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  • If in Doubt Abort

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesThere is an old rule that I live by. If in doubt, abort. It’s related mainly to when I was diving but is linked to other forms of extreme sports. The logic is simple. If you’re going hiking, climbing, diving or some other dangerous sport and you have some doubt, for any…

  • Back to Cycling

    Back to Cycling

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesYesterday I went back to cycling after breaking my arm and letting it recover. My lower body is fine despite not cycling for a long time but the left arm still feels vulnerable. I could feel it when changing gears and when going over bumps. As silly as it sounds to wait…

  • On Breaking an arm and replacing climbing with swimming and cycling with walking

    On Breaking an arm and replacing climbing with swimming and cycling with walking

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    Reading Time: 4 minutesA few weeks ago I broke my arm while cycling. I was indicating that I was turning right while breaking with my left hand and the brake blocked and the next thing I knew the bike was on top of me. I extricated myself from beneath the bike and dragged it to…