The Extracts

Continuing the State 1 Review, Ben uses extracts from his journal to relay his best and worst moments from Stage 1.

As mentioned in my previous entry, I have documented this first Stage of my journey from start to finish and selecting only the most pivotal moments I have for you given an insight to both my best and worst moments of the journey so far.

Mr Wilson

After a night in a motel, Ben Collins fulfils a life long dream and hikes an active volcano

Mr Wilson was my geography school teacher and for perhaps half of my secondary education I was I am sure the bane of his teaching existence.

Since a very young age I have had a fascination with physical geography and in particular with meteorology (the weather), geology (the rocks) and natural hazards. In fact, this fascination was so much so that I for many years as a child operated my own weather station and taught myself the subject equivalent to what you might expect to read whilst studying at University...

Vancouver Island: The Cat's Arses

Ben looks back on his eight weeks spent on Vancouver Island and how leaving might be more difficult than he expected


New Photo Album

The Hitchhiker's Guide to Canada: Canmore and Lake Louise

Canmore

Lake Louise

Lady Macdonald trail (Canmore)

Plain of Six Glaciers (Lake Louise)

The Hitchhiker's Guide to Canada Day 14: Lady Macdonald

After years spent dreaming of the Rocky Mountains, Ben Collins' journey across Canada finally reaches the town of Canmore

I began the day with no plan. Yes, that's right... no plan...