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5 Women Adventure Videos That Are Full of Grit Volume 2

Meg Cuthbert

Mar 8, 2020

5 Women Adventure Videos That Are Full of Grit Volume 2

Read volume 1 here This year, Canada's Christine Sinclair has passed Abby Wambach to become the soccer player with the most international goals in the history of soccer. Sinclair's new record is 185 goals in 290 matches (or games . . . I don't know soccer). This record isn't just for Canada, or just for women, it's for all players everywhere. Last year for International Women's Day, I created a list of five Women Adventure videos that are full of grit after being inspired by

Upper Myra Falls - Vancouver Island Hike

Meg Cuthbert

Sep 30, 2019

Upper Myra Falls - Vancouver Island Hike

It's mostly single-track trail that is nicely nestled in with foliage. The surface terrain is very soft and springy, and although it had

An Adventure Lady’s Guide to Campbell River:
Sass, Class, and Kicking Ass

Meg Cuthbert

Sep 3, 2019

An Adventure Lady’s Guide to Campbell River: Sass, Class, and Kicking Ass

Campbell River is most commonly known for its sport fishing. Fishy people come from around the world to dive into this sport fishing mecca.

Ripple Rock Campbell River - Vancouver Island Hike

Meg Cuthbert

Aug 27, 2019

Ripple Rock Campbell River - Vancouver Island Hike

The Ripple Rock hike is a 7.7 kilometre out and back trek to the Ripple Rock viewpoint. The hike is around four hours, depending on how aggr

5 Women Adventure Videos That Are Full of Grit

Meg Cuthbert

Mar 8, 2019

5 Women Adventure Videos That Are Full of Grit

These are five profiles of adventurous women that you’ve probably never heard of. They’re not all professional athletes, but they all have a

Meg Cuthbert

Feb 5, 2019

Christie Falls - Vancouver Island Hike

Christie Falls actually consists of three separate falls. The first two are directly alongside the trail. The last of the falls (and arguabl

Meg Cuthbert

Jan 14, 2019

South Islands Cider Cycle Circle Route

There are six land-based cideries in this region, each with their own unique stake in the cider business. This region’s mild weather and gen

Meg Cuthbert

Dec 17, 2018

2018 - A Work Year In Review

Not going to lie, I’m happy to say goodbye to 2018. It was quite a year, we produced a lot of videos, like a lot of videos —roughly 90 video exports. Ninety videos! Video marketing is definitely changing. A two-minute video used to be considered short, and now it can seem unbearably long. We did multiple cuts of 6-15 second promos for a variety of clients this year, we got to mess around with stop motion, square and vertical videos. It was a totally wild year of experimentati

Road Tripping from Calgary in the Poor Man’s Ferrari — A 1984 Toyota Supra

Meg Cuthbert

Oct 9, 2018

Road Tripping from Calgary in the Poor Man’s Ferrari — A 1984 Toyota Supra

The Supra is a bright 80’s red (3D1 Super Red, to be exact), with pop-up headlights and a sleek, angular body. We brought a Bluetooth speake

Cider Pioneers: Merridale's Cider Harvest Festival

Meg Cuthbert

Sep 10, 2018

Cider Pioneers: Merridale's Cider Harvest Festival

As Merridale pioneered through the early days of craft cider, they have now led the way in hosting the Cider Harvest Festival, an annual fes

Ladies Be Charcutering - A Salt Spring Island Bike Trip

Meg Cuthbert

Aug 27, 2018

Ladies Be Charcutering - A Salt Spring Island Bike Trip

Grab your best gals, ride 42 kms, don't accomplish your goals and enjoy the fruits of Salt Spring Island.

Meg Cuthbert

Jan 29, 2018

Being Afraid of Heights at the CN Tower

The forecast said it was going to be cloudy and even possibly rainy later in the day, and the rain would continue for the rest of my trip. If I was going to get to the CN Tower, it had to be Monday morning. When I was a kid my Mom went to Toronto to visit my Aunt. She came home with a drinking glass in the shape of the tower for me and pictures of them laying on the glass floor (among other things). Since then I’ve wanted to visit Canada’s great tower but the opportunity has

Meg Cuthbert

Jan 4, 2018

2017 - A Work Year In Review

2017 was a hard and fast year for us. When we first moved back to Vancouver Island a year and a half ago, which is also when Daniel and I bo

Meg Cuthbert

Oct 30, 2017

Hiking the Juan de Fuca Marine Trail

My Dad and I hiked the Juan de Fuca in August 2017. I had invited him to join me on the trail months before and he said, “maybe.” Three week

Meg Cuthbert

Sep 19, 2017

Where Have You Been All Summer?

Sometimes our work as videographers can seem like we are living through other people. But I can gaurnetee we have just as much fun filming p

Meg Cuthbert

Jul 30, 2017

Backroads Camping - Timberland Lake

We set off to camp at Timberland Lake not Echo Lake. We were seeking adventure in our off-roads map book and chose Echo lake for its rec site, possible fishing, and challenging location. We had the canoe on the truck and I had the song ‘Echo Beach’ stuck in my head. We were good to go. Unfortunately the entire area surrounding Nanaimo Lakes is completely locked down due to logging. I won’t get into how fired-up I get about that, so we had to turn around and make a plan B. Whi

How to Light a Coleman Lantern, and Other Coleman Tips from my Dad.

Meg Cuthbert

Jun 18, 2017

How to Light a Coleman Lantern, and Other Coleman Tips from my Dad.

My Dad collects a lot of things. Clocks, knives, vintage blow torches, barometers, sometimes buckets of mercury (don’t tell anyone) and Coleman lanterns. To date he estimates that he has 35 Coleman lanterns at his house. The Coleman phenomenon started the way every collection starts, with one. The first Coleman lantern came from my Grandma’s house. He cleaned it up got it running and then picked up another one, and then one for parts, and then one that was underpriced (they d

Meg Cuthbert

Apr 20, 2017

Camping on Salt Spring Island

In early April we went on our first camp of the year at Ruckle Park on Salt Spring Island. This two-night mini adventure included camping, market shopping, disc golf, boozing and bocce (the perfect weekend). The first night of our camp there was a wind storm with 80 - 90km/hour winds that basically blew our butts off. Luckily, it was warm and not raining so the wind became kind of a team building activity as we fought with and against it. Salt Spring Island is the largest of

What I’ve Learned from One Year in Maple Bay

Meg Cuthbert

Mar 23, 2017

What I’ve Learned from One Year in Maple Bay

One year ago I moved to Maple Bay. It was Saint Patrick’s Day 2016 when we loaded a U-haul Van in Vancouver, filling it to the brim of our possessions (which we had way more than expected — of course). Everything went smoothly as we hauled ourselves to the ferry and made our ocean voyage back to the Island. Once in Maple Bay, we shoved all our stuff into the basement of our new home and took off to the neighbourhood pub for St. Patrick’s Day celebrations announcing that “we l

Meg Cuthbert

Jan 16, 2017

5 Things in Byron Bay

Byron Bay is located right in the centre of Australia’s eastern coast. 777km north of Sydney but only 166km south of Brisbane. We visited Byron Bay during our east coast road-trip thinking we would stay a day or two, we stayed six. It’s an easy town to stay in, and after driving for two weeks camping at random spots along the way we took a bit of a rest in Byron Bay. WHERE TO STAY There are lots of options of where to stay in Byron Bay depending on the kind of trip you are ha