Posts tagged with ‘exercise’ (3)
After paddling solo 1,300 kilometres and reaching the Arctic Circle, I finished my wilderness trek retracing the Klondike gold rush. What a trip!
It began at the Pacific Ocean near the foot of the Chilkoot and White Passes, and ended at Fort Yukon, Alaska, a major Arctic resupply point for 19th century Klondike miners. In total I travelled 1,500 kilometres by canoe, historic train and hiking boots.
During almost five weeks of paddling the Yukon River mostly in flood conditions, I took roughly ...
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I noticed the smell immediately. After climbing into my tent the thick odour was awful!
"My tent stinks like a dog house!" I moaned, disgusted. "It absolutely reeks!"
But no dog had crossed my tent's threshold. No canine pup had curled up on my new sleeping bag for days.
Then it struck me. I was the rotten and rotting mutt. It smelled as if I were practically composting! My last shower had been in Carmack, YT, six days before. Six days of hard river paddling, including one day where ...
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The experts are making me sick!
We’ve all heard their dire warnings. Some studies warn that we have to work out vigorously for at least half an hour a day for three days a week to avoid serious health troubles. Other studies take a much more relaxed view.
These pronouncements by health experts do little more than make people feel guilty, stressed and discouraged. The result: we exercise even less.
You’d think healthy living is only attainable for Olympic champions. At least that’s the impression ...
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