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| 15 January 2012  |  | category: architecture, cycling, gravity life, transport, travel  | comments are closed  Rosscott, Inc. » Archive » The System 453: Venn Bikes. Rosscott, Inc. » Archive » The System 433: Cycling Terrains. VCA 2010 RACE RUN from changoman on Vimeo. Thanks Gareth 8 March 2011 | | category: can't make it up!, cycling, film, gravity life, transport, travel | comments are closed Now this is interesting! Who would have thought that this could happen even if, as we know, the ibex can do it. One of the respondents says it’s so that the ibex can benefit from minerals being leeched from the rock. ‘Ron Fawcett, Rock Athlete’, the autobiography of the famed Yorkshire climber written by Ron and outdoors journalist Ed Douglas, is the winner of the 2010 Boardman Tasker Prize for mountain literature, it was announced at the Kendal Mountain Festival on Friday. Described the the chairman of the judges, Ian Smith as ‘an engaging portrait of an unassuming yet quite remarkable climber told with humility and frankness’, the book tells Ron’s life story from his childhood in a small Yorkshire village through to his pioneering role in climbing in the 1970s. The judges praised Fawcett’s candour and also commended Ed [ continue reading Fawcett Book Lands Boardman Tasker Prize ] Red Bull handle the production of film documenting journey across Scotland and the Isle of Skye The long awaited sequel to Danny MacAskill’s debut Inspried Bicycle’s video is now online and this time around has big budget Red Bull cinematography behind the production. MacAskill’s debut web edit has now been viewed over 21 million times on [ continue reading Danny MacAskill ‘Way Back Home’ – cycling but not as we know it ] This hillclimb event is one of the most popular hillclimb events in the Derbyshire area. The picturesque setting of Monsal Dale attracts a large crowd, even on an October Sunday morning. The event, first run in 1930 attracts riders from local club level to seasoned professionals. Past winners include Tom Simpson, Malcolm Elliott and more recently Russell Downing, Dean Downing and Adam Blythe. Monsal Head is a famous beauty spot with magnificent views down Monsal Dale and up the Wye Valley. Monsal Hill Climb – Promoted by Sheffrec Cycling Club | Sunday 10th October | Sponsored by JE James Cycles [ continue reading Monsal Hill Climb – Sunday 10th October 2010 ] At TED, the spirit of adventure runs deep. An explorer’s tale can move us, enrich our knowledge and awaken the wanderer within.Through pictures and words, we accompany Ben Saunders on his incredible journey to the North Pole — on skis, alone. Planetary scientist Carolyn Porco takes us along the spacecraft Cassini‘s voyage to Saturn and its mysterious moons. And adventurer Bill Stone talks about his exploration of the deepest caverns on Earth — and how his experiences there will help his mission to discover life in the outer reaches of the solar system. To Boldly Go … | Video channel [ continue reading To Boldly Go … | Video channel on TED.com ] followed on from a Kottke.org post (CLICK HERE FOR MORE »» kottke.org Cinema of Attractions: .) The Ross sisters came from Texas – why does Texas endlessly surprise me? Then we get Dickie Henderson and Gunnersbury cemetery – what are the chances of that? I am so glad people still say this. That’s the take that Chris Kostman has on riding off-road. Mountain bike? No way. He just uses his road bike, and he’ll leave any mountain biker in the dust, he claims. These two quotes will tell you where he’s coming from: 1. “[T]he mountain bike is the most over-rated, most improperly used, most over-built, and most greedily promoted piece of hardware to hit the sport and fitness industry in modern history.” 2. Can’t ride off-road without wide, knobby tires, and at least some suspension? Chris’ retort: “‘Technique beats technology any [ continue reading Mountain Bikes – Who Needs ‘em? ] 2 May 2010 | | category: cycling, Gallery of the bleedin' obvious, gravity life, the state we're in, transport | comments are closed The widow of Rob Hall, a ‘legendary’ (sic) New Zealand mountain guide who died in Everest’s worst climbing disaster, has asked that his body be left alone during a clean-up of the world’s highest graveyard next month. Jan Arnold believes that her late husband — one of eight people who died in one day on Everest in 1996 — is “where he’d like [ continue reading Widow of Everest guide Rob Hall asks for body to be left on mountain ] It is mad to blame one safety official for the six-day flight ban – it was actually a product of elite risk-aversion. (CLICK HERE FOR MORE »» Spiked The Icelandic volcano: let’s have a reckoning: .) 22 April 2010 | | category: Gallery of the bleedin' obvious, gravity life, the state we're in | comments are closed ascensiones in corde suo disposuit He has set ascents in his heart; or, as we should phrase it, He has set his heart on ascents. … A doctor pushing for the City of Austin, Texas to adopt a law making the wearing of cycling helmets compulsory for adults is the lead author of an academic study that found that there was no significant difference in risk of head injury between cyclists wearing helmets and those without. The study, published last month in The American Journal of Emergency Medicine, and reported on the website The Vehicular Cyclist, was led by Dr [ continue reading Bike helmet activist’s own study finds no significant benefit in wearing one ] 2 March 2010 | | category: cycling, Gallery of the bleedin' obvious, gravity life, Sport? what sport? | comments are closed A Scottish company is promoting Afghanistan as a tourist destination. Dundee-based Mountain Unity was set up to provide information to mountaineers and trekkers who want to visit the north-east of the country. Mountain Unity’s David James, a former soldier, said the area known as [ continue reading Tourism plan for Afghan mountains ] What do a trucker, an Israeli entrepreneur, Al Gore and Richard Branson all have in common? Proof that the real goldmines are old, neglected industries. The name of that proof is GreenRoad. While so many entrepreneurs bang their heads against a Web and social media advertising brick wall, GreenRoad has applied common technology to an industry technology has largely passed by and—voilà—they’ve got a business that’s growing and saving lives, money and the environment. Driving is the third most deadly profession after deep sea fishing and working in a coal mine. Not only does driving more safely save lives [ continue reading Al Gore Joins Richard Branson in Backing GreenRoad ] 22 February 2010 | | category: advice, Gallery of the bleedin' obvious, gravity life, scofflaws, tolerated crime and hypocrites, the law, the state we're in, transport, travel | comments are closed Minimum interaction is required during use. Sleek graphics and smart optics are completely non-obtrusive to front and peripheral vision. Much like the dashboard of a car, the Transcend winter goggles display provides you with an overview of performance enhancing data when you choose to see it. The goggles come equipped with USB charging and data transfer capability to upload all your data and statistics to the included tracking software so you can analyze and share it with friends. Read more: http://www.thegearcaster.com/the_gearcaster/#ixzz0exU4bhlv Under Creative Commons License: Attribution Share Alike the GearCaster. [ continue reading kit like it was meant to be! ] 8 February 2010 | tagged as: mountains, tech, travel | | category: gravity life, hills, maps & mapping, Nerds | comments are closed Nunchuck skills, bowhunting skills, computer hacking skills, tape measure skills. Girls only want boyfriends who have great skills. Tags: video (CLICK HERE FOR MORE »» kottke.org Tape measure tricks: .) 28 January 2010 | | category: advice, gravity life, Sport? what sport?, waffle, women | comments are closed How perilous is it to cycle where you live? Here’s a map showing Department for Transport data of all the road accidents in 2007 involving cyclists where injuries were reported to the police. There were just over 16,000 accidents in total – about 46 per day. Thanks to the raw data released by Direct Gov, we were able to learn the grid reference for each – presumably thanks to the police report. We turned these into latitude/longitude co-ordinates using a program one of our coders wrote, which we then plotted on a map. Mapped: the UK’s road cycling blackspots — [ continue reading Mapped: the UK’s road cycling blackspots — Times Labs Blog ] 21 January 2010 | | category: cycling, gravity life, scofflaws, tolerated crime and hypocrites, the state we're in | comments are closed “What we call chaos is just patterns we haven’t recognized. What we call random is just patterns we can’t decipher. What we can’t understand we call nonsense. What we can’t read we call gibberish. There is no free will. There are no variables. There is only the inevitable.” Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk big pointy mountains alert The Haute Route, (or The High Route or Mountaineers’ Route) is the name given to a route (with several variations) undertaken on foot or by ski touring between Chamonix, France, and Zermatt, Switzerland. First charted as a summer mountaineering route by members of the Alpine Club (UK) in the mid 19th century, the route takes around 12+ days walking (or 7+ days skiing) running the 180 km from the Chamonix valley, home of Mont Blanc to Zermatt, home of the Matterhorn. On 2008/05/02, Lionel Bonnel [ continue reading Haute Route – per ardua ad astra ] 17 December 2009 | tagged as: mountains, travel | | category: gravity life, hills | comments are closed Eric Jones – Base Jumping Off Angel Falls “After we had kids, people would ask if I wasn’t being irresponsible for doing all these things but my take is that everything in life involves risk and it’s about weighing up those risks. When people go into climbing, they can start out with a macho attitude but you learn to be humble and realise you’re there on nature’s sufferance. You don’t conquer a mountain and if you go out there with that attitude, it will bite you back.” [LINK] [ continue reading Eric Jones ] 9 December 2009 | tagged as: life, mountains | | category: gravity life, hills | comments are closed watch it here WAIMEA BAY (HawaiiNewsNow) – The Quiksilver Big Wave Invitational in Memory of Eddie Aikau surfing tournament will take place Tuesday at 8 a.m. This is the first time in five years that conditions were appropriate for the world’s premier big wave surfing event to be held. The contest is only held when waves at Waimea Bay are in the [ continue reading The Eddie Is On: Tournament Starts at 8 a.m. ] 8 December 2009 | tagged as: sea | | category: gravity life, Sport? what sport? | comments are closed |  
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