A small video commercial made by Rick Lata for the Cheeth energy drink contest.

Last Saturday (May 15, 2010) few of us decided to climb Mt Baker on skis. The weather forecast was perfect. We had two teams. The Polish team (Martin, Irek, Piotr and Greg) left Vancouver at 2:30 am Saturday morning and arrived at the trailhead about 5:30ish. We took the alternate start route “via the bathrooms” which allowed us skinning almost right from the bottom. We had to overcome a steep and crusted gully which definitely did slow us down. The second team (Anna, Mike, Kurt and Scott) stayed over in Glacier Springs in Kurt’s cabin and started climbing around 6:30 am. Greg has...

I came across this system few months when my good friend Dan showed me his recent project. I immediately thought it is a great idea. This system is an automated messaging service that will allow you to easily send bulk text/sms or voice broadcast message to every phone numbers that can be organized and grouped based on any category. It would be great for marketing departments, schools, congregations, sports teams, businesses and municipalities for emergency notifications and reminders. More info can be found here:SMS Matrix

Wondering how to fit/refit your Intuition liners? This was a dilemma I faced a few days ago. Fortunately Intuition Sports Inc. is our local Vancouver company and Rob and Crystal are very helpful folks. They provide a refitting service for $20 or you can try doing it yourself at home. Here are the home fitting instructions I have received from Rob at Intuition Sports Inc. Steps: 1. Take out your fit kit from your liners; this includes 1 pair of fitting socks, 1 pair of toe caps. 2. Take your old liners out of your boots and replace them with your new Intuition liners. 3. Remove 1 fitting sock from the...

September 29, 2009. Whistler webcams are showing snow !!!!

Lake Ann trail is a great 8.4 miles (round-trip) hike in the Mt. Baker area (North Cascade Mountains, WA). Best time to visit it is August to October (there might be still snow on parts of the trail the rest of the year). The hike takes about 5-6 hour (round-trip) and is considered to be a moderate one. It suits nicely for a weekend overnight backpacking trip. That’s what we did last weekend. What summarizes this hike is: great views of Mt. Shuksan and Mt.Baker, open meadows, rock gardens and amazing abundance of blueberries (September). There is a primitive campground at the lake. If you are...