By saying that he was maybe not such a good person, isn't he kind of throwing the people who supported him at that time under the bus? Seems a bit "bridge burning" to me, especially as far as election ploys go, but maybe he knows that his base will stick with him anyways and this will help broaden his appeal.
AFAIK he hasn't really waivered on his idealogy as much as just acknowledging that his grandstanding and general demeanour were unbecoming.
If he goes back into politics, I'm skeptical he'll stay out of the mud for very long. Maybe he manages to turn it down by 5% or something.
I loathed the man as a politician and thought he was one of the most disingenuous we've ever had, but maybe I'm a sucker who wants to hear a redemption story. From the part of the conversation I quoted earlier, he continued:
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ROB BROWN: ... I don't want to retrace your history on City Council, but you were known as a maverick, and someone who didn't necessarily have a lot of support on Council, so is this experience having you look back and reconsider the things that you did on Council with an eye to maybe entering politics again with a new brand, a new way of going about things?
JEROMY FARKAS: You know, I don't know if it's about politics going forward, but I could really in some situations look back and realize that, you know, being an ideological jackass doesn't get you very far in life, it doesn't get you up the mountain, and getting to learn from other people—and particularly travel other places and see how things are done in other places—it really, really does give perspective, but I know going forward I want to be able to use my platform, that support base, to support local causes and things that I'm passionate about. But for me it's just about getting up the mountain and being able to survive a trip through sandstorms, through blizzards, through frostbite, even through Covid-19—
RB: You caught Covid too?
JK: I did, yeah, if you believe it, it's just, it's—probably got it from hitchhiking or some crowded bus or something like that—but it's been such an incredible, rewarding journey. You get a lot of time up there to think, to be by yourself, and looking back and thinking about my past failures, mistakes, that sort of thing, it's a rewarding experience but you always think about "Okay, what're you going to do with that? How are you going to be able to build something?" For me it was a good opportunity to start saying "yes" instead of "no."
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RB: Any idea what's next for you, Jeromy?
JK: We're going to be hosting an event on September 20th, you can buy the tickets on—
RB: Yup, you told me about that, at Canyon Meadows, the movie, but I mean in terms of career.
JK: Oh, gosh! It has to be one step at a time, I have no mental bandwidth for thinking about what happens next, but, you know, I do—I am very passionate about youth mentorship. I care a lot about politics, but maybe it's just a sidebar. Spending a lot of time in the US and kinda seeing the political meltdown and the rhetoric, it really hit me personally because in some ways I felt in my past life a little complicit and maybe feeding that 'anger machine', and I wanna think about ways we can come out of this stronger as a community. And frankly I really love our country, I really love Alberta, and coming back to some of the news, and seeing say the rise of Alberta separatism, it really bothers me. So, I'm trying to think of maybe now some ways I can maybe get involved, and building up our community, continuing youth mentorship—again I have no idea if that's political work or not—but it's probably not the last time that you've heard of me. And I'd rather, if it's fame or if it's infamy, channel that interest in what I'm doing for donations for Big Brothers and Big Sisters. It's such an incredible organization.
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It’s 20 consecutive 7 day backpacking trips on reasonably well maintained trail. The biggest challenge is finding away to make the economics work.
Problem is you don’t get a cheeseburger+cold beer+warm shower+recovery day after every 7 days (though you probably actually could
If you had the time and money…not sure what the longest at remote stretches are)
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Problem is you don’t get a cheeseburger+cold beer+warm shower+recovery day after every 7 days (though you probably actually could
If you had the time and money…not sure what the longest at remote stretches are)
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I did the John Muir Trail which is about a tenth of the length of this and shares sections with the PCT. I also have some friends who have done the full PCT. There are towns and stops along the trail — usually about every week but some are closer — where you can resupply, sometimes shower and usually wolf down a burger/beer. In the Yosemite section you have to carry food in a bear barrel. The longest stretch we had to go without a resupply was 10 days and our food barely fit in our barrel (two of us so we had a barrel each).
The PCT hikers are beasts though. They all did double the daily distance we did, like 20+ miles a day so our 10 days on that stretch would be leisurely by PCT standards. It’s not all scenic either, there are some real remote and boring sections of that trail too. It’s not especially hard hiking, but the distance requires a certain amount of commitment and it goes without saying that some days are better than others. Everybody who finishes ends skinnier, stronger (and stinkier lol) than they started.
I’m skeptical of Farkas’ transformation but there are a lot of people who hit that trail for some soul searching or between jobs so frankly his story is not that unique — most don’t get a media spotlight for it either. Hope he comes back at least somewhat human (him being gay and not using his position of privilege to stand up for gay rights for others like him is particularly onerous IMO) but not holding my breath.
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Problem is you don’t get a cheeseburger+cold beer+warm shower+recovery day after every 7 days (though you probably actually could
If you had the time and money…not sure what the longest at remote stretches are)
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You kind of do. You have 5-7 day stretches of back packing and then you stop at trail towns take a zero day and start going again. You have between 100-120 days of hiking and about 150 day season to hike it in. I’ve did the JMT portion over 11 days which was pretty cool but in the end it’s just a bunch of relatively easy hiking.
I don’t mean to take away from a guys life changing experience but I just find it funny how over the top he is about it.
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You kind of do. You have 5-7 day stretches of back packing and then you stop at trail towns take a zero day and start going again. You have between 100-120 days of hiking and about 150 day season to hike it in. I’ve did the JMT portion over 11 days which was pretty cool but in the end it’s just a bunch of relatively easy hiking.
I don’t mean to take away from a guys life changing experience but I just find it funny how over the top he is about it.
I guess I meant you don't get prep days and recovery days to bask in the afterglow of a trip, and it's hard to say how many nights you can afford to sleep in sheets.
The first few days are probably the toughest, and then you can count on a bunch of low points in the weeks/months to come. I think psychologically the big difference between a ~7-day trip and this is that you're never really just a few days away from a warm shower+cold beer+being DONE.
At the end of a weeklong trip, I always have a fairly strong desire to keep walking sleeping in a tent - but I have a much stronger desire to...not do that. The physical endurance settles in, but I imagine the first few miles after each re-supply must feel pretty trying regardless of the shower and [perhaps because of] the burger in your gut.
Personally, I'm more interested in and more impressed by ~3-week trips in the barren lands, or way more impressed (but not personally interested!) in the #### Adam Shoalts has done
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On the topic of Farkas.. I just gotta say, I don't for one minute buy any of this noble redemption arc BS he's trying to push.
It's quite obvious he's worked with the Manning group and a PR expert to revamp his image after a disastrous Mayoral bid.
Ever article about his journey is posted by him on social media, and his mea culpa about how he was a 'jackass' just screams "I need to get my name back into the public so I can weasel my way back into politics again ASAP".
A leopard never changes its spots.
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Jeromy's been posting quite a bit to reddit lately since he's finished this little journey of his. So far I'm glad to see a lot of people aren't fooled by his magical come to jesus moment quite yet, but the fundraising does seem to have an affect of pulling the wool over some peoples eyes
Jeromy's been posting quite a bit to reddit lately since he's finished this little journey of his. So far I'm glad to see a lot of people aren't fooled by his magical come to jesus moment quite yet, but the fundraising does seem to have an affect of pulling the wool over some peoples eyes
Ya posting his own positive press (grand-standing) kind of calls the whole thing into question. Great that he raised so much money for Big Brothers & Sisters but it doesn't mean Farkas has changed one bit.
Not sure what his angle is with posting about bike lane pilot project vandalism without commentary but it sure seems more like a return to his old games rather than somebody who's learned about the importance of building the community instead of dividing it.
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Exactly, that's just classic Jeromy. Hey I did this great thing, oh by the way, bike lanes bad! (Even though the point of that project is nothing to do with bike lanes, it's just using them as a traffic calming measure. But still. Bike lanes bad! Vote for me!)
I know I shouldn't be surprised when Terrigno (owner of Osteria de Medici and landlord to half the businesses in Kensington) is involved, and I knew he and Chu were connected but ugh... wow. Anyone interested in this individual's history can look up the public record in the canlii.org legal database btw, but does anyone know who this judge they're referring to in the Twitter thread is?
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Is that Dan McLean in one of those Twitter photos? Current Calgary City Councilor?
Yes. Pierre Polievre is also in the photos too.
And just for the record, Andre Chabot is also a known associate of the Terrigno family, and Terry Wong received campaign donations from the family too.
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From the tweets, it doesn’t seem clear what the guy’s issue with the victim is. Why does anybody give a crap about Chu?
The two have business/political connections that seem to go way back. Terrigno has a history of using lawsuits and threats of lawsuits (see Nenshi, Farrell, and so many others) to intimidate people who disagree with him.
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In May 2017, the Terrigno family served Farrell with a lawsuit related to a 2015 failed land use rezoning application regarding their building on the corner of 10th Street and Kensington Road. City Councillors voted to reject their application on May 11, 2015[20] with Farrell, Evan Woolley, Gian-Carlo Carra, Diane Colley-Urquhart, Richard Pootmans, Jim Stevenson, Brian Pincott and Naheed Nenshi voting against the Terrignos' application and Ward Sutherland, Andre Chabot, Peter Demong, Sean Chu, Joe Magliocca and Shane Keating voting for the rezoning.
