The Adventure Guys
We admit it. We've got great jobs. How many people get told by their bosses to go out and play? We write about those experiences each Thursday in The News Tribune’s Adventure section. But there's always more to the story. Here, Craig Hill and Jeffrey P. Mayor will share the inside stories on their adventures - including their misadventures - plus post news and answer your questions.

CRAIG HILL

Craig Hill is The News Tribune’s injury-prone Adventure writer. After eight years covering college football and basketball, he started writing about  adventure sports in 2004. He writes about everything from mountaineering and cycling to skiing and camping. You can reach him at craig.hill@thenewstribune.com

JEFFREY P. MAYOR

Jeffrey P. Mayor has been The News Tribune’s Adventure editor since 2003, and oversees our weekly Adventure section. His coverage focuses on fishing, hunting, Mount Rainier and the state Department of Fish and Wildlife. You can reach him at jeff.mayor@thenewstribune.com

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The inside story on outside recreation for South Puget Sound and beyond
Tuesday, March 4th, 2008
Posted by Craig Hill @ 12:34:39 pm

Jordan Hanssen has been dodging camels and kangaroos as he pedals across Australia. (Photo: Jordan Hanssen)

University of Puget Sound grad Jordan Hanssen is biking across Australia.

If you are not reading his blog, you are missing out. This guy truly knows how to have an adventure.

Click here to read his blog.

Here's an entry I found particularly entertaining:

We slept. We ate. The weather changed with the wind bringing cool air and the threat of rain. We got ready and checked the weather. Nothing conclusive. We had locked our room as the proprietor had asked, but after looking at the wind and weather we decided to wait and leave at midnight.

=> Read more!

Categories: Cycling
Posted by Craig Hill @ 11:05:21 am

The exchange rate used to soften the sticker shock on $83 Canadian day passes at Whistler Blackcomb. But as of Monday, that lift ticket would cost $83.90 US if the resort had not decided to accept U.S. funds on par with Canadian.
Brenton Murphy of Tourism Whistler says the declining U.S. dollar is one of the primary reasons Whistler is seeing the number of Washington visitors plateau this winter.
“We are losing some traction in the Washington market right now and we are keeping our eye on that,” Murphy said.
The United States accounts for 1/3 of Whistler’s tourists and Washington is the largest American market.
Tourism Whistler does not release statistics, but Murphy said visitors from Washington have increased annually since 2001 before flattening out this winter.
“We see the issues of the dollar, passport requirements and the rising cost of fuel as barriers to travel,” Murphy said. “We are trying to get out the message of value to travelers.”
Murphy says Whistler has tried to create pre-pay bargain hotel/ski packages to keep up tourism traffic.
Tourism Whistler has worked to get most of the village to accept U.S. money as if it were equal with Canadian.
“We want to do whatever we can do to maximize the value and help offset those barriers to travel,” Murphy said.