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compassroseadventurers Hi, we're the Vienneaus. Adventure family | hiking | travelling |
📍 Vancouver Island, BC 🇨🇦

11/22/2025

I knew I had to apply for the 2026 Fjällräven Polar Expedition… but fear still made me hesitate. It’s funny how we can cheer everyone else on, yet freeze when it’s our own turn.
A friend told me he’d be watching for the video and suddenly I realized it was time to step up, face the internal battles, and do the thing I’d encourage anyone else to do.

So here’s a p*ek into my world: finding myself again, embracing challenges, and proving that we’re all capable of incredible things when we let ourselves try.
Endlessly grateful for this chance and for my husband, who supports every adventure I dream up. ❄️


How it started vs how it ended 😅 About 7hours and 12km later we made it back to the truck! And then had to sleep in the ...
10/29/2025

How it started vs how it ended 😅
About 7hours and 12km later we made it back to the truck! And then had to sleep in the truck behind a locked gate (check the very last pic) but was it worth it!? DEFINITELY !!

Man oh man it’s a memory I’ll cherish forever!

I love having these pictures to look back on, because in the moment there’s so many things I’m thinking about that I don’t get to soak everything in as much as I’d like. With time it’ll come but for now I’ll soak it in through the pics!!

Would you take your kids hiking in the backcountry??

3 years ago this would NEVER have been on my bingo card!

10/26/2025

Get ready to run the 11km run with me!

Don’t do this transition! You’ll have too much fun!!

Transitions aren’t my strong suit, but I had fun trying this one!!

When I had to get up to p*e for the 2nd time I was met with the bright shining moon and the beautiful stars. The cold ni...
10/18/2025

When I had to get up to p*e for the 2nd time I was met with the bright shining moon and the beautiful stars. The cold night sky took my breath away as I listened to the river and stared up into the stary sky.

📍The second campground ⛺️ on the way to landslide lake

I hiked 11km with a 34lbs pack on my back, and then another 8-ish km up and around this gorgeous lake, and then camped a...
10/17/2025

I hiked 11km with a 34lbs pack on my back, and then another 8-ish km up and around this gorgeous lake, and then camped and then hiked back 11-ish km with a 36lbs pack because I tried to help Tara lighten her pack a little.

The hike was awesome! The company was even better! And the views and memories will last a lifetime in my memories! So proud of us for showing up for ourselves, pushing through and making this hike happen!! We both went out of our comfort zones on this one, and it reminded me about that quote “Life begins outside of your comfort zone” and man oh man life is freaking good!

Thankful for my supportive, amazing, kind, strong, smart, sweet, handsome husband! And for these kiddos who surprise me ...
10/13/2025

Thankful for my supportive, amazing, kind, strong, smart, sweet, handsome husband! And for these kiddos who surprise me everyday with their capabilities!!! Noah and Adalaide hiked the entire way there and back and Wilder even hiked the last 1/4 way to the lake and snow cave! I’m so proud of these kiddos and as our hiking motto goes “if I can do it you can do it”

📍Century Sam Lake

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