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Seek the Peak:  meet our model! Introducing Alison, a first-time Seek the Peak runner Tell us a little bit about yourself…I grew up in Victoria and moved to Vancouver eight or nine years ago. I’m a grade five French-immersion teacher and a single mother of two boys. One is seven the other is four. I’m living a bit of a busy life right now with two young kids. My life is my kids, their sports, and

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Children’s Hospital Foundation. As the only sanctioned event to determine the record-holder for most ascents of the Grouse Grind® in a one-day period, the Multi-Grind Challenge saw a record 36 athletes seek their personal best while raising valuable funds for BC Children’s Hospital Foundation’s Grind For Kids program. Since its inception six years ago, Grind For Kids has contributed over $870,000 to the

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and start nesting.We noticed the pair were back and checking out the nest, but not carrying out any preparations.  We were worried that they were going to abandon that nest in favour of moving to a different location - we were worried maybe moving the camera had interfered somehow even though we had it up well ahead of time.Then, as nesting season was getting fully underway a couple weeks ago, the

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involve? Most of the activity has been focused on brush cutting – think extreme weed-whacking! Many of these runs have not been touched since they were initially cut 20 to 25 years ago. That’s a lot of time for things to get overgrown. When things like bushes, shrubs and grasses grow taller on designated runs, it means that we need a certain depth of snow in order to cover it all before the run can be

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Grouse Grind® in a one-day period, the Multi-Grind Challenge involved 15 endurance athletes seeking their personal best while raising valuable funds for BC Children’s Hospital Foundation’s Grind For Kids program.  Since its inception six years ago, Grind For Kids has contributed almost $700,000 to the cardiology unit at BC Children’s Hospital!To maximize daylight for Multi-Grind Challenge participants

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down the road switchbacks to the Skyline trail. This run is 8KM and should take between 60-90 minutes. Nancy Greene is said to be one of the more difficult areas of the route. When chatting with a few friends about this race just a few weeks ago, I was challenged to stay focused on three challenging aspects of this event. The three potential mental hurdles, so to speak. Instead of waiting until race

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Meet Murphy New member of our Birds in Motion flying team! A couple weeks ago we were introduced to Murphy, the newest member of our Birds in Motion flying team.  Murphy is a young Gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus) cross who is quickly becoming a star of the demo!Gyrfalcons can be found all around the upper Northern Hemisphere along coastlines and islands around the world during breeding season and

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universe. Life, in all of its glory, is waiting around every corner to be discovered. I started hiking the Grouse Grind about ten years ago. The exhilaration of reaching the top, turning around, and taking in all of the beauty below was magnetic for me. In 2014, I decided to take my love of the Grouse Grind to the next level and join a relay team for Seek the Peak. I participated in the training leading

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of the BC Children’s Hospital Foundation.As the only sanctioned event to determine the record-holder for most ascents of the Grouse Grind® in a one-day period, the Multi-Grind Challenge involved 15 endurance athletes seeking their personal best while raising valuable funds for BC Children’s Hospital Foundation’s Grind For Kids program. Since its inception six years ago, Grind For Kids has

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to the top since going down would be worse, and I couldn’t let down my family and friends waiting at the top. I decided somewhere around the one quarter mark that I would just get through the Grind and then quit. Then I started thinking about my Mom. She died 7 years ago from a rare form of cancer in her gallbladder. I thought about how she never quit. In fact, she never even complained about

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