Nick Kolomyja reckons axe throwing may have saved his life.
After 30 years as a welder working long hours in heavy construction, he opened an axe and knife-throwing venue in Calgary with his wife last year.
“You work 21 days straight. I never got to see my kids. I was burnt out, worked hard, found this, found a new passion in life and just went for it,” said Kolomyja, 45.
“It’s crazy because I always look back on it a little bit and think axe throwing probably just saved my life.”
Kendra Kolomyja, 42, took archeology at the University of Calgary then did her graduate work in the Netherlands before moving back to teach at Mount Royal University and work in cultural resource management.
So far, she hasn’t found any ancient axe heads.
“I have found a lot of bison bones, arrowheads around here. It would be super cool if I found, like, a fur trade axe. That would …