PUBLISHER, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: DAVE BROWN EDITOR: ROGER BIRD

CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Kathleen Wilker, Craig Macartney, Jim Clarke, Allen Macartney, Chantal Rogers, Sheila Ascroft, Larry Showler, Brad Kukurudz, Emma Jackson, Alec Bialski

CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS Michael McGoldrick - www.gobiking.ca, Paul Tessier, DLewis, AccretionPoint, istockphoto, www.couvrette-photography.on.ca

ADVERTISING INQUIRIES Dave Brown, Publisher/Editor-in-Chief Ottawa Outdoors Magazine is an independent publication published seasonally every four months and distributed FREE at sports stores all over the region, as well as at 100 other locations. E-mail: Advertising@OttawaOutdoors.ca Tel: 613-860-8687 or 888-228-2918 Fax: 613-860-8687

CONTRIBUTIONS Ottawa Outdoors Magazine welcomes story and photo contributions. All photos should ideally be shot with a high-resolution digital camera, but otherwise scanned at 300dpi resolution and burned onto a CD-ROM or e-mailed. No unsolicited contributions will be returned unless accompanied by a self- addressed stamped envelope. Publisher assumes no responsibility for return of unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or artwork. Publisher may publish any and all communications with Ottawa Outdoors magazine, and may edit for clarity and style. Indexed in the Canadian Periodical Index ISSN No. 1204-69556. © Copyright 2010. All rights reserved. Reproduction of any materials published in Ottawa Outdoors Magazine is expressly forbidden without consent of the publisher unless otherwise agreed between partners. Printed in Canada.

ENVIRONMENTAL PARTNERSHIPS

Ottawa Outdoors Magazine aligns with local and in- ternational environmental groups. Recently Ottawa Outdoors Magazine joined and supports the follow- ing groups. We encourage you to do the same.

Leave No Trace Canada is a national non-profit organization dedicated to promoting and inspiring responsible outdoor recreation through education, research and partnerships. Leave No

Trace builds awareness, appreciation and respect for our wilderness areas. www.leavenotrace.ca

One Percent for the Planet is a rapidly growing network of companies that give at least one per cent of their annual sales to environmental causes. Their commit- ment provides vital resources and aware- ness to organizations that work to keep

us on a sustainable path. 1%FTP provides members with a straightforward and powerful way to become part of the solution. We are proud supporters of One Percent as a movement as well as their members which include Mountain Equipment Co-op and more than 20 other businesses across Canada. www.onepercentfortheplanet.org

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PUBLISHER’S LETTER

Ottawa Outdoors magazine, the number (9), this issue and the Ottawa Citizen

These would be the topics of this publisher’s letter. :-) To begin with, this is our 9th year in publication in the region and

we couldn’t be happier. We’ve brought you hundreds of articles about the outdoors, where to go and what you can do when you get there. We’ve loved- and, are loving- every part of it. We hope you are too. The number (9) is my favourite number coincidentally, and I think

it’s because I thought it was cool that it’s held in high esteem or considered lucky by the Chinese. Since that discovery I have had the number on my Ultimate Frisbee team jerseys as I’ve played at the national and world level. Turns out the number (9) is also a homophone (Google it) of the word for “long lasting”, and ya gotta love that. This issue is filled with articles to help you be long lasting too. Dream in peace after reading

our review of sleeping pads for your next camp-out (pg.24). Eat more locally-produced veggies from an urban farmer and you’ll tack on some bonus retirement years too (pg.38). If you ever thought you couldn’t bike to work for the sweaty mess you’d be afterwards, then you haven’t read Jim Clarke’s piece on how this could be possible (pg.46). And to really stay young take a ride with Brad Kukurudz as he writes about his six-day dream trip cycling with his two young daughters. All that to say, there’s lots in this issue for you to read and enjoy. My last bit of good news pertains to the Ottawa Citizen. Staring in the May 2nd Sunday paper

I’ll have my own weekly column writing about the outdoor life in the region. Similar to the magazine, I hope you enjoy weekly bites on tips, how-tos and destination ideas pertaining to all sorts of outdoor-related activities. Write to me if you have something you’d like covered. Until then — like the number (9) — may your spring, your summer and yourself, be “long lasting”.

Dave Brown, Publisher, Editor-in-chief

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cool stuff!

It’s that time again.

We’re having a draw for two winners of these great prizes. First winner gets choice. What do you have to do? Just email our staff at:

pickme@ottawaoutdoors.ca

for further instructions.

Win either this awesome $600 7.2 FX Hybrid TREK bike from Bushtukah, or Trailhead’s cool new $829 Modular Tequila! Kayak that can fit inside your car and be reassembled in seconds. Either prize rocks and we know this summer you’ll be pedalling or paddling because you were smart enough to enter. I mean, why shouldn’t it be you that wins right? ;-)

Draw is July 1st!

Enter today!

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