Tour de Cure 2023
The Big Ride - It’s going to happen
The Big Ride: it’s happening!
July 2, 2023, I am going to ride from Nanaimo to Victoria. And back. For lunch. And to fight cancer!
My Completely Adventuresome (Almost) Complete Adventure
I’m not sure I can sit to write this. My legs haven’t stopped cramping for three hours…
I just finished my longest ever bike ride with an added geographical challenge: visit every school in my new school district - and do it on my birthday too! 125km and 9 hours later - cursing the hills the whole way - I made it. Almost…
500 so far!
It’s no April Fool’s joke, I’ve ridden 500km already in 2023!
Ben Rides the Tour de Cure 2023
This summer, I’m riding the Tour de Cure to raise money for life-saving cancer research in BC - and to support my cousin who is recovering from breast cancer. Will you help me beat this challenge?
Charts Charts Charts!
Adventure planning in the works…from my floor! I have just received my first marine chart of my new-local waters and can now plan things past my front door. Where should I explore next?
Paddles in the Fog
It’s not easy making a straight line in a dense fog, but we managed to find our way to Tree Island for lunch! Read on for mist, sealions, fog, a sandy beach, more fog, a ferry, and still more mist!
Jennifer’s Adventures in Pandemic Hiking
My friend Jennifer becomes my 2022 adventurer inspiration and long distance hiking buddy after she tells me about her adventures in hiking during our ongoing pandemic. Check out her stories, including how to overcome fears of altitude sickness when climbing a fourteener!
Relive the Sea Squash Paddle
Would you eat something you found in the middle of a busy harbour? Well I did! Relive my squash-finding adventure with a new video and more food content than you’d expect from a January paddle.
Adventures in Vertigo-Inducing Instagram Shots
Some adventures need the gut-wrenching, edge-of-a-cliff, on-a-high-bridge vertigo feelings just to get the perfect shots! This adventure had it all…
Why an Adventure Blog?
Why an adventure blog? Because all the cool kids are doing it! …Right? And because it’s cheap therapy.
In 2022 I want to become more adventurous, but also explore what adventure really means and learn to be happy in the adventures I have. Here’s why!
Lantzville Lookout Loop Hike
It took until January 8 for me to finally get out and DO SOMETHING and start my 2022 adventures! And an epic hike in the Lantzville foothills was a wild way to start.