Date: Thursday, May 09, 2024
Time: 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm PST
Location: Online
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Details: Clara Hughes, the only athlete in history to win multiple medals at summer and winter Olympic Games is our very special guest! Also known as Redfeather on the trail and a true “kickass Canadian,” Clara Hughes (yes, ‘that’ Clara Hughes) as an avid long-distance hiker, has walked more than 20,000 kilometers on trails in North America. She’s hiked the triple crown of long-distance hiking, completing the Pacific Crest, Continental Divide and Appalachian Trails in their entirety.

Planning, hiking and sharing, plus engaging, educating and posting, all the while searching and finding mindfulness, she expertly navigated her way up and down mountains, through unknown terrain. Clara Hughes is a 6x Olympian in speed skating and cycling.

Date: Thursday, May 16, 2024
Time: 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm PST
Location: Online
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Details: Have you taken the pledge? Camping in British Columbia is full of adventure, exploring, friends and family. Add in a little bit of planning, prep, packing, and a few bugs along the way because it’s always an adventure. Join us alongside the Campers Code to take the pledge, following nine simple steps to outdoor fun and smart adventures!

Date: Thursday, May 30, 2024
Time: 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm PST
Location: Online
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Details: Clarity, empowerment and resilience. This special event will introduce or remind you, as an outdoor enthusiast, about the importance of clarity outdoors, about the importance of empowerment outdoors, and about the importance of resilience outdoors. This workshop will also describe how applying them directly affects your group dynamics on outdoor adventures.

Learn about the ways you engage with challenging situations and the choices you have for making (informed) responses that ultimately improve the situation you find yourself in.

Date: Thursday, June 06, 2024
Time: 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm PST
Location: Online
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Details: “Whenever we hike, we’re prepared for injuries, we’re prepared for encounters with wildlife, we’re prepared to have to spend the night if something went wrong, [but] we’ve never prepared for a fire to stop us from being able to return to the car.” 

Hikers were trapped by a B.C. wildfire during the summer 2023 wildfire season, with no access back to their car, the trail or home. Hiker, Sage Randle, will share her thoughts, emotions, plans and actions from her incident with plans to help others be ‘rescue ready’ if necessary this summer. The helicopter pilot who rescued Sage and her friends will also share perspectives.

Date: Thursday, June 13, 2024
Time: 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm PST
Location: Online
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Details: Injury is the #1 reason for enthusiasts requiring search and rescue in British Columbia (based on BCSARA’s search and rescue statistics). Preventing an injury from happening or knowing how to respond to an injury in your group are key components to eliminating the avoidable and minimizing the unavoidable.

Join us as we welcome Dr. Peter Koci, professor at Douglas College, to learn more about how you can be safe, and injury free, on the trails.

Date: Thursday, June 20, 2024
Time: 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm PST
Location: Online
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Details: An unplanned overnight stay, separated from his wife and friends, was a scenario this hiker never thought he’d experience. Join us as we hear about the emotional rollercoaster (and physical challenges faced) from the time this hiker realized he was in trouble and how thankfully he reached his destination (home), in addition to his recovery path.

Date: Thursday, July 11, 2024
Time: 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm PST
Location: Online
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Details: British Columbia’s coastline can be dangerous. Easy access often gives visitors and residents, a false sense of security. Local CoastSmart ambassadors will splash you with their regional knowledge, entertain you with their coastal stories and definitely increase your awareness about how you can BE CoastSmart on the West Coast of British Columbia.

Date: Thursday, July 18, 2024
Time: 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm PST
Location: Online
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Details: The mountain bike community, trail advocacy, impacts of riding, respecting riders and trails, gear, group dynamics and awesome stories, we’ll cover it all!

Geoff Gulevich, our special guest, has firmly established himself as one of the most photographed and filmed free riders in the sport. The North Vancouver, B.C., native is busy with slopestyle and freeride competitions as well as photo and movie shoots all over the globe. Interesting fact: Geoff was a search and rescue ‘subject’ in April 2023 (skiing incident) and rescued by North Shore Rescue.

Date: Thursday, July 25, 2024
Time: 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm PST
Location: Online
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Details: BC wildfires, climate effects on outdoor recreation, emergency evacuations, grab and go bags, fire centers, fire zones and incident prevention are the hot topics of this event.

How well do you check the weather, roads, wildfire conditions and incoming storms before your outdoor (mountain/backcountry) adventures? Coming to you from the Coastal Fire Centre weather desk, with BC Wildfire Service’s Warren Morozowski as our special guest for this event.

Date: August 1, 2024
Time: 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm PST
Location: Online
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Details:Mountain bike guru, Christina Chappetta, advocates for continuous growth, in the sport and for her community. We’ll talk mountain bike clubs in BC, trail advocacy, riding clinics, positive impacts of riding, respecting the trails/other riders, safety gear and group dynamics (and our favourite trails!).