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European model shown for illustration only. KTM_21_0138 2021 390 Adventure Ad Resize Print Mountain Life CAN ENG_final.indd 1 5/19/21 2:58 PM TABLE OF CONTENTS The Backyard Issue UPFRONTS FEATURES EDITOR’S MESSAGE WHAT’SUP GARIBALDI Feet First Two Lakes, Six Mountains, Heavy Packs p. 17 p. 28 JUST THE TIP EPIC TRIP Brett Tippie’s Home Sweet Home The Summer of Heights—Baffin Island p. 18 p. 54 HEROES OF THE DEEP VALLEY OF REDISCOVERED DREAMS Cleaning The Lakes, Again Back in the Saddle in the Squamish Valley p. 21 p. 64 SEARCH & RESCUE Shifting Culture Or Numbers Game? p. 22 12 DEPARTMENTS BACKYARD BEYOND Grip It & Rip It Leave No Trace… p. 37 p. 49 CULTURE ARTIST First Journey Trails Levi Nelson p. 43 p. 73 ON THIS PAGE Stu Smith on 'Pool of Death' 12+(FA), Mamquam Canyon. KIERAN BROWNIE ON THE COVER Mia Noblet, Stawamus Chief 3rd Peak. 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It’s not always easy to and old growth forest (or the current provincial government’s keen desire to create a sustainable life in this part of the country, but the chaos of the past year destroy them). Pound for pound, the forests in our backyard are among the most has definitely driven home just how lucky we are to be able to escape into these (if not the most) ecologically diverse places on the planet. mountains, drift away on the waterways, get lost in these incredible forests, and And yet, for all the hive knowledge/community building of the internet soak in that fresh air and pure mountain freedom. and the proliferation of eco-conscious everything, our backyard is seeing more But let’s get one thing straight—freedom isn’t free. It comes with a abandoned campfires, more tire tracks in riparian zones, more beer cans in the responsibility to the places we love. Because the Coast Mountains are not local lakes, and more garbage piled at the trailhead than any other time in the my backyard nor are they your backyard—if anything, they’re a communal history of life itself. Are we collectively “funning” our favourite place to death place that have been here long before us and will be here long after. Take under a faux “unplug-to-reconnect” ideology that’s really just an ego-driven Skwxwu7mesh (you know that word from the highway signs in Squamish), Instagram photo op? as my friend (and ML contributor) Keiran Brownie recently pointed out to me, It certainly seems that way. So this summer, as we delve even deeper Skwxwu7mesh is the name of a people, not a place. More than that, it’s a name into “our” backyard, let’s pledge to leave it in better shape than we found it given to a people BY a place—specifically by the river that provides the people (which may require picking up after others, some volunteer work, or donations with the water they depend on. As human beings, we belong to these lands, not to organizations fighting the good fight), and vow not to sit idly by while the other way around. someone else disrespects the land. If we leave any trace this summer, let’s Let’s also remember, we not only share this ridiculously amazing part of make it the shared understanding that these Coast Mountains, our backyard, the planet with each other, but with the future as well. Which means it’s on all are an incredible paradise of beauty and adventure, but also a complex and of us to take the best possible care of it, and as more people begin realizing the interconnected matrix of life.
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