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Gallipoli National park and local surroundings Historic beaches and communities involved in Gallipoli campaign. Posted 01 Nov 09 |
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Tiverton, Sidmouth
and Stonehenge We tour SW England again....24-26 Sept 09 Posted 31 Oct 09 |
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Cape Helles
British Memorial - V Beach Gallipoli National Historic Park, Turkey 20 Sept 09. Posted 17 Oct 09 |
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Dutch Military Square Chute/Static Line Course 17 Sept 09
Paracentrum, Texel Island, Holland |
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Whitehorse Wildland Park, Cadomin, Alberta Aug 09 Scrambling and caving in the Whitehorse Wilderness area 02-05 Aug 09. More to come! Posted 01 Sept 09 |
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Road trip - Icefields Parkway 21-23 Aug 09 The long-suffering BMW is back on the road. Posted 26 Aug 09. |
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Rock and Ice Ultramarathon - Part 1
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Part 2 250 Km over the local area lakes and portages. add whiteouts, frostbite and northern lights and you have a real northern race! 21/22 Mar 09. Posted 24 Mar 09 |
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Playing in the snow. Prelude lake. 22 Mar 09. Posted 24 Mar 09. |
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KTM
weekend Blackhartt and friends do the Yellowknife 'sand pits'. posted 21.Sept. 08 |
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Yellowknife River Ridge above Cinnamon
Island
posted 14.Sep.08 |
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2005 KTM 525 EXC 'SUPERMOTARD' posted 07 Dec 08 |
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Number 1 in Yellowknife. Pop visits YK 16-20 Sept 08. posted 22 Sept 08 |
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2002/2005 KTM EXC 300 'HYBRID"
posted 07 Dec 08 |
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2007
Husaberg FS 550 E Proud predecessor to the KTM 525 tard. posted 07 Dec 08 |
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Cadomin Cave adventure
30 Aug 08 James and l survive a trip to the centre of the earth. posted 06 Sept 08. |
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Emerald Lake. Field, BC.
15.jul.08
Road trip to western
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Pulteney Point lighthouse. 17.jul.08 posted 12.aug.08 |
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Rock and Ice Ultramarathon. 22 -27 mar 08
posted 11.aug. 08 |
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Road trip to BC and NW USA Jul 08
Posted 02.Aug.08. |
2005 KTM 525
EXC...Supermotarded! Posted 15.Sept.07 |
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Berry Hill conquered Sept.04.07al pilgrimage Posted 13 Sept 07 |
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Cameron falls in fall splendour posted 02.sept.07 |
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voodoo magik on prelude!!!!!!!!!!!!!!s posted 02.sept.07 |
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2006 BMW R1200 GS posted 02 sept.07 |
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Blachford lake lodge
30/31 mar 07 blackhartt joins the pook and dent families for an easter supper at Blachford lake lodge posted 15 April 07 |
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Ultramarathon Race. 17/18 Mar 07
awake for a couple of days with 100 other hard core
crazies
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Sledding 2007 |
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REPULSE BAY SAR
JUN 06 |
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blackhartt journeys
to italy, croatia, bosnia and herzegovina, and slovenia. Sept-Oct 06 we escape the clutches of stromboli and head off to the loyal edmonton regiment invasion beach on the south end of sicily. posted 10 feb 07 |
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We travel to stromboli an active volcano located in the aeolian islands off the coast of sicily, and reputedly named after the boston pizza treat with the similar name. danger....work in progress. posted 02 jan 07 |
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We visit Pompeii nestled safely in the comforting shadow of mt vesuvius. posted 02 jan 07 |
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Amalfi coast to messina dodging death like the champions we are. posted 25 nov 06 |
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we mount Monte Vesuvius like the gods we think we are. posted 03 nov 06 |
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not getting arrested in Herculaneum. contrary to the rumours, we have had nothing to do with it's destruction. posted 02 nov 06 |
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Monte Cassino
is a rocky hill about eighty miles (130 km) south of
rome.
cassino was also a major battleground for the loyal edmonton regiment
towards the end of
World War II and
is why we are here. posted 25 oct 06 |
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Anzio
first nite in italy. celebrated in style
... too bad l don't remember it. posted 25 oct 06 |
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teaser! Sept - Oct 06. blackhartt journeys to italy, croatia, bosnia and herzegovina, and slovenia posted 16 oct 06 |
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the new ride
2002 KTM SX 520....now Supermotarded |
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440 Sqn Great Slave Lake Search 16 aug 06. 440 sqn response - overdue boaters missing on great slave lake Posted 06 Sept 06 |
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Hideaway Island, Yellowknife Bay yellowknife, nt 25 aug 06 wildlife division planning session. yellowknife and surrounding environs. Posted 06 Sept 06 |
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Kelowna and Penticton road trip.
Aug 06 Posted 06 Sept 06 |
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l get rain all Victoria
Day long weekend so l can get caught up...to Oct 05. Prince Edward Island Road Trip Oct 05 Fort George Niagara Falls Charlottetown. PEI National Park Green Gables Posted 22 May 06 |
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Costa Rica - Redux
Dec 03 - Jan 04. Bigger, bolder, better, stupid new captions! Posted 17 May 06 |
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Part Duzos
Belly of the Beast continued. Toronto. Performing cats at SeaWorld. Palm Springs Air Museum. Las Vegas Posted 05 May 06 |
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Part Uno |
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teaser Dec 05/Jan 06. blackhartt journeys to area 51; the grand canyon, and palm springs more to follow....promise. posted 10 jan 06. |
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teaser!
sarscene 05 in charlottetown, pei
01-09 oct. includes small detour to niagara falls where l try not to fall in. posted 08 nov 05 |
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ingraham trail, 10 oct 05awesome fall colours on a short trip 50 km trip out to cameron falls on the ingraham trail ie the only road out of yellowknife heading east. posted 08 nov 05 |
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Mom and dad in yellowknife.
24-26 sept 05. whirlwind trip slowed down a bit by rain. posted 26 sept 04 |
road trip 27 jul -24 aug. yellowknife. edmonton. penticton. mt st helens. pacific northwest. victoria. long beach. a work in progress! |
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09 aug. we re-cross vancouver island and get on the comox ferry to powell river. it has been another scorcher and beers must be quaffed. we later watch stars drown in the georgia strait. posted 28 sept |
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08 aug. tofino and long beach we leave the congestion of victoria and head north on hw 1. we pass through ladysmith, nanaimo, port alberni and finally get to long beach. hw 4 to tofino is a great ride...narrow, twisty, bumpy and fast. posted 26 sept. |
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ft rodd hill
victoria, bc. sunday. 07 aug. victoria. we hit a national historic site called fort rodd hill. posted 11 sept |
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victoria, bc. saturday 06 aug victoria....we are off to visit the finer points of bc's capital city. tourists are underfoot everywhere. posted 11 sept |
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highway 101 and northwest washington friday. 05 aug. posted 11 sept |
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ft stevens state park, washington. thursday. 04 aug. we leave mt st helens, and reach fort stevens state park at the mouth of the Columbia. posted 08 sept |
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day 9.
mt rainier and mt st helens. the
turnoff for mt st helens and another memory....a gas station we stopped at
20 years ago. posted 07
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penticton to yakima, washington. day 8. we have headed south from penticton on highway 97... a 527 km day. posted 07 sept |
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day 7 on the road. aug 02: august first long weekend in penticton. jim and l spend a couple of days in penticton with mom and dad |
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day 4. 30 jul: first day on the beemers. edmonton to revelstoke, bc. 800 km first days' drive is exactly 16x more riding than jim has ever done before! |
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Yellowknife River Ridge Run 05.06.06 Gus and Jim Pook and blackhartt trying to catch up. Posted 14 May 06 |
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Mountain Operations Course
Whitehorse, Yukon Territories Jul 03 Posted 14 May 06 |
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Ice Rescue Training
Jackfish Lake Power Station, Yellowknife. Posted 14 May 06 |
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jim
and mike's excellent adventure. iraq.
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mike's company is providing a 80 man local security force for a UN
de-mining mission in southern iraq. jim is leading the team. posted 19 sept 05 |
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14 sept 05. 440 sqn response to plane crash, tulita, nwt a north-wright airways cessna grand caravan out of tulita was reported missing at on wednesday afternoon. posted 19 sept 05 |