from The Adventure Blog
Here's a scary video to start the day. It features a paraglider floating above the Indian Himalaya, when he collides with a vulture, who becomes entangled in the glider's netting. Fortunately, the man is able to deploy his emergency parachute, allowing him to land semi-safely, at which time he still has to deal with the bird. The paraglider is Russian but the video includes subtitles. Some of which will leave you laughing. I'm just glad that everyone was able to walk away in one piece. Thanks to Gadling
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from Gorida Adventure Blog
Some days ago I sent an email to friend of mine asking about Lars Monsen and his life these days. She sent me some youtube links with subtitles saying that his tv - show called “Nordkalotten 365″ has been aired on traditional TV in Norway and that over 900 000 of Norway’s 4,6 million watched [...]
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from The Adventure Blog
A couple of weeks back I mentioned the Portage to Portage Kayak Expedition , in which paddler Jake Stachovak is attempting to circumnavigate the Eastern U.S. by kayak along an interesting route that begins and ends in Wisconsin. Along the way, he'll pass along the Mississippi River, into the Gulf of Mexico, up the Atlantic Coast, into the Great Lakes, and finally along a river back to where he started. When checking his progress today, I discovered that he has completed the first leg of that expedition by
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from Dave MacLeod Climbing
Phew! At long last, I finally uploaded the files of my finished book to our printer’s server this afternoon. For the last month I’ve done absolutely nothing except work on it 12 hours per day and then train. So both body and mind are feeling a little raw right now. Thankfully, some climbing outdoors is coming next week. Anyway, the lowdown is I might have stock of the book available by the second week in December if the printer runs on time. I’ll keep you posted of course, but I’ll put it up in the
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from Hot Aches Productions
The second film on the DVD is a profile of someone who must be one of the world’s most psyched climbers, Kevin Shields. Kevin Shields (pic Steven Gordon) All top climbers talk about calculated risk, but Kev pushes the margins of his ‘calculations’ closer to real limits than any other climber I’ve ever seen. It can be terrifying to watch. Even the detachment from the action that comes from being behind the camera does not offer any protection from that terror. Kevin Shields (pic Steven Gordon) ...
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