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raveling and soon all five of us are
red in a layer of white dust, appar-
ageing us by fifty years to onlook-
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d then in a matter of seconds the
splendor of the Canyon is made
. The pine trees are gone and the
ving height of the barren canyon
proclaim their past. Sheer drops of
ands of feet now present themselves
From this vantage point on the side
canyon we can see the road as it
lags its way down in hairpin turns to
seemingly unfathomable depth.

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slowly crawl down and down deeper into
the reaches of the canyon. After one hour
we reach a cool river at the bottom and
the town of La Bufa.

The town of La Bufa is actually just
three or four houses perched on the edge
of a cliff overlooking what appears to be
another, deeper canyon. Looking up, I
can’t see the top where we began and can-
not see the bottom of the one to come.
This is where the majesty and the isola-
tion of such a place is so specifically made
known. Our road downwards from La
Bufa is barely visible as it clings precari-
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Walking with my companions the two-
kilometre main road alongside the Rio
Batopilas is a pleasant relief from the
bouncing and scratching of skin on rusty
truck beds. The Hotel Batopilas, situated
on the river is an obvious prime choice
with large, clean suites and private bath-
rooms for six dollars a person. I already
know I could stay here a while. I toss my
backpack on the bed, buy six beers, and
drop myself into the hammock in the
courtyard.

From the hammock in the courtyard of
the Hotel Batopilas the worlds seems to
move a little slower...

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FAIRMONTHOTEL

Ski Story
- #2 Pass Winner

by Amy Beckett

Over the holidays I went on a ski vacation with my
family. My mom, dad, brother and I spent three
days up Mt. Washington on Vancouver Island; it
was beautiful. On our second day we (my mom,
dad, and I) were bombing down “Rainbow,” a fair-
ly advanced intermediate run, when an unexpect-
ed, adreline- pumping event took place. I was
what we call “in the zone,” meaning I was skiing
like a pro and feelin’ good. Then I saw this guy out
of the corner of my left eye coming at me from
behind, and he was coming quick. I realized right
away he was WAY out of control and was going to
hit me—and he did.

Actually he skiied across the front of my skis and
almost took off my nose with his pole. Last I
looked he was continuing on his distructive path
toward my mom. I hit the snow head first and
proceeded to tumble down the mountain side,
coming to a stop some 30 feet or so later. I lay
there for what seem edto be minutes before I got
up again. I managed to keep my coat, pants, and
gloves. My skis, poles, toque, and goggles, howev-
er, were spread out all over the damn place; this is
what we like to call a “yard sale.”

I looked up at mom, and she had only fallen
about half the distance I did, but she also was hav-
ing a “yard sale.” Then I looked up futher and
noticed BLOOD on the snow and saw my dad
moving around frantically, kneeling down beside
the guy who wiped us out. My heart pounding, I
ran up the hill to my dad and discovered it wasn’t
my dad bleeding—it was the maniac skiier! It
turns out after he hit me, he hit my mom, they
became entangled and when they began to fall her
ski came up into the air and cut through the man’s
jacket and his ARM! Heer ski cut a major artery in
his arm and there was blood pumping out onto the
snow. My dad used his bandana to tie around the
man’s arm to help stop the bleeding.

The First Aid guys arrived six minutes later and
took him away. To say the least, we were a little
shaken up and headed in for a hot chocolate! Crazy
eh? We asked the First Aid guys about him later
that day and they said he was fine—they patched
him up and sent him to the hospital with his
friend.

 

Poetry

 

 

Found

You asked me
“Where have you been all this time?”

I smiled, blushed, and looked away
but skin touches melted fear

one look untied a heart of knots
you smiled,

I found a part of me long lost

and then I knew—

all this time
I’ve been searching for you

by Krista Zundel

 

 

 

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