A Golden Opportunity: Adventuring in one of British Columbia’s Hidden Gems
Originally published August 11 2017
Outdoor Journal - Michael Levy
Golden is a small town tucked away in Canada’s spectacularly beautiful British Columbia. It is a quiet and unassuming place, but on a recent visit we learned that everything in Golden—from rafting, to skydiving, to skiing to paragliding—is a little more extreme…
Looking out the left window of the little Cessna, I saw the Canadian Rockies; peering out the right, I saw the Columbia Mountains; and below the belly of the plane, the Columbia River Valley, a verdant artery wedged between the snow-capped peaks all around, meandered here and there.
Absolutely beautiful. So why was I about to jump out of that little Cessna? Why not just relax and appreciate the view?
“Ready?” Myles, the owner of Extreme Yeti Skydiving and my guide for the day, shouted in my ear? We scooted our butts forward over the floor of the plane until our legs dangled out the open door.
“Here goes nothing,” I thought…