We caught up with ACMG guide Jan Neuspiel between trips to Bella Coola, and asked him about his custom powder skis. They feature west coast raven design created by our favourite local K’omoks and Kwakwaka’wakw artist, Karver Everson. So you might be wondering, who is Jan? Jan has been guiding and teaching for more than 35 years all over the world with a particular focus on the Himalayan region for about half that time. He spent six years living in Nepal (he speaks Nepali!) and eleven years running a helicopter skiing operation in northern India. Since 2006 Jan has also been the Head Guide for Bella Coola Helisports' heliskiing operations in the Mount Waddington area of the BC Coast Range. Closer to home, Jan founded two of Vancouver Island's most familiar alpine institutions: 1) Island Alpine Guides, which is Vancouver Island's premiere mountain school and guide service. 2) The Vancouver Island Avalanche Centre, where he acted as lead forecaster until recently. It's a homegrown and grassroots effort supported entirely by local businesses and users. They provide avalanche safety information for Vancouver Islanders who recreate in the backcountry in winter, predominantly via the Vancouver Island Avalanche Bulletin. His breadth of experience, his thoughtful kindness and his spirit of adventure make Jan a natural leader. He is a true inspiration and we are so thankful for his influence on the alpine culture here in our community, and for his positive contributions to mountain culture at large. Relevant Links: Island Alpine Guides https://www.islandalpineguides.com/ https://www.instagram.com/islandalpineguides/ Vancouver Island Avalanche Centre https://www.islandavalanchebulletin.com/ https://www.instagram.com/viavalanche/ Karver Everson http://karvereverson.com/ https://www.instagram.com/karvereverson_nwc/ Kindred https://kindredsnowstore.com/ Thanks again to Ivan and Grayden from Visual Inclination for creating these awesome videos. Visual Inclination on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/visualinclination Visual Inclination on Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/visinc/

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SAILING CROATIA: When To Make Advance Bookings in High Season Book Now! With Croatia's popularity as a top sailing destination and high season this year looking super busy availability will become limited. Nick in this video answers the question with tips and insights on when to book. Croatia definitely offers an unparalleled sailing experience and by booking in advance, you'll have peace of mind. Don't wait until it's too late – Book now and embark on the adventure of a lifetime! =========================== Transcript MAKE THEM NOW. It depends where you're going. It really really depends where you're going because if you get out to (I'm just gonna I'm really warm in the sun I need some breeze on me) if you get out to places that are huge hot spots and it's in the middle of the week where everyone can access those places you're gonna need a heap of time ahead to really be able to say right I've got four boasts and guaranteed. And you need someone on the ground this is really hard. Whereas if you're booking at like artsy Marina uh any private marinas. I think we did a live stream maybe last week or the week before or something like that which was about um bookings and all this sort of stuff and you can go back and watch that one. It kind of explains where you can do it. Get in now! Alright everyone's starting to open now. ACI Marines, you say hey I want to bring four boats on a Friday night somewhere you know or or um or especially on actually a Saturday night in Brač or something, BOOK IT NOW! Book as many of those things now as you can! =========================== Buy Us A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/45DegreesSailng 45D Swag: https://45degreessailing-2.creator-spring.com/ =========================== Connect with Nick & 45D on Social Media: =========================== ➡︎ https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-hathaway-03b60934/ ➡︎ https://www.linkedin.com/company/45-degrees-sailing/ ➡︎ https://www.facebook.com/45degreessailing ➡︎ https://www.instagram.com/45degreessailing/

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Castello di Cardona è probabilmente il fortress medioevale più importante nella provincia di La Catalogna. È situato su una collina che trascura il River Valley del Cardener e la città di Cardona. Il fortress inizialmente è stato costruito vicino Wilfred il peloso in 886. È in entrambi Romanesque e Gotico gli stili ed include il cosiddetto Sala Dorada e Dels Entresols del Sala. Durante quattordicesimo secolo, i duchi di Cardona sono venuto dalla famiglia più importante del Parte superiore di Aragon, che era in secondo luogo soltanto alla casa reale. A causa di questo, sono stati chiamati "re senza parti superiori„ poichè hanno avuti vasti territori in Catalogna, Aragone Valenciae legami dynastic con Castile, Il Portogallo, La Siciliae Napoli. Ciò presumibilmente ha aumentato l'importanza del forte. In 1714, anche dopo la a Bourbon il siege ha distrutto una buona parte delle pareti del fort, il garrison era uno dell'ultimo da cedere alle truppe del bourbon che hanno sostenuto Philip V. Poichè i bourbon ed i loro eredi continuerebbero a sopprimere l'identità nazionale di Catalonian, il forte è diventato significativo a nazionalismo di Catalonian. Oggi, il gioiello principale del fort è torre de la minyona (dal undicesimo secolo) una torretta che misura 15 tester di l'altezza e 10 tester di diametro. Ulteriormente, ci è la chiesa del romanesque di Sant Vicenç de Cardona adiacente al forte. Il forte attualmente è usato come a parador, o hotel di lusso gestito dallo stato. (da http://www.worldlingo.com)

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