Pure Outside

If you like this post make sure you check out Island Adventurer as well. Island Adventurer will be promote the best of Vancouver Island’s trails and events. Pureoutside will be focusing on the rest of the world! I’m an hour and a half into a 2 hour ascent to Century Sam Lake near the Comox [...]

If you like this post make sure you check out Island Adventurer as well. Island Adventurer will be promote the best of Vancouver Island’s trails and events. Pureoutside will be focusing on the rest of the world! If you’re familiar with my work at the Squamish MOMAR you’ll know that while I vowed to always [...]

On Tuesday last week I re-injured my knee pretty badly playing ultimate.  It has happened a few times over the past couple years and this time has given me cause to think back to all the times I’ve hurt it to see if there’s some kind of avoidable pattern.  While I haven’t come up with [...]

Hornby Island is one of of those places that everyone knows and loves to visit. The island is primarily known for its beautiful sandy beaches, warm ocean water, beautifully maintained mountain biking trails, outdoor education centre and the laissez-faire attitude most locals seem to have. This year round population is drastically different than the influx [...]

In 1990 Tim Macartney-Snape made a 4 month solo journey on foot that began in the waters of India’s Bay of Bengal and finished on the peak of Mt Everest; he became the first man to truly climb the mountain from ‘sea to summit.’  Taking a cue from this adventurer we decided to host our [...]

So my girlfriend and I wanted to go for an adventure of the hiking type on Valentine’s Day. More specifically, we wanted to go find a waterfall. My dad mentioned some waterfalls by the Arlington Pub by Nanoose that he had been to a couple weeks ago. He said they weren’t quite as large as [...]