Well it happened! I got my B license this season and it feels pretty awesome. Earlier this year I wrote about getting solo certified and getting my A license, so I am incredibly excited to say I also got my B this year! I am a pretty goal oriented person, so having specific achievements…
Tag: adventure
Algonquin in Three Days: Rock Lake, Penn Lake, Clydegale Lake, Madawaska River
I thought a backcountry Algonquin Trip was not in the cards this year, but guess what? I managed to squeeze one in. If you would like to read some of my musings about Algonquin and the trip check out my guest post on the Algonquin Outfitters blog. Read on for a trip log of our three day…
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Skydiving: maybe I am a skydiver now.
The sun glints brightly outside the hard metal plane. The light flicks to red, as a chorus of “door” is yelled out through the plane. I turn away from the excited tandem student beside me and push up the plane door. I peek out and see the dropzone far below like a tiny piece of…
Seven-months later: Humber PR
It's hard to believe its over. At the end of the journey it seems like a blink-of-an-eye, but there were many stressful days, almost all night-ers and cram sessions. We made it though! The class portion of Humber PR is done! This program has been a whirlwind and is certainly not for the faint of…
Skydiving: Solo certified!
I did it, I did it, I did it (well a few weeks ago, but this is late)! I am officially a solo certified skydiver. I have a real CSPA license card and everything. And what does that mean? Well basically I am allowed to jump all by myself. LITERALLY only by myself. I'm not…
Skydiving: I did a backloop and I didn’t totally suck.
If you saw my last post, you know I am working towards my solo certificate in skydiving. I am officially two jumps away! One more from altitude followed by a hop-and-pop from 3,500 feet. After exiting from 14,500 on all jumps so far, there is something scary about the idea of jumping so low. After…
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Skydiving: ground school and AFP (AFF outside Canada)
It finally happened! After seven months off I got back in the sky! To get my solo certificate and eventually my 'A' license, I had to complete ground school. Over six hours we learned everything from body position in freefall, to canopy control, to malfunctions and how to correct them. I was encouraged to come…
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Show Your World – Jerez de la Fronterra
Show Your World is a blog event by Tiny Expacts. We arrived to Jerez de la Fronterra, Spain late after a long train ride from Madrid. Dusk was falling, but a warmth lingered in the air. It was February but for us Canadians it was balmy. My first thoughts were how tropical it felt compared to…
Horses are my therapy.
I recently watched a video of a para-dressage rider who is wheelchair bound but through horses she competes at the highest levels of para-dressage. What stuck with me is the incredible power of the horse. I explained why I skydive, but its time for why I horseback ride. Horses are calming. When I think of…
Liebster blogging award.
Eek, I was nominated for a Liebster Award!! A huge thank you to TinyExpats for nominating me! I was little stunned, but so encouraged that you all enjoy my blog! For those that do not know, the Liebster acknowledges new bloggers and/or bloggers with less than 200 followers. The rules of Liebster Award are: -Acknowledge…