Mark Gallup, Helly Hansen's staff photographer in charge of both taking beautiful photos of our athletes and keeping everyone constantly entertained, was featured in "exhibition of contemporary photography documenting people’s travels and adventures in the Canadian Rockies. "
In a packed room, Curator and Director Craig Richards read this statement to a crowd of Banff’s social elite and the who’s who of Canadian Mountain Culture. Quoted from an e-mail sent to him from Mark Gallup.
... “I’ve partied in Las Lenas like it was 1999 (and, come to think of it, it was 1999); taken a piss on countless peaks that have never seen a human foot print; bellied up to a Bell 407 in Belle Coola; shit my pants in France; jigged when I should have jagged in Japan; felt pain in Spain; gone the wrong way in Norway… well, you get the idea. But like the fable of Dorothy and her fuzzy sidekick Toto, Once and awhile, I like to click my heels 3 times and repeat over and over again, “There’s no place like home.”
