Scott McMillan : Endurance Junky

Entries from January 2008

Tribesman of the San on the Kalahari Desert of Africa the only living “Ultrahunters”

January 28th, 2008 · No Comments

Brilliant video on the San hunting Kudu. This is what real “hunting” is not capping animals with high a high powered laser scoped rifle while sitting on a camp chair 800 meters away drinking Bud.
For those who find this interesting I highly recommend reading Why We Run by by Bernd Heinrich he discusses […]

Tags: Ultra Running

Winter Wonderland

January 5th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Went snowshoeing for the first time this year on the North Shore mountains with Tara up on Mt. Seymour. Quite surreal 30 mins away is downtown Vancouver where it is above 0C and the grass is green.
There were some weird ice formations on the trees near the peak, the winds caused the ice […]

Tags: Snowshoeing · Training Log

Back in Vancouver

January 4th, 2008 · No Comments

Well the holidays are almost over for me (Monday is the official end), I am back in Vancouver after spending time in Mission visiting Tara’s family, Saskatoon visiting my parents and Calgary visiting my sister and brother in-law. Tara and I were spoiled like always. We consumed way too much food drink and now […]

Tags: Snowshoeing · Training Log · XC skiing