McConkey Movie
This is not another Ski Movie. This is a really well researched, edited and composed documentary about living life fully, pursuing purpose and the challenge to never stop dreaming. The subject of the documentary centers around the life and ultimately, the passing, of Shane McConkey, a free skier turned base jumper, and his impact on the culture of extreme sports. It intricately traces the path he followed from a child onwards. This process is executed meticulously, thanks in large part to Shanes personal efforts to document and video his own life from a young age. You do not need to be an adrenalin junkie to take something away from watching this. Everyone will garner something of value. Similar to the story of Christopher McCandless in “Into the Wild” (Our review of Into The Wild) it would be naive to say that it was their way of life and principles that brought about their end. Shane lived with passion, which I feel is the most important lesson that can be learned from watching this film. From a young age he put very little value on monetary gain. Rightly so, the bulk of his energy went into nourishing that which drove him. His love of being in nature and testing the limits of human potential. Many of us may be able to say that we lived longer than Shane, but I doubt that many of us will admit to having lived truer to ourselves than him. This documentary is not about the glorification of risk, or in idolising those that pursue it. It is about challenging all of us to dream a little more and to not simply live a life staring at the heels of those in front of us, but rather to forge our own path and leave a new trail for others to follow. Full Documentary here: http://mcconkeymovie.com/...
What gets us Stoked, VI
Something tells us we’re going to regret using Roman Numerals for these video posts. “What’s the symbol for 6 again?” Anyway, here’s a cross section of what we’ve watched this week. We’ll definitely need some stoke for this weekend as it will involve Crampons, Ice Tools, no Ice and wet rock. Dry Tooling baby! Mountain Biking: Climbing: Mountaineering: Skiing: ...
What gets us Stoked, III
Check out this weeks selection of video clips that we’re loving here at Pebbleshoo. They really motivate us to get outside and moving. ...
What gets us Stoked, II
This weeks selection of videos that get us stoked and motivated to get outdoors. What have you been watching lately that has been inspiring you? We’d love to see your favorite videos....
Animal House II: The Tenquille Invasion
“Are you guys all from Whistler?” I asked. He finished chugging another Pilsner and shouted out: “Yeah buddy, how’d you know?” I smiled as a reply and kept walking, past the Canadian Tire Queen sized inflatable mattress floating in the lake with somebody passed out on top of it, the shotgun and shells, the brewery worth of beer cans, the frenzied pack of dogs, the bleary eyed girlfriends wearing swimsuits that might have originally fit them some time back around ‘95, the Brahs tomahawking hatchets at the nearest tree trunk as if training for Z-Day, wearing board shorts, 5 dollar shades and baseball caps with comedy sized flat brims (still nonplussed by the sticker) Yes, yes, we had arrived, along with approximately 60 other people, 3 babies, 10 dogs and 8 mountain bikes at the Tenquille Lake Recreation Site to bask in the glorious death throes of Summer, long may she rest in peace. Getting here had been no mean feat for our 2WD jalopy. It had developed a mean cough in its muffler somewhere along the 4WD section of the Birkenhead River-Tenquille Creek Branch FSR. As we crawled through the water bars, giving the belly of our steed a good scratch I thought the lady doth protest too much. Eventually though we realized that she was hobbling along slower than we could actually walk this road, so we parked about 3km’s back from the Trailhead. Indeed, we walked at the same speed or faster than other 4WD vehicles on the road, overtaking them at the waterbars. Do yourself a favour, bike the road. Unless your truck is seriously jacked, you will be crawling it. A bike would be faster on the way in, and way faster and more fun on the way out. We made short order of the trail itself. It looks like somebody is trying to reroute the old trail away from all the muddy sections that have become hilariously braided. This rerouting is creating a bit of chaos as there are now branches off the main trail everywhere. We talked to some guys who had tried to hike in the previous night, took a wrong branch, and ended up back at their trucks via a different trail a few hours later, wherein they decided to camp instead for the night. Another aside, cross to the other side of the lake outflow on the way in for the shorter and easier trail to the cabin. Over the weekend we summited Tenquille, Finch Ridge, Copper Mound and McLeod. All nice, hands in pockets, rambles in the Class 2 range. Views were pleasant. Some MTB’rs got heli-dropped onto...
