10 Aug Episode 37
FINALLY, PAINTING THOR: Cory hikes out from camp to paint Mt. Thor again...
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10 Aug LEAVING THOR
At last it was time to begin our hike back out of the park. But the morning light delayed that by a few hours. Though it was still mostly overcast, enough light poked through here and there to pull some...
09 Aug Episode 36
AROUND CAMP: Staying a little closer to camp, Cory strikes out to find something new to paint in the eastern arctic's Baffin Island....
09 Aug TREK TO PAINT MOUNT THOR
Woke up to a promising day. Conditions were clear enough to warrant a second try at seeing Mount Thor from the north side perspective, so Marten and I began hiking back up the Weasel River Valley. After a few kilometers...
08 Aug Episode 35
EXPLORING THOR: Cory hikes further up the Weasel River in search of Mount Thor, and finds the weather adding to the unique challenge....
08 Aug BREAK
After a day of exploring the new surroundings, and a 9km hike to view Mount Thor from a side perspective that failed because of the fog that moved in, we awoke to non-stop wind and rain. Upon seeing this from...
07 Aug Episode 34
INSPIRATION: Get inside the head of artist Cory Trepanier head as he begins a new painting in the awesome wilderness of Baffin Island's Auyuittuq National Park....
06 Aug Episode 33
GLIMPSE OF MOUNT THOR: Further up the Weasel River Valley in Auyuittuq National Park, Cory catches his first view of the magnificent Mount Thor, which has the distinction of being the highest sheer rock face in the world....
06 Aug ARRIVING
All distant views from the day before are obliterated by the white mist. But these very conditions that mean not painting what I wanted to yesterday, have opened up other opportunities. The weather has turned the Rock Garden into a...
05 Aug Episode 32
TRAIL UPDATE: Cory shares a progress report and goals for this leg of his journey after almost losing his tent to the wind....