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10 - Sunday, April 9, 1989 - West Vancouver Villager

Have an adventure holiday

THE FIFTH season referred to in Five Seasons Adventure
Tours is the ‘‘Season of adventure,’ according to Jan
Mazereeuw, an experienced outdoorsman who operates this
unusual tour company out of his West Vancouver home.

He has recognized that the spirit
of adventure also lives in the hearts
of pecple whose physica! abilities
may be average, whose kayaking
or survival skills may be minimal,
and whose desire to see and do
outweighs their knowledge of how
to go about doing it.

Mazereeuw, a former naturalist
guide, ski patroller and ski instruc-
tor in Banff, Alberta, sees his
business as a way of escaping a life
behind a desk — while sharing
with others the opportunity to en-
joy, first hand, the awe-ome
splendor of B.C.’'s natural beauty.

This year’s schedule of spec-
tacular wilderness trips includes
trekking through the Canadian
Rockies to Mount Assiniboine and
the Stein Valley, as well as explor-
ing the Gulf Islands, Barkley
Sound, Meares Island and other
parts of the Pacific Rim by kayak.

For example, the Pacific Rim
trips scheduled for July, August
and September, are two to three
day excursions ($225-$335) by sea

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kayak in the waters of Port San
Juan.

Participants return, each night,
to the luxury of a hot tub, sauna
and seafood dinners at a local
guest house.

The other trips, lasting five to
eight days, cost between $895 and
$745, with accommodation pro-
vided in lodges, cabins and occa-
sionally tents.

The eight-day Stein Valley trip
involves hiking through the river
valley and helicoptering up to fur-
ther exploration of the alpine area.

The people who have signed up
for Five Seasons trips since the
beginning of operations two years
ago, have ranged from 19 to 56
years old, with the average being
45.

Only average physical ability has
been required, with usually only a
few hours of hiking accomplished

per day.

“It’s flexible. You can get more
out of the trip if you want to,’’
says Mazereeuw.

Participants are free to spend
the rest of the day reading, taking
pictures or hiking further afield.

“This is a holiday more than
anything else — not a form of
Outward Bound,’ Mazereeuw
stresses.

So far, and with minimal adver-
tising, Five Seasons has attracted
about a quarter of its patronage
from the U.S.

Some 15 per cent have come
from abroad and the rest from
Canada.

“This year I’m trying to pro-
mote the local market more,”’ savs
Mazereeuw, who has upped his
advertising budget and become in-
volved with various promotions.

Five Seasons employs several
experienced wilderness guides and
makes use of up-to-date equip-
ment, including light-weight tents
and ultra-stable double sea kayaks.

Mazereeuw hopes to expand his

For information about Five
Seasons Tours call the Vancouver
office at 682-6022.

Learn about Water Kur therapy

THE EUROPEANS have been do-
ing it for years — going to the
, Bavarian city of Bad Worishofen
for the Water Kur.

West Vancouverite Giselle
Roeder, who will be speaking
about the health technique at the
Ambleside Inn, April 24, recently
took a group of 19 Canadians for
their first experience with the
Water Kur.

Some of them will be on hand to
discuss the famous hydrotherapy
technique used to strengthen health

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Roeder, an author and trained
Kneipp therapist, will give a slide
presentation and lecture about Bad
Worishofen, and how people can
be helped with hydrotherapy, her-
bal healing, proper nutrition and

natural exercises.

An introductory program is
available which will allow people
to learn techniques to improve
their health, longevity and quality
of life.

This can be done while enjoying
the beauty of one of the most
unspoiled and scenic corners of
Germany.

The cost of the presentation is
$14, and includes a light meal.

Phone 925-2711 or 922-0101 to
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SO MANY people bave been interested in the art and artifacts on
display at Pilar Donaldson’s Trevel Time International office in
Dundarave, that she has decided to expand the collection into an
unofficial ‘*art gallery.’’ The display, to be changed regularly, will be
made up with pieces Donaldson has collected in over 20 years of travel
throughout the world. Much of the art contes from Tibet, Bali, Faster

Island and South America.

Rorn in Bolivia, Donaldson was educated at a private French
school. She married young and spent the ensuing years studying pre-
Incan archaeology and Columbian history, living in Peru for five
years and at one time working as the manager of two South American

airlines.

Her second marriage to a Canadian geologist brought her to this
country, and in 1979 she opened her travel office in Dundarave.
Donaldson speaks five languages and has fed tours in the U.S.S.R.,
South America and Egypt. She most recently returned from the

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for 3 & 4 yr old children, is having
an Open House, Wed Apr 12th
from 12:30-2:30pm at 2478
Bellevue Ave. (near Dundarave
Pier), W Van. For more info call:
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