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Last night I was very honored to be invited to speak at the North Shore Challenge. This event was held to raise funds for the Harvest Project, a social service organization that helps people who are in tough circumstances help themselves.

Hey all, two things I wanted to quickly mention, well outside of the fact that there is a ton of snow up there right now and it could be an incredible day for snowshoeing this weekend!

-The cutoff for snowshoe rental requests is tomorrow, Thurs the 7th at 6pm. I have to pass along our final numbers to The Yeti at that point in time.

With the recent and repeated avalanche warnings and the high number of avalanche fataities this year, our family has been talking about taking a back country safety course and avalanche safety training.

Both Action Jackson and I are drawn to back country skiing.  As of yet, we do not have any equipment, but it is on our radar... Craigslist watch out!  I have a low risk tolerance and like to be prepared...

Active Life Physiothereapy is a valued sponsor of Club Fat Ass.  The physiotherapists at Active Life Physio will be at various CFA events in 2008, and are planning a Performance Evaluation workshop for CFA members in the spring… stay tuned! 

Just arrived here in international falls MN for the Arrowhead 135 mile race. on the last flight over I got to chat with last years winner and only finisher on foot Sarah Lowell. now I've just got to pass the gear check and get some rest. It's tropical over here with a temperature of +20 compared to last years -40. I was really hoping it was more like -10 and dry. maybe I'll have to pull out the shorts. 

Daniel   

Just to let you know that I am still around... I have been keeping up with my ten hours of running per week,(three years now!)I am planning to run the Diez Vista 50K and in August hope to complete my third 100 miler in Squamish. Elk Beaver will be on line soon, I am race director again this year and have been thinking a lot on how to make it a better spectator and participant event.... Happy trails and enjoy my movies! ILTS!

This just in from North Shore Search and Rescue and CFA member, Allan. Please, play it safe out in the mountains this weekend:

The Canadian Avalanche Centre (CAC) is issuing a Special Avalanche Warning for the North Shore Mountains of Vancouver and surrounding areas, including the Howe Sound Crest and extending east to the Coquihalla Summit. This warning is in place from Friday February 1 through Sunday February 3.