James Little: explore editor
April 2009 archive
Start spreading the news...
As the editor of explore, I'm the one who's responsible for all the headlines that appear in the magazine. Which means that every time you see a bad pun or something else that makes you groan, it's my fault. I think that probably nobody groans more than my senior contributing ...
A new man-crush?
It occurs to me that, after viewing my previous post, at least one reader might think I have developed another supposed man-crush. Once again, I deny it.
New York, New York 
I spent an hour or so on Earth Day in one of my favourite green spaces—Central Park in NYC. If you've never gone for a run in Central Park—especially around the Reservoir—you're missing out on one of the world's great experiences. I was down in New York to attend the ...
The Norwegians are coming, the Norwegians are coming! 
Well, actually, they're already here. Or at least they were here recently. It turns out that when I went to Whistler a couple of weeks ago, I wasn't the only one doing a little pre-Olympic research. The Norwegian men's cross-country ski team was also at the new Whistler Olympic Park, ...
Spot the error
By now, those of you who get explore will probably have finished reading the March/April issue of the magazine. And yet I haven't heard from a single person about an error I found in the issue. It's on page 66, which features our Far Out photo of the Chilkoot Trail. ...
My man-crush
- Posted on April 7, 2009 at 3:40 PM
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A reader has just written in with what I consider to be a rather surprising, um, accusation. He thinks that I have a man-crush on new explore columnist Will Gadd. (For his reasons, you'll have to check out the Letters department of our upcoming June issue.) Now it's true that ...
Survive This
Speaking of reality TV, which I was in my previous post, it seems that Les Stroud—-better known as Survivorman—has a new show on the air. In Survive This, Les will be teaching eight inexperienced teenagers how to cope in a survival-type situation in the woods near Hunstville, Ontario. Apparently, the ...
100-Mile TV
As many of you know, two of explore's regular contributors also happen to be the co-authors of the bestselling The 100-Mile Diet, the book that helped kickstart the local-eating revolution of the last few years. And now J.B. MacKinnon and Alisa Smith are taking their message to the small screen. ...
Spectacular scenery, by Thor
- Posted on April 2, 2009 at 8:51 AM
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In our March/April issue, David Leach wrote a story about his trip last summer to one of Canada's most stunning landscapes—Auyuittuq National Park on Baffin Island. Sadly, as David wrote in his piece ("Danger: This Park Is Melting"), the park is also one of our most endangered landscapes, as a ...