Category: Sports
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St Hilaire du Touvet РVia Ferrata du Belved̬re
Reading Time: 2 minutesSt Hilaire du Touvet is a place I have always thought of as one where in Septembre there is an adventure film festival. What I found out on Saturday is that it has two interesting via ferrata. There is an easier one which you can explore as a novice and a more…
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Via Ferrata de Tière, first of the season
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe weather was good today and spring is here. As a result I headed back to the Valais for the first Via Ferrata of the season. I felt a little nervous at first as I had not done any via ferrata for a few months but that fear soon left. The walk…
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Via Ferrata de Thones
Reading Time: < 1 minuteVia Ferrata – Thones The via ferrata is an hour’s drive from Geneva and for the most part is a fairly easy ferrata apart from the last bit where you negotiate an overhang. [flickr-gallery mode=”photoset” photoset=”72157624918874615″]
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Reading Time: 3 minutesThe octopus fell from my mouth during a dive and I watched as the regulator freeflowed air. I tried to grab it but didn’t get it on the first try. I didn’t panic. I went back to take hold of the regulator attached to the tank on my back but that wasn’t…
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Walking Through A City You Are Leaving For A Bit.
Reading Time: 2 minutesDuring a shoot a few years ago a person was speaking about human development and how an expert from an economically more developed country wanted to teach the person from an economically less developed country about the topic. The local told the economist “you want to teach me about the economy but…
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An Energetic Walk Through London
Reading Time: < 1 minuteToday is a day of rest for me. I caught the tube into central London and went for a nice hour long walk through the center of London. Starting from Oxford tube station I walked through the throngs of people, dodging them and trying to fray the quickest path through them…
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On walking more than five minutes
Reading Time: 3 minutesperson “you walk fast” me “I like to walk” person “I thought you were rushing somewhere” me “nope, just stride as I walk” On average every step I take is two and a half times longer than most people therefore I cover distances in half the time it takes others to do…
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Underwater diving videos
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI’ve been watching a series of underwater diving videos from around the world from the website divefilm and there are a number of interesting ones. Most of them are by the same person but occasionally there are guest appearances by those aiming to protect whales, others aiming to protect dolphins. There…