Road Trip #2
Having done a mini-loop of the South Island (see previous blog) there was still a lot left to see - and as the car was still roadworthy we thought we'... Continue reading »
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Wildlife and Wine: heading north on South Island
It was sad to leave Lisa and the Christchurch team, but quite exciting to be heading Northwards for the first time in a couple of months! We headed up... Continue reading »
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Hiking the Queen Charlotte Track in the Marlborough Sounds
The Queen Charlotte Track, located at the top of New Zealand's South Island in the Marlborough Sounds, offers a spectacular trip through the Marlborou... Continue reading »
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Last few days in South Island: Abel Tasman at last!
Having exhausted ourselves on the Queen Charlotte Track, we decided that a couple of days exploring the northernmost reaches of the South Island would... Continue reading »
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Onto the North Island: Wellington, (more) wine, waterfalls and weird goings on...
We had the most wonderful couple of months in the South Island, but all good things must come to an end, and so on the 18th September we said our last... Continue reading »
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Water,water everywhere - further adventures in the North Island
This entry is all about the wet stuff - in the past few weeks on the North Island we have been in it, on it, or beside it almost every day! We took th... Continue reading »
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Return to Oz: SW WA
Aha - Australia. Land of Fosters, cork hats and a million UK gap year students.We had it on good authority that for Generation X, "west is best" and s... Continue reading »
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Walking with Dinosaurs: Our NW WA discovery
As soon as we walked off the plane, the heat hit us with a force that said "What idiots! Will they ever learn that trousers are not cool here!?" Even... Continue reading »
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Citybreak in Perth and Fremantle
A very late flight from Broome to Perth meant that we had to navigate to our flat in Fremantle in the dead of night, and after a quick detour (not los... Continue reading »
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Last few days of our adventure: Stop off in Singapore to eat, and meet Santa!
It was a bit of a shock to land at 7am after a cramped overnight flight to fog and a rainstorm - where was the famous Singapore jungle humidity we had... Continue reading »
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...And HOME!!!!
Having dreaded the 14 hour flight back to the UK, we were delighted to board the plane with less than 50 other people - a row each! As such we arrived... Continue reading »
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