xAlps presentations in the valley

We have been asked several times to talk and do a presentation about our experiences during the 2009 xAlps and how we are preparing for the 2011 xAlps.
A week ago we did 2 "motivational" presentations for the Windermere Valley school and are most likely going to do the same for the other schools in the valley.

We were also asked to do a presentation for the "Wild Voices" which is part of "Friends of Kootenay National Park" and "Parks Canada".
We love to support this project, and this also gives us a great opportunity to, once again, thank all the local businesses who donated services and products for our 2009 fundraiser and all the other companies who supported us with gear and equipment we used in 2009.

The Presentation is Tuesday Feb 22nd, 7:30 pm at the David Thompson Secondary School in the theater.

See you there
Max & Penny

October update

We had a great fall. The weather was great and we had a lot of fun. The kids spend a lot of time outside and so did we. The last month and a half (Sept & Oct) I concentrated a bit more on my hiking and walking. So I started to do hikes right from the house to the summit of Mt.Swansea (about 10km) I got my time down to 1 hour 38 minutes with the pack. I also worked lot on the downhill walks to strengthen the muscles around the knees. In total I did plus 20.000 m (65.000 feet) in elevation and plus 250 km in distance. Penny joins me a lot with these hikes and we both hike and fly from the summit. The good part is that all these can be done without any pain in the knees or achilles tendence. The rest of the time besides playing on the mountain and the kids we worked hard on fine tuning the www.BookingCalendar.com and move now more aggressive into sales and marketing. No word if we will compete in the 2009 x-alps yet, but this should come now sooner then later.