Welcome!

Welcome to fresh-oxygen.com! My site has one goal; namely to get you out from behind your computer and into the great outdoors as fast and as safely as possible. Fresh-oxygen is a site dedicated to hiking, scrambling, fishing, biking, canoeing and just about anything else I happen to get interested in over the course of my lifetime! My main focus recently has been in the Canadian Rocky Mountains in and around Alberta, Canada.

About Me

My name is Vern Dewit. I moved to Calgary, Alberta (Canada) in 1999 and since then I've fallen in love with the spectacular scenary and grand vistas that open up as you scramble up above treeline on a beautiful fall morning, or make your first cast on some backcountry stream as the sun throws its golden warmth on surrounding peaks.

I hope that my trip reports and pictures will inspire you to push your own physical limits whatever those may be. You may be inspired to try scrambling - a sport where you climb mountains via non-technical ascent routes - or you may simply realize what's in your own backyard and go for a short hike somewhere. Canada is the most beautiful country on earth, let's get out there and enjoy it. As always, make sure you know what you're doing! Many of the scrambles, canoe trips and backpacking excursions that I describe on my site involve backcountry navigation and other wilderness survival skills. Read the trip reports carefully and if you have any questions don't hesitate to send me an email.