Author: sunshine
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Trip Report – Frontenac October 2-4 2009
This was a short camping weekend in Frontenac Provincial park near Kingston Ontario. Frontenac is a very nice park for hikes with interesting hydrology. It is always very interesting when you “hike up” to a lake. On this particular trip, we were picking up one of our friends at a nearby train station as he…
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Book Notes – Together is Better – Sinek
OK book, very short, not very detailed but many pictures. Intent seems to be to read in a few mins and pass it on. Clearly theme is team being a group of people who trust and help eachother and aren’t afraid to take on risks together. Leaders inspire and want to make everyone else better.…
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Snow shovelling physics
Writing the how-to shovel article recently got me thinking can we actually quantify that the method is more efficient? After thinking about it a little bit, with some assumptions I think yes! Disclaimer – I just had a baby (3rd) and recovering from surgery so heavily sleep deprived, there may be mistakes here! Please point…
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How to shovel snow and clean your driveway
3-step process how to plow snow from your driveway with a shovel and clear it of snow efficiently (with video!). Don’t break your back, do it smart! If you want some info why you can look at the article on snow shoveling physics here Once you’re done, don’t forget to buy a T-shirt! Driveway Shovel…
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Trip Report -18 Jul 2021- Petite-Nation River @28m3/s
After a few years of not running much whitewater (young kids, pandemic etc.) we found a date that works and headed out early for a daytrip on the Petite-Nation. In this case, we couldn’t find any other takers (or those that could had to drop out last minute) so we headed out each in our…
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Trip Report – 28 Aug 2021 – Petite-Nation River @5.5m3/s
A 2nd trip this year down the Petite-Nation river (first one here). This time my dad (Bernard) came along who had not done any rapids since the Mattawa trip we did back in 2009! This was to take a bit of rust off and see where my dad would stand while planning out trip to…
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Trip Report – 18 Sept 2021 – Petite-Nation @3.3m3/s
Another trip down the Petite-Nation after our July and August trips. This trip down was late in the season (Sept 18 2021) so the water level was quite low (3.3m/s3), we weren’t sure the river was runnable. (Gibe, Burg, Seb, Jim) The first rapids were once again unrunnable due to a tree blocking the path…
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Trip Report – Jan 2009 – Winter Camping Training + Bye Audax
This trip was a combination of two things. Some of my friends were scout leaders of a older teenage group which had their last camp planned (Audax). I needed a bit of training before venturing out in the Adirondacks for my first real winter camping. Since this was a scout group, the destination was the…
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Book Notes – Never Split the difference – Voss
Negotiation isn’t so much about the issue at hand but what the other person really wants. Establishing trust and getting down the real reason are main steps to negotiation. Mirroring Labelling Beware Yes, master no Trigger the two words (That’s right) Bending the reality Create illusion of control Guarantee execution Bargain Hard Black Swan
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Trip Report – Feb 2009 – Adirondacks – Colden, Marcy, Algonquin
This was my first real backcountry camping trip, it was memorable for many reasons and my more experienced friends really picked the “hard” difficulty level for my first trip. Being in the Adirondacks and in winter, this was hike in/hike out style, in a mountain range and in an area where there is a campfire…