In my last blog I'd just had a brief stint in Vancouver and was now on my way to Whistler with Tom Ellis, to restore the bank balance, ski and take part in other random shenanigans! But why Whistler I here you ask and that's a good question. I've never been one with the cold, or snow and having a two and a half year period without a real winter has been awesome. To be honest Canada never really appealed to me until last winter when Matt and Tom were talking about...

It took me two planes and about five hour to get from San Francisco to Vancouver. The first thing I noticed as I got off the plane was that I could see my own breath. I was not use to this weather and what made it worse was that I didn't have chance to buy any warmer clothes in America so 90%of my backpack wasn't suitable for winter conditions and especially the extreme winters Canada can have. It wasn't the best forward planning from me. But I would manage with ...