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April 15, 2009 marks my first official day as “Canadian Ambassador” for… Wend Magazine. HOW sick is that.  

‘Wend’ means to go along in your own way.  They’re an adventure-travel magazine based out of Portland, Oregon who publish both online and in the real world, and when you subscribe to them 25% of your subscription fee will go to the non-profit you choose during checkout.

I have put up my first post on their site in my own little area they made me; click here to read it and see how I ended up there.

Below is Stiv, the editor, founder, owner and star of a video set in his VW (apparently I inspired that!).  And he too loves the Sasquatch.

april 15 2009

Today’s route.  Below are stills from my Flip Video.  There’s no point editing any of the footage, it’s way too shaky.  Okay SO:

Top Rowapril 12 2009
Again we had to cross a few rivers by finding fallen trees.  I regret not throwing my camera across so you could have seen me walk upright across them.  And there on the right is evidence of Canada’s national animal, the beaver.  Saw a lot of evidence of them… here I’m pointing out their teeth marks.  

Middle Row
You find the oddest things in the forest.  That’s a computer just laying there (which of course you kick on the way by); I found that flag and ran with it for a bit till I needed my hand back to go over a barbwire fence (3 of them on this run actually); and that’s a very nice spoon I’ll use to stir my coffee.  There on the right is a stuffed animal horse burrowed in a tree.  

Bottom Row
Part of the fun of these runs is you never know what you’ll pop out onto when you emerge from the forest.  Nice house eh?  That’s at York University; and that’s a silo from some stables that look like a cartoon.  

Then that last photo there is the BEST moment by far of the whole day.  The orange arrow I drew shows my route and what was possiblly my most traceuse-like move ever.  I wanna go back and do it again and again and I probably will. 

Above is my gang.

This is my breakfast.april 12 2009

Today was the first race of the cycling season, and the first cycling race I’ve ever attended. I was being serious when I said I’d acquired a cycling team, like, I’m gonna be on their jerseys and everything.

I went to cheer them on in Clappison’s Corners, just outside of Hamilton.  I’d emailed with Chris, the organizer and president of the Hamilton Cycling Club, and he got me into a car so I was able to see and film the race, and wave to everyone in it; thanks dude.  

From what I learned cycling is grueling, and it’s a sport that’s all like, “whomever can suffer the most will win”.  And the guy who did that is the head of my team, the one in the camo pants there on the left.  

See the race results here; he had the fastest time of 300+ people and will wake up tomorrow the best in Ontario.  That’s his medal, and there on the right is a girl who has a winning team, ha.  

I’m editing the episode right now, it’s coming soon.