Jayson Faulkner

I am compelled to do an update because Jay Symons did...which makes me feel guilty about lurking! Very cool reading about where some of us have landed. Some far..some near. I am in the "near "camps. After SFU, got married, moved to Whistler, got divorced, moved to London UK where I worked in the City for some time (loved it). Really fell in love with Europe which we travel to as much as we can. In '89 moved back to Whistler to open my own business with another Hillsider, albeit younger and better looking, Tom Duguid. We founded the Escape Route stores and the Whistler Alpine Guides Bureau (of which I am still involved). I then got remarried and inherited a couple of very cool, very small children. Now very big children who just moved out this spring. I was a partner at Arcteryx for many years until we sold the company in 02 to Adidas. We have been in NV in Capilano HIghlands until a couple of months ago...when we moved back to Whistler to our home there sans large young adults who decided to stay here in the city. Both the boys are in the tech field as web designers or in the games industry. We are now in the middle of a renovation at Whistler (very scary). Yes...we can't make up our minds between Whistler and everywhere else. Can't seem to separate for long from the mountains and skiing, mountain biking, etc. Dori is a high school teacher in Squamish and I still work in the city, NV, 4 days a week with my partners here distributing outdoor gear (backpacks etc) and ski stuff (Movement skis, touring gear, accessories) as well with store. We have done a lot of travelling, a few expeditions here and there in between kids, work, and life in general. No complaints at all and looking forward to catching up with lots of people.