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Capilano Suspension Bridge: Win 4 Free Passes!

Karl Woll | July 13, 2009 10:42 am

Thanks to the fine folks at the Capilano Suspension Bridge (to be specific @Capsuspbridge on Twitter) I have 4 tickets to give away! If you’ve never been to the Suspension Bridge, or if its been a while, you’re missing out.

Your pulse quickens as you step onto the swaying planks of Vancouver’s first visitor attraction. Breathe in the cedar-scented rainforest air as you make your way across Vancouver’s famous landmark. Only minutes away from downtown Vancouver, Capilano Suspension Bridge takes you to the natural splendor of rainforest trails through magnificent evergreens and the unique perspective of Treetops Adventure, a walk high in the trees.

But rather than just give the tickets away, I’m going to make you work (slightly) for them…

In the comment section below, I want to know why you love the outdoors. Just a short comment, for example, on what was your first, or your favorite, ‘outdoor’ experience that got you hooked? Maybe you have a favorite place around Vancouver you go to ‘get away’? What is the one outdoor activity you can never get enough of, why?

Or maybe you hate the outdoors? (But still want to go to the suspension bridge for some reason). Why?  You can’t stand the bugs? A bad experience with ticks? An ill-fated step twisted your ankle miles away from civilization? You can share your outdoor  ‘horror’ story as well.

Pretty simple right? For now I’m going to leave the deadline open, until there are a decent amount of comments. Then I’m going to pick one at random, or if there are some really good stories maybe put it to a reader’s poll. We’ll see, just comment below for a chance to win the tickets!



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The Weather Network WeatherEye™ & Giveaway Contest

Karl Woll | January 8, 2009 7:42 am

The Weather Network has recently launched a new mobile application, called the WeatherEye™, which is very handy for outdoor recreation purposes.

WeatherEye™ Mobile:

Currently available as a free and easy download for both iPhone and iPod Touch, as well as all Blackberry® smartphones; the recently released WeatherEye™ Mobile application provides on the go and up to date weather information to over 5,000 cities in Canada, the United States, and Internationally. The application provides short and long term forecasts, current conditions, weather alerts, and severe weather warnings. WeatherEye™ Mobile also boasts the following key features:

  • One touch access to general weather information
  • Ability to add up to 20 cities (iPhone and iPod touch only)
  • Active home screen icon that updates current conditions every 30 minutes (BlackBerry only)
  • Links to mobile.theweathernetwork.com for additional information including: satellites and radar maps, traffic flow, flight tracker and health reports.

In the coming weeks, users will also have access to satellite and radar maps. To date, nearly 125,000 WeatherEye™ Mobile downloads have been completed via the iPhone App Store.

WeatherEye™ Desktop:

Currently available for Windows 98-XP, Vista, Mac OSX, and Yahoo!; the WeatherEye™ Desktop application provides the same forecasting, current condition, alert and severe weather warnings as the Mobile application, while also featuring weather updates for up to three different cities at the same time. WeatherEye™ Desktop also features direct links to video weather news, as well as RSS feed links. This free and easy download is available via The Weather Network site: http://www.theweathernetwork.com/desktop/

In promotion of these applications the Weather Network is offering a giveaway contest to the readers of Outdoor Vancouver. You can enter using the form below (Until midnight Jan 23, 2009) and the winner will receive the following package:

  • The Weather Network branded winter survival kit (incl: batteries, matches, emergency blanket, candle, flashlight, gloves, hand warmers & emergency first aid supplies
  • The Weather Network branded thermometer keychain (2)
  • The Weather Network branded pen set

Survival Kit Contest

The Contest is now closed, congrats to Donna K!



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