Five provinces, ten youths, eight interveners, hundreds, even thousands of kilometres bring us together on these foreign lands. We are strangers in strange lands for the most part. Yet, relationships are already emerging in this grandiose nature we’ll discover over the next eight days.
“A mellow uncertainty” dixit Mario to describe the experience the participants in this expedition in the Monts-Valin in the Saguenay region, will embrace with our rosy cheeks, our smiles of contentment at having pushed back our limitations, on snowshoes, on skis, with a kite or on a dogsled.
I said we, but the real heroes of this blog are these guys: Sara, Mehdi, Elliott, Morgan, Angelica, Jérémy, Brandon, Elisa, Michael and Joshua.
My words and images will testify to their strength, their liveliness, and their enthusiasm as I narrate their individual and collective journey.
They will move out of their comfort zone only to find it again between the trees and the mountains, far from home, away from their familiar landmarks. Foreign lands are not only geographical…
Through the unbelievable work ofMario, Catherine, Michel, Maxime, Marie-Josée, Marie-Èveand Elaine, these wonderful youths will experience pleasure, self-sufficiency, learn about their limitations and push them back, sharing, and much more as they spend time close to nature.
Dear readers,I hope this expedition, and more so these teens, will be your inspiration to dance your way through life and to enjoy it fully as they will.
On foreign lands, carpe diem rules.
May you seize it with us.