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The Road

Check out the Flickr group for pictures from our trip so far. We are currently living in Coleman, AB (Crowsnest Pass) [googlemaps...

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MLP Q&A No. 1: Alpaca vs Llama

Today we're launching the long anticipated MLP Q&A series! Days of wandering in the mountains gives you plenty of time to come up with outrageous "what if's?" and "I wonder why's?".  In these little snippets we'll do our best to enlighten you, and answer those...

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Eastward Ho!

Stuart and I have been making the big trek east.  We finally arrived in Coleman today, just in time for the rain starting tomorrow.  Hopefully we will have some field exploits in the next few days, but for now watch our journey.   Pictures to follow later in the week....

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New Wheels

Some day I will progress beyond a five year old's understanding of Photoshop. We got our new truck the other day, because we're finally headed to the field!  We're leaving behind wet Victoria on Monday, first stop: Crowsnest Pass.  We will have up to six crew members...

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Is that tent bigger than your car?

Yes. Much bigger. Stuart(the field crew leader) and I are in Squamish getting boned up on our wilderness first aid skills This is our first little trip out, and it's getting me excited for the field! We like to camp in style. Will

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2010 Preparations Begin!

We're getting excited about the 2010 field season! Stay tuned for regular updates starting in June about our exploits, and to meet the new crew. For now check our website. Mountainlegacy.ca Will McInnes

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Faux Toes

Since a picture's worth a thousand words, I thought I'd use mainly pictures to update you. Early September we moved back down south to the Gap. It was really hazy and windy. Then Scott and I went to Radium to take some photos on the way to the North Saskatchewan...

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All Ahead Rush and the Windy Blues

So today I was asked to write a post for our blog as it hasn't been updated for a day or two, or possibly three or four, or maybe even ever so slightly longer than that. But not much! When I sat down to the computer to start typing up our amazing exploits of the past,...

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Kootenay wrap-up

After a smoke filled week, we've wrapped things up here in Kootenay National Park. We got about 15 stations done, despite rain and smoke, and are now moving back to Alberta in hopes that the haze might be a bit better further from all the burning fires in BC. The...

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Mount Lady MacDonald – Take 2!

This blog entry is a bit of a back-track (as most of my entries seem to be). We did this hike back on July 30, back when we were stationed out of Kananaskis valley. As you may have already read, out first attempt at the summit of Mount Lady MacDonald was not a raging...

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