The view from the top of Mount Bourgeau in Banff National Park on 29 August 2011. The hike up and down is a total of 24 km with an elevation gain of 1500 m. The weather and communication relay shack on the summit is obviously helicopter supported and runs on solar power and fuel cells. [...]
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Escaping the city
Escaping the City from Chromessence on Vimeo. Calgary to Canmore on the 1A Highway on 17 August to rent a tandem bicycle from Sports Experts to ride to and from Banff with Janaki on the Legacy Trail. Then the view from the handlebars of the ride to Banff and Bow Falls.
Run in the Park
A Jog in the Park from Chromessence on Vimeo. A run through Glenmore Park in Calgary.
Le Tour de France Has Started
From about 25 years ago near the end of the Jasper to Calgary non-stop ride we did. 420 km in 19.5 hours. Not quite the pace they do on the tour. We averaged 21.5 km/h. The tour averages a bit over 50 km/hr! The route is below. One of the most scenic roads in the [...]
Summer Vacation Slide Show
Summer Vacation August 2009 from Ian Butterworth on Vimeo. From Calgary to Victoria and Back Music is by Paco de Lucia, Solo Quiero Caminar Paco is awesome!
Calgary Engineering Students Provide Unique Message for the Space Shuttle
From University of Calgary, where I spent four years to get my engineering degree. Too bad for the clouds and the astronauts didn’t see the lights. Here’s another use of lights on sheep. I think there was some manipulation of the video though. It looks too good.
Driver caught at 190 km/h in 70 km zone
This happened in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and is reported in the Calgary Herald A 21-year-old Edmonton man driving 190 kilometres an hour in a 70 km/h zone this week had the misfortune to zoom right past an unmarked police car. Police spokeswoman Patrycia Thenu said the man was driving his newer model Audi erratically Thursday [...]
Calgary Zoo
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