happy birthday Lisa

On March 7, 2013 By Rick McIn friendsLeave a comment

🙂

… what kind of a husband would get you a birthday cake made of cotton candy?

Rick at Great West Gym Fest

On March 4, 2013March 3, 2013 By Rick McIn friends, gymnastics, photosLeave a comment

I’m proud to have been a part of Dave Adlard’s Great West Gym Fest, easily the best gymnastics competition I know.

Again for 2013 I was responsible for website – GreatWestGymFest.com – and social media.

Most of each day you’d find me wandering the gym with cameras.

Rick at GWGF

Our Facebook page was very active. But our Twitter feed nearly dead. It’s not caught on yet amongst gymnasts in the Pacific N.W.

Our best photos are posted on flickr. Most were taken by Victoria.

Photographer Victoria with triple Olympian John Roethlisberger

I posted a number of videos, the best of which is my entry into a new contest.

The Great West Gym Fest is AWESOME.

Click PLAY or watch a promo video on YouTube.

If that video on Facebook gets the most LIKES by midnight March 24th, 2013, I’ll win $500. … And if yours is the deciding LIKE, I’ll split half with YOU.

Promise. 🙂

thanks Dave and Lisa

On March 1, 2013 By Rick McIn friendsLeave a comment

Great hospitality in Coeur d’Alene. 🙂

quit whining about Valentine’s Day

On February 14, 2013February 10, 2013 By Rick McIn friends, humourLeave a comment

On this day of amour, could you chronically single people please shut-up?

Everyone else in the world but you is trying to enjoy the magic of romance. 🙂

Laura

running Fort Worden

On January 24, 2013January 23, 2013 By Rick McIn friends, travel2 Comments

Here’s James running Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, Washington.

Scrambling a WW II bunker.

merci Guy Lavoie

On January 16, 2013January 15, 2013 By Rick McIn friends, gymnasticsLeave a comment

Guy Lavoie at home in snowy Quebec City. I’ve been his guest for the past 2 nights.

Carnival begins here Feb 1st.

Check out the weird winter sky we had Monday in Montreal.

rest in peace Rob and Mark

On January 15, 2013January 9, 2013 By Rick McIn friends, health & fitnessLeave a comment

Lifelong friends, Rob and Mark Glaser, were killed in an avalanche on Saturday, January 15, 2011 in the area of Burstall Pass, Peter Lougheed Provincial Park, Kananaskis Country, Alberta.

The families of Mark and Rob Glaser are in deep shock at the news of their tragic passing. Both were loving husbands and fathers and will be greatly missed by their families and legions of friends. Both were seasoned back country hikers and skiers who shared a deep passion for the outdoors.

Mark lived in Calgary and was in the oil and gas industry for over 25 years including senior management positions in recent years. Rob lived in Bragg Creek and was a captain in the Calgary Fire Department.

Rob was a firefighter, expert in all things backcountry. They had left their avalanche beacons in the car making family speculate that this ski was intended to be simply a short warm-up.