Almost all desirable towns in BC are the same way. Revelstoke is another example of being a victim of its own success. Growing up I remember it basically being a truck stop off the highway. Now it’s an outdoor playground mecca with housing prices rivaling Kelowna and Victoria.
I always find climbing and running to be such complimentary activities. Strength and cardio both covered between the two of them, and at their core all you really need is a pair of shoes for each.
Photography, mostly landscapes. Something satisfying about capturing the essence of a beautiful view and being able to share it with others who couldn’t be there to savour the moment. Sometimes a fancy digital camera, sometimes old timey film cameras my grandpa got me into. I’m also into backpacking, climbing, splitboarding, and otherwise just spending time in the mountains so there’s no shortage of views to capture.
Kitchen table is 1880ish? My mom got it from one of her first palliative patients who got it from their parents and had nobody else to leave it with when they passed. Use it daily and have it paired with some modern steel chairs … it’s a little eclectic around here.
I’ve got some straight razors as well. Pretty sure some of the Swedish ones go back to 1700s.
You’re right, I sure hate my ghetto fourplex unit. For the price of a condo I have a small yard and garden that doesn’t take all my time looking after, three bedrooms, a garage, street level access, and all in an established character neighborhood close to bike lanes and breweries. I’d totally rather be living in a box in the sky with no space and be aspiring to one day own a suburban single detached home that I’ll probably never afford. Plus I hate that it offers density within the existing city footprint and infrastructure, I definitely prefer either concrete towers or massive homes sprawling out into nature. Affordable in between options that provide reasonable living situations utilizing resources we already have are definitely not a fix and should be banned!
/s on the hating it part if it wasn’t obvious, I love my fourplex unit. Sarcasm aside, in what way is this not at least working to part of the solution? It took decades of investment properties, corporate buying, speculation holding, population growth, with a dash of COVID inflation to get us in this mess. There’s no magic bullet solution, so anything that helps and without any apparent negatives can only be a good thing?
Film photography. With smartphones having taken over the roll of point and shoots and covering the majority of people’s photography needs, it’s quite a different experience breaking out a half century old camera. Everything is more tactile, your shots are finite, and the result is a 100% determined by your decisions. Different films produce different results, and if you get into developing your own film you get to play mad chemist in the bathroom.
There’s a learning curve, but if you’re already into photography and understand the basics it’s really not that hard. Labs still exist to develop for you if you’d rather not go down that rabbit hole. The results may surprise you!
I’m sure the picture I’m creating in my head is way more majestic than the reality was, but It’s beautiful. Sounds like after the fanny pack and socks he just said fuck it and leaned into it hard.
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