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62 BCBUSINESS FEBRUARY 2019 rivers and hot springs and go hiking up to the highest navigable pass in the world, which is 5,416 metres above sea level," Rose explains. "You hike through that, go back down the other side and then take a bus out. It was unbelievable." On the way to the pass, called Thorong La, a sud- den snowstorm added an extra level of challenge. They found out later that a 2014 blizzard there had caused the deaths of some 40 trekkers. Another difficulty was altitude sickness. "Once you get up really high, your body is like, why are you up here?" Rose says. "You're a Vancouver girl. You don't belong this much above the sea." When they reached the summit, she told Hen- derson, "I have three seconds in me for a photo, and then I need to get out of here." At night they stayed in teahouses, a type of accommodation called refugio found along hiking routes. "There's a yak dung stove, you sit around, and they'll make you noodles and dal bhat, which is what everybody eats in Nepal," Rose notes. "It's ludicrously inexpen- sive." The bedrooms were private though unheated, so the couple rented sleeping bags designed for temperatures of –20°C and puffy jackets to stay warm. Last fall Rose and Henderson did part of France's Tour du Mont Blanc, which also offers refugios. "You show up there, and generally there's some really nice picnic tables to lounge out on and wine and cheese that's local," she says. "Then they make you a four-course dinner with beautiful cheese and wine." Sleeping arrange- ments, in communal rooms with bunkbeds, were more spartan, but there was breakfast in the morning and the option of a picnic lunch to go. "Being able to have that level of luxury and beauti- ful food when you're in places that are only acces- sible by helicopter or by foot or donkeys, I guess, in some cases, it's pretty amazing," Rose observes. Rose works while she travels—Londre Body- wear is an e-commerce company—remaining productive because of the necessity to manage her time well. Even on the Annapurna Circuit, she had cell service for 10 of the 14 days so could send emails and be somewhat plugged in. "I think that's something that people should know," she says. "Of course there were days that were a time- off, but you could still accomplish things when you were gone." • ( quality time ) Remote Possibility Vancouver's Backcountry Hut Co. supplied the concept house for last month's Interior Design Show in Toronto. The 670-square-foot Great Lakes Cabin includes a sleeping loft and a great room, plus a glass end wall to connect the interior with nature. Inspired by Ikea's approach to affordable, well-designed products, outdoor enthusiast Wilson Edgar and architect Michael Leckie founded BHC in 2015 to produce flat-packed prefab structures that are easy to install in remote locations. Time Travel Murder by Milkshake is more than the story of a colourful CKNW radio personality who poisoned his wife with arsenic in 1965. Relying on official documents, newspaper clippings and interviews with family members, friends and experts, author Eve Lazarus uses the true-crime tale to show how Vancouver changed from the conservative 1930s, when future murderer Rene Castellani lived one wood-frame house away from the under-construction Hotel Vancouver, to the turbulent 1960s, which (fortunately for Castellani) saw the end of the death pen- alty in Canada. Arsenal Pulp Press 241 pages, paperback, $21.95 • A F T E R HO U R S CONTACT: Pa Nakatsu Director of Development Tel: 604.207.4002 Toll-free: 1.855.750.0400 pnakatsu@arthri sresearch.ca arthri sresearch.ca WHEN YOU THINK OF ARTHRITIS... Team Canada's Spencer O'Brien was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthri s at 25. She didn't know if she would snowboard again. Thanks to arthri s research, Spencer's back on top of her game. Your gi to Arthri s Research Canada helps over 6 million Canadians thrive. an Olympic snowboarder probably doesn't come to mind. Photo credit: Sani Alibabic