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Barb Sligl
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Writer and Editor, Freelance
Vancouver
Beats
Arts & Entertainment , Television & Film , Books , Travel , Personal Essays
Medicine, anything medical
Content
Want an adrenalin-filled — and distinctly Canadian — adventure? Take a helicopter to a mountaintop, then swoosh your way down
By Barb Sligl Verified| The Hamilton Spectator (Hamilton, ON) Verified The whirl of the rotor blades animates a flurry of snow as the helicopter lifts off. It’s foreshadowing for all the powder to come, as the chopper flies from the town of Golden into the surrounding Purcell Mountains in southeastern B.C. Amid jagged peaks, rising to more than 3,000 metres, the pilot lands on a narrow ridge for the drop-off. The thwup-thwup of the heli fades as it takes off again — the skiers now get to “fly” their own way back down.
Accessibility Will Be Key to the 2025 Invictus Games-Whistler Adaptive Is More than Equipped to Handle It
By Barb Sligl Verified| Montecristo Magazine Verified When Prince Harry and Meghan, Duke and Duchess of Sussex, spent last year’s Valentine’s Day at Whistler Blackcomb, the tabloids took note. But what made the cover of the newspapers in the U.K.—Mirror, Sun, Daily Mail—was the duke on a sit-ski using outrigger poles. “It went across most of the British tabloids,” says Sian Blyth, executive director of the Whistler Adaptive Sports Program, a registered charity that introduces people with a disability to sports.
Want an adrenalin-filled — and distinctly Canadian — adventure? Take a helicopter to a mountaintop, then swoosh your way down
By Barb Sligl Verified| The Hamilton Spectator (Hamilton, ON) Verified The whirl of the rotor blades animates a flurry of snow as the helicopter lifts off. It’s foreshadowing for all the powder to come, as the chopper flies from the town of Golden into the surrounding Purcell Mountains in southeastern B.C. Amid jagged peaks, rising to more than 3,000 metres, the pilot lands on a narrow ridge for the drop-off. The thwup-thwup of the heli fades as it takes off again — the skiers now get to “fly” their own way back down.
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Freelance
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De Pere, Wisconsin, United States