A group of middle-aged men, all with a deep sense of adventure, diverse backgrounds and skills, and a shared love of the great outdoors - this is the Briargreen River Adventure Team - BRAT.

BRAT's first adventures were in 2000. In the beginning, it was just two men from the small Ottawa neighbourhood of Briargreen. These experienced outdoorsmen had extensively travelled the many wilderness rivers of the Ottawa Valley.  Soon two grew to three, three to five, and eventually, the number was set at eight.  That’s where we stand today. We have guest adventurers that will join us from time to time, and now we also have an American Chapter - but the core is and always will be the original 8.

 

Adventures

In the past 17 years, our adventures have brought us to all parts of Canada and the United States. Paddling rivers of all sorts, hiking mountains of all shapes, and skiing hills and valleys on both alpine and nordic skis - our passion for the outdoors is only shadowed by our valued and rich friendships. Most of our adventures have been captured on video and are available on Campology's YouTube channel.

Movies

Since 2004 Dudley has documented most of their trips on video. The first time a movie camera was brought on a trip, the BRATs were shy and reserved - in all fairness - at that time they didn’t know what to expect from the final edited product. While many years later, and with over a dozen projects in the works or completed, the BRATs are now very comfortable in front of the camera. The movies have been shown all over the world to small private viewings and with rave reviews, unfortunately, they are not currently available for commercial distribution. When and if Quentin ever works out the copyright issues, will determine whether or not the world will see BRAT!