Words: Virtue Bajurny | Photos: Mike Last YMCA Camp Wanakita is where the first ever CIM Slipstream was held. It is also where the first Slipstream I ever attended was held. After that year the event was moved to the smaller YMCA Camp, Pine Crest. Throughout the drive from Toronto…
Two weeks ago Connected in Motion hosted its third annual Slipstream in the City Party––a fusion of celebration and fundraising that highlights the core of the CIM philosophy––community. Community kəˈmjuːnɪti noun: 1. the condition of sharing or having certain attitudes and interests in common. 2. a similarity or identity. 3….
Words: Virtue Bajurny | Images: Blair Ryan We landed in Seattle to fog. Lots of it. And this fog followed us all the way across the ferry to Orcas Island and right into YMCA Camp Orkila. It seemed a fitting metaphor for CIM’s first Slipstream in the US- new things…
Words: Jen Hanson | Photos: Virtue Bajurny Crisp fall air. The fading warmth of summer. Pumpkin Spice Lattes. It could only mean one thing – time for Western Slipstream. It wasn’t long ago that Virtue and I left behind the changing colours of the Ontario autumn and headed west –…
Epic. There word describes the adventures of the 2013 Extended Canoe Trip better.
Words: Luke Cameron | Photos: Mike Last I had checked and re-checked my dry sac Wednesday night to ensure I had everything. I have a bad habit of forgetting one or two things when I go on canoe trips. I forgot an extra pair of shoes a month earlier on…
On September 21st, twenty-five Type 1s converged at Strathcona Park Lodge & Outdoor Centre on the shores of Upper Campbell Lake, Vancouver Island. Like tributaries of a river, we came together for a weekend to flow in the first Western Slipstream.
When I was asked to do a guest blog my response was a simple Sure, why not?
I thought it would be an easy task: recounting a five-day canoe trip in Algonquin Park with 10 other Type 1s (and one 5.5er).But when I sat down to write, I struggled where to even I begin.