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Beyond the Bend- Volume 2, January, 2007
Happy New Year! 2007 is a year of new beginnings. We wish you and yours a fruitful and prosperous 2007.
Beyond the Bend covers special events, excursion highlights, hikes, promotions, business updates, and stories from our readers. Our goal is to motivate you to experience and enjoy the unique backyard in British Columbia.
Check out our winter snowshoe program! |
| Putting the ‘I’ back in Team |
“There is no ‘I’ in team.”…really? If you have ever worked for a corporation, guaranteed you have heard that phrase. We know that teams are made up a group of I’s and if the I is not in a team, what is a team? You are more than welcome to read that sentence again. Beyond the Tour excursions are built around addressing the importance of the “I” in teams understand the value we each bring. By the end of the excursion, you may spell team a bit differently. TEIAM would be a new word and based on our ever confusing English language, it may make sense. Together Every Individual Achieves More.
If we each feel valued, heard, understood and appreciated, then we have a sustainable and strong team that will achieve.
Contact Beyond the Tour for more details or visit www.beyondthetour.com to put the ‘I’ back in TEAM. |
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Hike Profile:
Lynn Peak |
Avalanches, snow covered trail markers, and extreme and unpredictable weather keeps local search and rescue teams busy in the winter. Like me, if you miss the ease of summiting a mountain like in the summer, Lynn Peak may be the answer.
Lynn Peak is located at Lynn Headwaters Provincial Park in North Vancouver. Based on the unseasonable weather we have been having, snow may be a factor you have to deal with throughout the hike. However, it is a rewarding hike as it’s an unfrequented quiet trail that offers some technical requirement when hiking. Bring your snowshoes and crampon’s as there may be icy/snowy sections during the winter months. The hike will take about 4 hours round trip so it’s perfect during the shortage of daylight hours. Watch you clocks, the gate to the park closes at around nightfall.
Bring lunch! There is a fantastic spot to sit and relax when you reach the top.
Distance: 7.2 km
Time Required: 4 Hours
Difficulty: Intermediate |
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Snow Falling, pretty.
Us Falling,
pretty painful. |
Every so often you may see a person like this doing something that is so risky, it makes your head spin. Thank goodness I didn’t see this because that’s me. Yes, I was careful and methodical each step, however, if I knew then what I know now, that wouldn’t have been me. As a man, I felt a need to keep the stereotypes valid.
If you are hiking in the winter and going beyond the snow line, here is a number of must do’s. These by far won’t eliminate the risk, but they could help in reducing it:
- Check www.avalanche.ca for any avalanche updates in the area you are heading to
- Research the weather forecast. www.theweathernetwork.com is a fantastic spot to go
- Don’t trust the weather. At higher altitudes, weather can change quickly and have dire effects
- Bring an avalanche beacon, shovel, tarp, water, food, extra clothing, snow shoes, trekking poles, a friend, crampon’s, a lighter, paper, a communication device, and the list goes on. Equip yourself with the understanding that you may be stuck in an avalanche for a number of days.
- If it looks dangerous, don’t do it. Too many people die on local mountains each year.
- Snow is soft, but not that soft. Homer Simpson may survive a fall, you may not.
- Let someone know where you are going.
The list goes on.
Excursions in the winter are highly rewarding. White snow on local mountains is something to experience. Just be smart about it.
Happy Hiking! |
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| Missed a Beat? |
The Drum Cafe just had a fantastic promotion event that you may have missed. The best way to experience the Drum Cafe is to attend our “FAM Events” which gives company employee development and event organizers a chance to experience the power of drumming.
Check out www.drumcafe.ca for details on our next free event February 22nd. You will not regret attending.
Call us at 1-888-656-DRUM (3786) or email glen@drumcafe.com to unite, uplift and inspire your team. |
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| Ya, I'll have another cup! |
Stress, anxiety, sleepless nights, family and personal pressures…to no apparent end. Always looking forward to what tomorrow may bring. We drink coffee, plan for the future, look forward to the weekend all in hopes of living a better life. Then we die. I love my coffee and I will continue to drink my two cups or more a day. I enjoy it so it’s part of my life. What I need to do is stop living for the future and be present with what is happening now. If I don’t enjoy what is going on at this moment in time, will I ever? If I always look for tomorrow to be the answer, will it ever be?
I have my own work to do around this. My goal is to let control stop controlling, and let life happen to me now.
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Once we hear our own voice, listen to our bodies, and believe and respect each other,
we all grow.
Glen Sollors, Founder and Chief Trail Blazer, Beyond the Tour.
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