Ladies Night with Mr. Whistler

It’s a tough job, but someone’s got to do it. For the second time in my spray-tanning career, I had the opportunity to tan a male model. Hard job, right? This time it was a contestant who was participating in the Mr. Whistler competition at Tommy Africa’s. As I bronzed his buff bod, he assured me that it would be an entertaining evening, and that myself and my girlfriends would most definitely be amused. He wasn’t lying.

Our group collects at the Mix, then we head over to Tommy’s for a night of girlicious fun. I get the luxury of sitting front row with another Whistler Exposed model and the judges, including Whistler’s own hairstylist extraordinaire Carlito Bonito, most talented mixologist Tia Stonier and former Miss Whistler Virginia Smith. One by one, the competitors hit the stage. Contestant #1 sets a goal for the following contestants to do 20 push ups (after which each guy intends to outshine the next). The ‘talent’ portion of the evening consisted of strip teases, air guitar and champagne sabre-ing. My favourite – the newly bronzed Patrick, who ‘baked’ muffins onstage, then treated us to a show of what was under the apron... a very tanned bum indeed. (thanks to yours truly).

Top honours went to Quatchi from Moe Joe’s. He took home a trophy, $350 cash and a Texas Mickey of Jack Daniels. Not bad!

Shannon and the Whistler Exposed girls always throw a great party, and more funds were raised for the Canadian Spinal Cord Research Association, their charity of choice. Don’t miss the next event! Next Friday August 26^th the lovely ladies of Whistler will go head to head for the title of Miss Whistler 2011-2012, so be there and be ready to cheer! I hope to be competing, if I get summon the gusto to get ‘er done. Wish me luck!

Whistler Warriors Make A Mad Dash

I’m running up Blackcomb Mountain, and one would think that that would be enough for a race. Not this race. For this isn’t just any race - this is the Warrior Dash.

The Warrior Dash is about 5 hellish kilometres of good fun. It’s a race of a different sort, not just running but obstacles as well. And hey, let’s throw on some costumes for good measure. This is my kind of race.

I’d like to be on the committee that decides what obstacles to add to a race like this. I think I’d have some pretty good ideas, or at least improvements on some of the current obstacles. I’m not sure what happened between the design of the course and the making of it, but some of the more fun obstacles listed on the website seemed to be missing. C’mon! I really wanted to rappel down a steep ravine and walk a tightrope! I may have to write a sternly worded letter to Customer Service.

The first obstacle is the mountain itself, in which groups of over a hundred people would tackle at a time. Loud cheers and running falter into loud breathing and a slow, but steady, pace for most. Next up are some hurdles, followed by barbed wire, a snow-making gun blasting cold water, walking the plank, a cargo net, and so on. They saved the best for last, and with my final ounces of strength I leap over burning fires, then chuck myself in the mud and crawl under barbed wire to the finish. And all dressed like a pirate! I should have got brownie points for doing all the obstacles with my sword. I do believe that the photo of me in mud up to my elbows with a pirate sword wedged between my lips will be forever cherished.

This is a stellar event, and is sure to be back next year so don’t miss out! After coming in 1724 place out of 3911 people (103 out of 403 in my age group, thank you very much!), I’m pretty sure next year I can step things up a notch. Maybe next year if I’m dressed like Wonder Woman I can get a bit of an edge.... hmmmm....