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IMG_2901On today’s show Gary goes snowshoeing with a group of adventurous and hungry snowshoers. Elmhurst Outdoors is an outdoors centre in southern New Brunswick that offers outdoor education programs, groomed x-c ski and snowshoe trails and a maple sugar operation in the spring. They also offer programs like Snowshoe & Vittles, where you go for a guided snowshoe hike, then return to the lodge for some home cooking (pea soup, homemade bread, Gaspee Pudding and hot drink) and conversation. Gary joined about 15 others on a sunny, cold, winter morning recently for a trek around the wood-lot and a delicious lunch.

We have more of your comments about things like favourite outdoor adventure magazines, kite skiing on the Tug Hill Plateau and winter camping in a wilderness area. We’ll also hear from the winners of our new DSO iPhone/iTouch App.

We also have a couple of tunes from The Fire Apes from South Carolina. Gary is off to Newfoundland & Labrador for some telly skiing at Marble Mountain and he’ll have more from there on the next show. Email your comments and outdoor stories to doingstuffoutdoors@yahoo.ca

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January 22, 2010
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We check out outdoor adventures in New Zealand on this show. Stefan Seller is a Canadian who is now living and playing in Kiwi Land. He sent Gary an email talking about some of the things he’s been doing including climbing a couple of mountains. Mount Taranaki and Mt Ngarauhoe (Nara-ho-ee) are both volcanic peaks [...]

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January 11, 2010
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We have two stories today about families who do things together in the outdoors. The first interview features two families who are x-c skiing for the first time this year and for some, the first time ever. We talk about the appeal of nordic skiing. We also meet a couple of young skiers out on [...]

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December 31, 2009
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Our feature interview on the show is with Tim and Kathy Dyer of ‘White Squall’, a paddling centre and outdoor gear store near Parry Sound, Ontario. Their paddling shop has been called the 4th best in the world by National Geographic Adventure magazine. Gary spoke with Tim a couple of years ago when ‘White Squall’ [...]

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December 16, 2009
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Our feature interview is with Earle and Gina Burrows of Grand Bay-Westfield in New Brunswick. In November this athletic couple competed together in Ironman Florida at Panama City Beach. The Ironman is the big daddy of triathlons. It’s one of a series of long-distance races consisting of a 3.8 km swim, a 180 km bike [...]

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December 4, 2009
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Today on the show we hear a story about a close-up encounter with a whale while kayaking and that leads to a conversation about windsurfing. The sport isn’t as popular as it once was given the growing interest in more extreme wind and water activities like kiteboarding. But that doesn’t matter to people like Ivars [...]

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November 24, 2009
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Today on DSO we’re going star gazing with a group of amateur astronomers. One night last August Gary met up with members of the Saint John Astronomy Club and they introduced him and others to their unique form of outdoor recreation. After a talk about the constellations and their origins, the group of children and [...]

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November 14, 2009
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On today’s show Gary gets educated about the sport of cyclocross. If you are unfamiliar, cyclocross is what happens when road biking and mountain biking collide. Races consist of repeated laps over the course of 30-60 minutes. The laps can include anything, road, grass, dirt, sand, stairs, gravel, snow, as well as numerous barriers. The [...]

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Webpage Changes

November 12, 2009
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We’re in the process of moving the DSO webpage to a new server. Not all the files and posts have been transferred yet. Please be patient. We’ll have the site back to normal as soon as possible.
Thanks
Gary

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November 3, 2009
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On this show Gary shares a ‘once in a lifetime’ adventure he had while kayaking this fall in the Bay of Fundy. He and his son Brendan were paddling with Bruce Smith of Seascape Kayak Tours when an 8-foot shark bumped their kayak. With jaws wide open, it slid along the side of the kayak [...]

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