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[stonedlittlemermaid]

The Stoke 🍯

[jasonaech]

Just ordered my new ultralight sleeping bag (17.7 oz whaaaat) and got a text from my boss that she gave me an unexpected three day weekend at the end of the month.

Bag should be in by then.

Three day weekend.

New backpacking gear.

SIERRAS?!

Yes, Sierras, definitely.

[spider-charlotte]

You Must Be Stoking: Comedy In Guildford

You Must Be Stoking is a  comedy night at The Stoke pub in Guildford, offering a showcase of up-and-comers on the comedy circuit on the first Wednesday of each month.

On Wednesday 6 November, we headed over after Frazer’s mum heard one of the comedians on…

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[thestoke]

A Kootenay Mountain Culture Shout out!

The Stoke is highlighted in the Stash section of the newest edition of Kootenay Mountain Culture, which many of you should already know and love. Celebrating its 10th anniversary, KMC is a free biannual magazine full of amazing photography, compelling, funny and interesting articles, and an all-around highlight of why life in the Koots and surrounding areas is the best in the world. 

Pick it up at your local ski shop - you won't be able to put it down. Flip through the pages and you'll no doubt recognize names and lines. The cover features a snowy downtown Revy scene complete with buried car, all-too-familiar last winter; local photographer Bruno Long has a spectacular shot on p. 27; there's a pretty l'il full-page ad for Revelstoke's own Trapper Snowboards; legendary skimo athlete Melanie Bernier gets a mention in a story on ski mountaineering sufferfests; Gord Spurgeon has a two-page spread shredding RMR slackcountry and local snowboarding legend Joey Vosburgh is shown slashing a big turn in Rogers Pass, both shot by Ryan Creary.

RMR is featured throughout for being generally awesome; there's a great article on a recent trip to Chile by all-star good-time-haver Chris Rubens; Trapper Snowboards and Big Bend Skis are both in an article on home-grown sticks, and the Canadian Avalanche Centre (based in Revy) gets a few mentions as well. Awesome. We're a small town with a big mountain and and even bigger heart!

[thestoke]

Welcome to Revelstoke, new people!

Hey newbies! Welcome to Revelstoke. Enjoy your time here, however long it is - this place is magical. Please smile at everyone you pass on the street. We all choose to live here (either born or transplanted), so we've all got that in common. :)

Remember the "campsite rule" - leave this place in better shape than when you found it. That means something different to everyone: it could be as simple as patronizing local businesses or galleries, volunteering with an organization, joining a committee, shoveling your neighbour's walkway, moving your car for the snow plow, patting dogs, donating to the food bank, picking up hitchhikers on their way to the mountain, being nice to the people helping you, holding the door open for people, picking up litter, or smoothing out differences in a peaceful manner rather than resorting to violence or angry words. Keep your fingers crossed for piles of snow, look both ways when you're bombing down the mountain, and don't get into needlessly petty arguments on the Stoke List. This goes for all of you, not just new additions!

Even if you're just here for a season, many of us are here for the long haul and we want to make sure that Revelstoke just gets better and better. Good move coming to Revy - this town is amazing, and so are its residents.

And a note to locals - give newcomers a chance, too. The Stoke List was never designed to be an outlet for ethnocentrism. We live in a resort town now and that's not going to change, so move on and make the best of life - carrying around grudges and resentment won't make your feel better, but maybe volunteering as an ESL tutor, playing music, making art, meeting new friends at a coffee shop, or starting a new business will. Lead by example, friends.

"Be the change you want to see in the world." -Gandhi

Love

Karilyn from the Stoke