Pix From a Swamper - Remembering Craig Chenell

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Nice photos, all, but not so biiiig!
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:oops: sorry bout those guys...i grabbed the wrong set...i'll make 'em more user friendly next time!
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woops sorry, my trick to reduce your pictures does not work here, please disregard... :o
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a little glassy ocean
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Niiiiiiice man, but hey, must not be as glassy a few miles to the right hue?
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it was pretty neat - the ocean was glassy for about 4 days straight...god it was hot.
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Got to go flying with the Calgary Police in their EC 120, Great Slave Heli in their Eagle Single 212, and Mountain View Helicopters out in Springbank last week, here's a few:

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as usual, STL steals the show with his pics !

...............thanks for sharing...............
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PC-12 in Red Lake
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Quick one from today, sitting at 4500ft on between Potlach and McNabb Creeks in Howe Sound. 25C on the gauge up there... Nice for the tan, not so good trying to lift four big guys and gear...

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Old pictures but still good.
BC flying, 2007.
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Somewhere between Whistler, Pemberton and Kamloops.
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Forgot the lakes name, right beside Tipella airport, BC
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Buzzing around some of the glaciers with the door off today, 6000ft above Bute Inlet, +22...


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WOW! Great shot.
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I'm sure JC knows where this is.. but we were up about as far north as you'd want to go with a beech.

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Not to mention a quick stop in Eureka!

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Can you spot the pack of wolves there to greet us?

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The departure lounge..

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Nice pix Rowdy,

Better you than me though.... Not sure how an old guy like JC handles it after all these years...LOL I've become a Coastie, through and through...

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A couple for you Coastal float drivers....

Some after dinner company sitting 15ft from the trail I walk ALONE three times a day to the helicopter.... Truck from now on...!




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Rowdy, were those Alert Pictures recent? What was the temperature up there?
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Too ironic, STL, if you were eaten by a bear after all you've been through.... :bear: :bear: :bear:
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xsbank wrote:Too ironic, STL, if you were eaten by a bear after all you've been through.... :bear: :bear: :bear:

Believe me, the thought crossed my mind more than once while walking that trail whistling like a fool....


Glad you like the shots, been fun taking them.

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stl, you have to let me in on the secret of getting a bear to "sit" and "stay" ;)
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Those pics were from last week! and she was -15 up there already. Only -5 in Eureka.. but winter is coming quick!

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Another one of the more scenic spots we frequent.

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Kinda west coast like :wink:
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Yeah, except there's more of those 'spirit bears' 8)
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lilfssister wrote:stl, you have to let me in on the secret of getting a bear to "sit" and "stay" ;)

You remember Crocodile Dundee and that Water Buffalo? Yeah, I have the 'gift' so to speak.... Amazing what you can do with some Blundstones on your feet!

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Here's a few from the Past
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Great shots Hud!

Some of the places look familiar, what's with all the oil streaming out of that Ho engine?

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