DAVID MATTHEWS senior editor

David Matthews, Gourmet

Traveller’s senior editor, isn’t exactly afraid of leaping from helicopters, but when the travel-insurance form lists engine failure and decapitation in the fine print there’s bound to be a few butterflies. “I wouldn’t call it fear,” says Matthews. “More a dull panic, kept at bay by not being able to feel your extremities.” He explores the Whistler backcountry, and its village, in this issue.