Archive for July, 2005

Ice Cave Expedition, November 2002

Wednesday, July 6th, 2005

This is going back quite a bit, but in November 2002 I explored some ice caves with my brother and a friend. The page with photos was taken down when I moved to the blog format and I thought I might have lost the photos since. Now that I’ve got them back, I figured I’d [...]

Myth Busted: Now safe to eat and swim

Sunday, July 3rd, 2005

As the CBC reports, the ‘No eating before a swim rule’ holds no water. The old wives’ tale is based on the mistaken idea that the stomach will take away some of the oxygen needed by our muscles during swimming. In reality, people have more than enough oxygen to supply both the stomach and their [...]

Fun police in full force in Vancouver

Friday, July 1st, 2005

I was really looking forward to traditional the Canada Day fireworks held annually at Canada Place in Vancouver. From what I’ve read in papers, Canada Place held free concerts during the day lasting until 7 PM, but I was sadly disappointed by the lack of evening events. Even smaller suburbs such as Langley hold fireworks [...]