Steven Threndyle

Peak Performance
Survival Is Not Assured: The Life of Climber Jim Donini
Geoff Powter
Mountaineers Books
272 pages, softcover, ebook, and audiobook
As a twist on the cliché from barnstorming aviation goes, “There are old climbers and bold climbers, but there are no old, bold climbers.” There is, however, Jim Donini, the supremely talented, fearless, and ambitious American climber, and the subject of the Canadian mountaineer Geoff Powter’s third book, Survival Is Not Assured. This exhilarating...

Obituary/Celebration of Ski Canada publisher Paul Green's life.

Book review of 40 Days & 40 Hikes: Loving the Bruce Trail One Loop at a Time by Nicola Ross. Appeared in the September/October 2024 Literary Review of Canada.

In January 2021, ten Nepali climbers solved what mountaineers liked to call “the last great problem”: a winter ascent of the notorious K2. On this expedition, in contrast to many others, no Western “clients” accompanied the Sherpas, some of whom celebrated by dropping their oxygen masks and singing their national anthem on the summit, the world’s second highest. My review in the June, 2024 issue of the Literary Review of Canada.

Ground-breaking new housing project at one of Canada's most sought-after (and secreat) ski resorrts.

Overview of Fernie's Timber Landing project, via a long-form interview with local Realtor Carol Cohen.

We’ve rounded up our top 5 hiking rain jackets for everything from light showers on your favourite day loop, to big bad backcountry storms when you’re scrambling down from the top.
Why? Because we've all been there: backpacks packed, trail conditions checked, hiking shoes waiting by the door and then you refresh the forecast and... rain. The non-stop kind, the on-and-off-and-on kind, the sweep away your tent kind. That’s where the right hiking rain jacket comes in handy. If the weather has ev...

Dec/Jan 2020 - BC Business magazine. Vail Resorts somewhat uneven, pre-COVID ownership of Whistler Blackcomb had both its positives (yay, Epic Pass) and negatives (boo, lift shutdowns).

Book review of Tracking Giants by Amanda Lewis in the Literary Review of Canada (LRC).

With the cost-of-living outpacing incomes in resort and recreation towns around Canada—
and influxes of urbanites displacing longtime residents—can locals hope to adapt? Flip to page 22 to find out!

Aging is 'not for sissies.' The fantastic weekend warriors in this story can attest to that.

A bit late posting up this one; my now decidedly cold take on former premier John Horgan's victory in 2020 - which truly seems like a lifetime ago.

Even before COVID-19, many professionals were telecommuting and working from home. Here's the story of how it's turned out for two BC families. Story begins on page 32.