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Hej, I live in Nova Scotia, Canada. I have cycled across Canada. My favourite places (besides Nova Scotia) was the Rocky Mountains in Alberta and Britich Columbia. I have descriptions of some of my bicycle tours at: http://www.dermott.ca/index.html (Sorry for the English - jag kan läsa...

En riktig gammal spark There is a museum "Ramsmoen" in Tynset, Norway with a display of sparks. (I didn't see the museum when I was in Tynset 1999 & 2002) http://www.nordosterdalsmuseet.no/05_01.htm Then click "spark meg bak" Here is a quote: Direct link to photo of 1700 spark from...

---- From: http://www.dermott.ca/ice06/icefotos.html (Feb 19 & Mar 05) I bought this 40 liter "Riverpack" from North-49: http://www.fcsurplus.ca/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=10551 It has a "drypack" inner bag. It may be a copy of the Comet from Lundhags...

Mark Harris has a photo of a "kickspark" (Finnish racing model of spark) at the 1999 Vikingarännet: http://xray.bmc.uu.se/markh/photos/vik21.jpeg More pictures of kicksparks at VR (2003) here: http://www.cc.jyu.fi/~antleht/kn/arch/Talvi_winter2003.htm I also have a Kickspark but...

ICERS from Canada Hej igen, Sorry for writing in English, I can read Swedish fairly well. "broddar" == "crampons" "ice grippers" etc. My Alpina NNN boots have narrow, slippery soles. I strap on "ICERS", they are VIBRAM soles with metal screws: http://www.icers.nb.ca/ My photo...

Nordic Skates in Canada WOW! There is a winter triathlon in Prince George and a 400 m speed skating oval. It seems that many racers use "nordic skates" in winter triathlons http://www.mag-net.com/iceman/ There are also winter triathlons (ski-skate-run) in Ottawa and Edmonton. That seems...

Tour-skating in Cnada and northern USA It is very rare to see people tour-skating in Canada. Even people in most sports stores that sell cross country skis have never heard of "långfärdsskridskor". I searched for a year before I found touring skates. There is one store in Ottawa that...

Hälsningar från Kanada (Sorry for writing in English. Jag kan läsa svenska ganske bra) I was in central Alberta Dec21-Jan6. I was visiting my sister and mother about 130 km south of Edmonton. Alberta is about 5000 km west of my home in Nova Scotia! The ice on the lakes was SUPERB for...

longer test of paragraphs I was in central Alberta Dec21-Jan6. I was visiting my sister and mother about 130 km south of Edmonton. Alberta is about 5000 km west of my home in Nova Scotia! The ice on the lakes was SUPERB for both tour-skating and kicksledding. Ice was over 30 cm thick and...

longer test with paragraphs no wrap I was in central Alberta Dec21-Jan6. The ice on the lakes was SUPERB for both skating and kicksledding. Ice was over 30 cm thick and very clear. My longest day was 45 km on Pigeon Lake. My sister has 2 kicksleds (earlier Xmas presents from me) so my...

another test OK , longer line, LYNX wrap-lines Pictures from ice on several lakes from recent trip to Alberta, Canada: http://www.dermott.ca/alb2005/fotos.html

Ok try again, longer lines, no wrap Pictures from ice on several lakes from recent trip to Alberta, Canada: http://www.dermott.ca/alb2005/fotos.html

OK, now try LYNX wrap-lines Pictures from ice on several lakes from recent trip to Alberta, Canada: http://www.dermott.ca/alb2005/fotos.html

OK try it again, LYNX no-wrap Pictures from ice on several lakes from recent trip to Alberta, Canada: http://www.dermott.ca/alb2005/fotos.html

Pictures from ice on several lakes from recent trip to Alberta, Canada: http://www.dermott.ca/alb2005/fotos.html

Det finns bilder av långfärdsskridsko i Antarktis: "http://www.nordicskating.org/webskater/antarctica/index.html"

Hej alla, The waiting also continues here in Nova Scotia, Canada. Temperature this morning (Nov 17, 08:00) was +15!! and it is raining. The water temperature in our lakes must be around +8 so I don't expect ice soon. Last year my first time on ice was Dec7 at Gaspereau Lake...

Hej från Nova Scotia Hej från Nova Scotia It was quite a good ice season here in Nova Scotia, Canada. (Lat 45N, Long 64W) My first time on the ice was Dec 7 and the last time was April 2. I still do not skate very well on rough ice, so most of my ice trips were on "spark"...

Hej igen, We now have some good ice in Nova Scotia, Canada. Feb 16-17 there was rain and +5 C temperature, Then we had temperatures -10C for a few days. On a small lake Feb 18, I met 2 REAL Swedish skaters! They have only been living here for 2 years and haven't done much skating, since...

Hej igen! Ice report- Gaspereau Lake Nova Scotia, Canada. Jan 15-16 2005 44-59 N 64-32 W Last Wednesday, Jan 12, there was 10 cm of snow on the lakes. Jan 13 & 14 the temperature was +10 with rain so I thought the ice would be washed clean. Temperature Jan 15 was -5 so I checked out...