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The SUUNTO SPARTAN SPORT WRIST HR BLUE

Mar 18, 2017

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in cycling, observation, reviews, Swiss walks, tech related

Reading Time: 2 minutesI have logged 799 activities with my Suunto devices. This includes hikes, via ferrata, climbing, swimming and scuba diving. I like Suunto devices because their battery life is good enough to last through entire days of hiking and the battery lasts for weeks between charges when used as a simple watch. I…

The Gopro Hero 5 karma advert is aspirational

Mar 8, 2017

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in observation, reviews, social media, Video, youtube

Reading Time: 2 minutesI love sports and I love the outdoors. I really like snowboarding when the conditions are good and when there are few people. I love to climb, to hike and to do via ferrata. Last year during a film festival I was invited to try Paragliding for free and the flight lasted…

Life Cycle by Northcube AB

Feb 3, 2017

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in observation, tech related

Reading Time: 2 minutesLife Cycle by NorthCube AB is a life tracking application available on iphone. It allows you to keep track of your sports activities, time spent at work, sleeping, shopping, socialising and more. At first it knows nothing about it. It learns of your home location, your work location, where you go climbing…

The Tiny House movement and travel

Dec 17, 2016

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richard

in observation, Post-university life, Rock climbing, travel, Video, youtube

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Tiny House Movement and travel combine well together. In this video a Czech couple bought a fan and transformed it into a self contained home to live in for a year. They chose it because they wanted room for the surfboards, wet suits and more. It has space for cooking lamb…

Learning about Tiny Houses

Dec 5, 2016

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in environmental, environmentalism, fun, observation, random, summer holidays, tech related, travel

Reading Time: 2 minutesLearning about Tiny Houses is interesting. There are a number of features/documentaries online where people build their own tinyhouses either from shipping containers, trailers or other structures. The aim of these tinyhouses is to maximise space and reduce costs. Some of these homes are entirely off the grid. They collect rain water…

The Selfie Stick cutter

Sep 4, 2016

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in observation, social media, youtube

Reading Time: 2 minutesIn some cities you see a strange set of creatures and the selfie stick cutter is there to resolve this issue. PeopleÂ carry long poles at the end of which they stick their camera. They look at the phone held at a safe distance and smile, do victory symbols and other such gestures.…

Watching independent film rather than mainstream cinema

Aug 28, 2016

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in observation, reviews, short film, Video, vimeo

Reading Time: 3 minutesWhen I saw the Wired headline below I was happily going to say that I haven’t been to see a film at the cinema in years but that isn’t strictly true. As you have seen from my blog I have been an active appreciator of independent films. I was at FIFAD earlier…

A Climbing Two year Old

Aug 24, 2016

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richard

in Climbing, observation, youtube

Reading Time: 2 minutesA Climbing two year old is ordinary. They try to climb on to chairs, they climb to stand up. They climb up the stairs and the swings. What is less ordinary is for a two year old to rock climb like a grown up. As I watch the video below what inspires…

IFSC Climbing World Cup Villars 2016

Jul 14, 2016

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richard

in observation, Rock climbing, Switzerland

Reading Time: 2 minutesI will be present at the IFSC Climbing World Cup Villars tomorrow. For me climbing has always been an active rather than a passive sport. It has been a sport where the landscape is nice and the crowds are small. Tomorrow will be the first time that I go and watch as…

A Rock Crawler and Wildlife Film Making

Jul 8, 2016

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in Documentary, environmental, environmentalism, observation

Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen Gordon Buchanan was following bears in the United States we watched the resulting documentaries on television. We have seen him a number of times in episodes of countryfile as well. Now he is working on getting footage of wolves in the wild. For this project he is staying out in the…

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