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Arrive early to meet
with mountain friends over a bite and/or beverage at the Mine Shaft. Off-Piste Adventures:
Fifty Years of Skiing Nostalgia kicks in as Pat
Morrow leafs through a half-century’s worth of ski adventure photos. Pat and his wife Baiba
lived, climbed and skied in the Canmore area for many years, many of the photos
in his presentation will be familiar to many of you. On reflection, Pat
realizes the decades he’s spent learning how to lessen the chance of triggering
an avalanche and deal with the bone-chilling cold in the Rockies and BC
interior have transferred seamlessly when applying those skills to the greater
ranges. The stills and videos Pat
will share include skiing off the top of Mount Logan, Canada’s tallest peak;
traversing Denali on skis; making the first ski descent of Antarctic’s highest
peak; a peak in the Chilean Andes the height of Mount Robson; several trips to
Russia; and quaffing the pristine powder and sake on Japan’s northern island of
Hokkaido. And, his all time favorite expedition in 1981 with companions John
Amatt, Lloyd “Kiwi” Gallagher and Steve Bazruchka in the Chines Pamir, just shy
of the altitude of the South Col of Mount Everest. Morrow inadvertently cranked
the world’s highest telemark turns that day! With time to spare, Pat and Kiwi
hitched a ride down valley in a Liberation Army truck to ski exquisitely-formed
300 metre high sand dunes. Pat’s show will end
with a bang: a series of 1/500th second captures of friends
shredding peaks and powder basins within a radius of 100 kilometers from Canmore.
Don’t miss this
opportunity to connect with other off-piste pilgrims to get yer ski-on this winter!
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