Richard's blog

Category: fun

  • Staring at phones in the rain once again…

    Reading Time: 2 minutes Once again I was out in the rain walking around a city. Once again I was looking downwards and then up. I was also looking around and navigating through a city I have been to before but only for a meal and on my way to another place. I went there…

  • Modern Life Is A Western

    Reading Time: 2 minutes A few afternoons ago I tuned in to a Western on Television and I thought about how similar our modern lives have become to Westerns. Either we’re the ones travelling all the time meeting new people and then leaving them behind or we’re the ones staying in place while everyone around…

  • How PADI divers see an over-romanticised side of diving

    Reading Time: < 1 minute   Whilst it is true that divers are at the beach every weekend the location is not quite that nice. Some of us are or were in the mountains every Saturday and in the lakes every Sunday. We did have to wear shoes because the dive site is a lake.…

  • Ocean Gravity

    Reading Time: < 1 minute None divers will never experience that feeling of weightlessness and flying. They found a place with a strong ocean current and let it drag them along under water to give the notion of flight.

  • We Forget everything

    Reading Time: < 1 minute We Forget Everything from martin prihoda on Vimeo.

  • Cargo

    Reading Time: < 1 minute Cargo from Daniel Foeldes on Vimeo. A zombie short film with an original premise.

  • ABYSS – North America’s Highest Bouldering

    Reading Time: < 1 minute A bouldering documentary about the pleasure of first ascents, keeping places secrets, the things to take in to consideration when speaking about new routes and of course the effects of the weather.

  • Speed flying from the Mont Gouter, one of the peaks near the Mt Blanc.

    Reading Time: < 1 minute Speed Riding Mont Blanc from Didier Lafond on Vimeo. Speed flying is a combination of parapente and skiing. You take off from the top with the parapente and ski part of the way and fly for the rest of the way. This is an extreme sport but it provides some…

  • How GoPro Made A Billionaire

    Reading Time: < 1 minute An interview with the founder of Gopro. There are some interesting and amusing moments. Fun to see how so little capital could build something that would grow to become so popular over a number of years.

  • Biting Elbows – ‘Bad Motherfucker’ (Insane Office Escape 2)

    Reading Time: < 1 minute Biting Elbows – ‘Bad Motherfucker’ (Insane Office Escape 2) from Ilya Naishuller on Vimeo. A fun first person film that stands out from the rest.