pass the girl my phone number cuase ill need a new touring partner. either that or give me a whip to drive cb up to hakuba more. nice writing and by the time you came back ill have the lines that you want sorted.

i want to camp above and around shirouma and tour some of those areas they look nice.

hopefully Ewok and I will be headin up there like you and I used to do. Also, Tatsu is free(er) more now so hopefully he will have a better season this year as well

he will

I'll let Jer find out how serious she is

Toque, are you and the other Big Stixs crew gonna come to Kansai before leavin?

And I hope by that time we'll also both be experienced enough to drop into some really hairy stuff

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Sorry missed that

Sorry dude
I don't think I'll make it down that way

Dan will probably make it down there before leaving and Jer is here for another year at least.

damn, figured so. If you could give me a few weeks heads up for a party up there - if its in Hakuba or at your place... I know both Ewok and I would like to go

yehhhhh c'mon boyz party in hakuba... would love to see ya all beanie, cb and ewok!

maybe Sen chan could join us for the ride too EBC

haha yeh - i emailed him today asking him if he's coming to hakuba... no reply yet

another problem though 'someone' wants to come to new zealand with me...

toque,
you say you are doing your teacher's degree and possibly in south east BC, do you mean at Selkirk College? if so, SWEET! Kooteney pass is where it's at mang. have you already gotten in? good luck.

Good to find out more about you toque.

PS Shouldn't a lot of the above be in the Snow in Japan thread?

great interview/article Toque!

Thanks again for breaking my BC cherry :p

Interesting cheers mate.

UBC runs a teaching certificate program through Selkirk college at the Castelgar campus. I havn't found out if I've been accepted into it yet. Hopefully in the next week or two

I have been accepted into SFU's program though

If I get into Selkirk I'll probably take that option as then I can make contacts out there and hopefully get a teaching job after

that area rocks the touring even around whitewater is just insane. get on the ridge and just find a line.

I am always impressed with your adventures toque-san.

right on man. good luck with it. i'm thinking about applying to the same programme. just curious, did SFU and UBC take your teaching experience here in japan into consideration? i know that back in ontario it counts for squat. which is sad.

on another note, have you ever been to the selkirks? if you get in are you planning on living in castelgar? or is it feasable for you to live in the much more fun and happy/hippy town of nelson?