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Pics & Vids Of The Week 07/01/2010

Karl Woll | January 8, 2010 9:28 am

- Vancouver Is Awesome recently posted these 2 wicked timelapse videos of a foggy Vancouver:

Vancouver Fog from Cypress from Michael Victory on Vimeo.

- This video is from last year but I just stumbled on it. A cool slideshow of BC Parks celebrating 100 year of recreation and protection. Embedding was disable but you can see it here.

- From Kayak Yak, a video of a stellar sea lion being rescued near Victoria after it got entangled in rope:

- From All Climbing, blind climber Erik Weihenmayer, climbs Eldorado Canyon’s The Naked Edge:

- The Outside Blog gives us the Top Ten Worst Crashes of all Time. Here are 2:

- An awesome parkour video, and not what you expect:

- From Wend Blog, How to Snowboard / Ski Glaciers Safely:

Glacier Skiing Safety (Silent edit for CMB) from Simon Christy on Vimeo.

- Outside Blog had the trailer for a new movie, The North Face. “NORTH FACE is a gripping adventure drama about a competition to climb the most dangerous rock face in the Alps. It’s 1936, and Nazi propaganda urges German Alpinists to conquer the unclimbed north face of the Swiss massif, the Eiger North Face – aka “Murder Wall” – before the Olympic Games begin.”:

- Crasher Seal strikes again!:

- The Bottom Line:

- Just another day in the office for the Sea Shepherd:

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Pics & Vids Of The Week 21/11/2009

Karl Woll | November 21, 2009 9:25 am

- Nothing like some good ‘ol snow kayaking:

- When regular free soloing doesn’t cut it, you can always try speed free soloing [via Wend Blog]

- This has been floating everywhere over the net, but in case you haven’t seen it – 2 insane dudes jump a pier kiteboarding:

- From Dave Narona’s blog, 2 winter safety vids worth checking. The first on skiing, the second on snowmobiling:

- Via Outside Blog, an awesome playboating vid:

freestyle 2009 from pion stephane on Vimeo.

- Here’s a ranndom one. Mark Gonzalez created this ‘Circle Board‘ by putting 9 skateboards together:

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Tags: Dave Narona,Kiteboarding,Playboating,Rock Climbing,Skateboarding,Skiing,Snow Kayaking,Snowmobiling
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Pics & Vids Of The Week 01/10/2009

Karl Woll | October 3, 2009 8:38 am

One of the blogs I like to keep up with is Wend Magazine’s. They post a lot of cool stuff, and I usually end up re-posting a lot of their stuff here each week. Here are some examples of recent stuff:

A nice collection of scary climbing falls:

One Dead Whale + One Half Ton Of TNT = One Of Oregon’s Worst Ideas Ever:

Why plastic bags suck:

Tallest tree photo EVER:

Hilarious extreme kayaking spoof: Wet Dream Result:

- From the Adventure Blog, an awesome video of skiing a slot canyon. This will get you psyched for winter:

Flashing Hallways from Cody Townsend on Vimeo.

- I think it was @Tawcan who brought this to my attention. Another great climbing vid of Steph Davis:

Salathe Wall from steph davis on Vimeo.

- Uncoached has a nice collection of intense surfing wipe-out vids, including this one:

- Infographic of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch:

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Pics & Vids Of The Week 12/09/2009

Karl Woll | September 12, 2009 12:05 pm

- Does rolling across the finish line count as a win?:

- I can’t remember if I’ve posted a video of this guy in the past, but he is an INSANE climber (cut & paste the link below):

- From Kayak Yak. A brilliant launch video:

- Another nice video from All Climbing:

The Players – Alex Puccio sends Trice (v12) from Brian Solano on Vimeo.

- From Wend Blog, surfing on an ironing board:

- Also this trailer for The Glacier Project has been going around. It’s a documentary of two big wave surf champions who went to Alaska to surf waves created by chunks of melting glaciers falling into the ocean:

- From Outside Blog is part two of Teva’s The Naturist:

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Squamish Teen & Team To Tackle Kilimanjaro For Fundraiser

Karl Woll | August 29, 2009 12:10 pm

I recently learned about a great adventure being undertaken to fund raise and create awareness for inflammatory bowel disease. 16 year old Clinton Shard of Squamish will be joining a team of 6 to tackle Africa’s tallest peak, Mount Kilimanjaro.

Thanks Jeremy, for sending this info in:

This September, 16-year-old Clinton Shard of Squamish, B.C. is climbing Mount Kilimanjaro as a part of a team of six people led by Crohn’s patient Rob Hill, who is the founder of the Intestinal Disease Education and Awareness Society, or I.D.E.A.S. Both of these adventurers have Crohn’s disease, and have overcome tremendous obstacles in order to be able to take on this challenge.

While they are on their journey, they will be posting updates on Twitter (#roberthillclimb, #weneedideas); blogging, posting photos and videos (IBDAdventures.com); and even answering questions via video from their fans on the web while they are climbing!

Clinton and Rob would like to invite you to their North Vancouver send-off event to learn about mountain climbing and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) with them at The Edge rock climbing gym on Thursday, September 3.

Here are the details:

Who: Clinton Shard (Squamish) and Rob Hill (Vancouver) – Crohn’s disease patients and adventure athletes

What:

· Try your hand at rock climbing

· Hear the amazing personal stories of Clinton and Rob

· Take photos, Tweet, blog and conduct video interviews as you learn to climb with Rob and Clinton!

· Healthy snacks will be served

When: Thursday, September 3, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm

Where: The Edge Climbing Centre, #2-1485 Welch Street, North Vancouver (5 minutes from Lions Gate Bridge) Google map directions

If you’d like to attend, or schedule a separate interview, please contact Jeremy at 604-688-2505 or Jeremy.Twigg@fleishman.ca. I’m also on Twitter: @JeremyTwigg.