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  • Emergency Contact Infoormation and Incident Detection

    Emergency Contact Infoormation and Incident Detection

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteRecently I joined a cycling group and they require us to provide In Case of Emergency Information so that if we have an accident our phone provides people with names and numbers to call. At first I thought "Why would I want this, I have no In Case of Emergency person"…

  • On Being Able to Walk to a Recycling Centre

    On Being Able to Walk to a Recycling Centre

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesFor a few days I fled from the Caribana music festival because during this event it is impossible to sleep due to noise pollution. Switzerland, despite being so strict about other forms of noise pollution is lax about the noise pollution from music festivals. Most people plan holidays to flee it. I…

  • Cycling in a Strong Wind

    Cycling in a Strong Wind

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesDuring the Windmill hike from Le Day to Ste Croix one person was looking at the temperature for next week. He said it would be seventeen degrees, and then eighteen, and then nineteen degrees. That’s part of the reason for which I decided to go for a bike ride yesterday. That decision…

  • HowNOT2 Videos – Climbing Safety

    HowNOT2 Videos – Climbing Safety

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesIn scuba diving and aviation safety is a discussion that takes place before and after every dive or flight. It is discussed every time divers meet up. With climbing safety is important too but the focus is different. “This is how you should belay, this is how you should climb, this is…

  • Audiobookshelf and Driving

    Audiobookshelf and Driving

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesIn an ideal world I would use Audiobookshelf when I’m driving tomorrow. In the real world I can’t, or at least shouldn’t. The reason for this is simple. There is no iOS app which, in turn, means that there is no car play app. Combined this means that if I want to…

  • A Call for More Cycling and Walking Paths

    A Call for More Cycling and Walking Paths

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesI walk or cycle almost every day across five or six villages per walk, and more on bikes. During these walks and bike rides I see that there is a chronic lack of safe walking and cycling routes, if you want to go for any distance. Almost every village has five, six…

  • Improved Belaying – perfecting our technique

    Improved Belaying – perfecting our technique

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesBelaying is a core climbing skill. With good belaying a climber can climb as fast as he is comfortable to climb, as if without a rope and yet have his fall cushioned at be safe at all times. The belayer needs to be active. He needs to observe and be attentive. I…