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Feed It; we're glad you’re here. Welcome and have a look around. We're a community of skiers, climbers, paddlers, base-jumpers, mountain-bikers, cave-divers, surfers, snowboarders and other adventurers. Have a wander around the site or the latest postings which are below. If something there grabs your interest, then go to the last News page for a snapshot about it or use the links to go to the particular page.

 

LATEST UPDATE: 1 August …..

Food and Warmth

With thanks to Scotty Dusek for this article on how to choose the right food to power the human machine in the outdoors. And this one here on the science of warmth – thanks again. He’s a climber from the Pacific Northwest of the US, he’s in Burma now, about to be a dive-master in Indo and then is going to work in Oz.

 

Energy gels

More food info and pretty interesting to stay on this food and energy theme. Power gels are a valuable addition to the outdoors food arsenal and while the science isn’t simple, the making of your own gels is.

Travis Lind’s done a fantastic job of getting inside the squeeze tube to find out what makes these things work so well and while there’s more info on the topic than some people may like, the salient bits about how to mix up your own power slime is there as well; go here for the whole sticky mess ……

PS. There’s some info there too on what else Travis does – it’s fantastic what this guy puts together by way of alternative fuel sources; inspirational and thanks for the article TL – appreciated.

 

Renan Ozturk and the Kingdom of Mustang

Some say that the most famous Turkish biologist is Osman Seyyar, a man who spent his working life studying the taxonomy of the Linyphiidae-Walckenaeria, a family of spiders that live in eastern Turkey. What parent would not want their child to follow in the illustrious Osman’s footsteps?

Not the parents of Renan Ozturk that’s for sure. As they gazed upon their freshly minted son, every sign pointed towards a life enmeshed with arachnid taxonomy, so how was it that the young lad’s life led in a different direction? This just gets better, you should go here

 

Plasticki

The Plasticki expedition began her voyage on Saturday 20 March, setting sail from under San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge on an adventure that is taking her crew across the Pacific Ocean to Sydney to deliver a “global call to action” about plastic waste that ends up in the world’s oceans.

How much ends up in the seas? It’s estimated that almost all of the marine pollution in the world is comprised of plastic materials and the average proportion varied between 60% and 80% of total marine pollution and up to 90% in some areas.

This is a fantastic trip, a hugely important topic and there are some astounding stats on just how plastic is bloody near the material that sort of can’t be killed. Go here for the info and then go to their site to send a message of support.

 

Air Evolution snowkiting

Steff and Air Evolution keep building on their achievements with snowkites, boards and more and they have added several galleries of kiting shots from around the world. On this page is a selection of these images and at the bottom of the page is a video with a big air theme; one part of the inspirational mix of what snowkiting offers. And below, some motivation from France ... sort of where else; some ski-mountaineers plodding uphill as the kiter breezes past; just great. Go here too for some more vids that showcase kiting and the French Alps too.

Himalayan paragliding

Diazo Inaoka took one look at the concept of the Company Man in is native Japan and figured he’d get as far from it as possible. See here where his latest avoidance technique took this embodiment of the dirtbag lifestyle.

 

Titan Kayaks

Go here to the Partners section to see more about what’s coming from Yappa and to read some of his thoughts on where he wants to take his new creation; Titan Kayaks.

Anthony’s been at the peak of world freestyle kayaking scene and has gained recognition as an innovator, competitor and someone who loves exploring and below there’s a shot of him on the Mini Bus wave in Canada; the place for good moves on a stellar wave.

 

The Kamchatka Project

The Kamchatka Peninsula is a fantastically interesting place and here’s a group that have planned for themselves a real adventure and with a valuable cause at its core. Go here for a look at what they’re organising in a place that has bears, salmon and some great paddling chucked in as well.

 

Gondwana painfest

Suffering, rain, pain and redemption from above; forging a new route in primordial forest is not for the light-hearted, see here for Dave’s low-down on life in Gondwanaland.

 

Dan Kozaris

The first European to cross the Nullarbor Plain was Edward John Eyre in 1841 and he described it as "a hideous anomaly, a blot on the face of Nature, the sort of place one gets into in bad dreams". But it’s a good place to play badminton on the way to a white water event. Dan has sent an update to his page here and now he can sell you a bullbar too ……

 

Shipstern’s Bluff; the wave at the end of the world

Shipstern Bluff, on a fine day you can see Antarctica. That’s rubbish actually but what is true is that it’s one of the furthest south waves that's regularly ridden and while you definitely can’t see is the legendary Teahupoo in Tahiti, both waves have a lot in common. See here for a taste of blackwater surfing in a remote and brooding place, the full page on it is here.

 

Fred Beckey

Internet climbing post, 2009: “Hi everyone, I’m going to northern Spain in early to mid-December and I’m looking for a climbing partner to hook up with in Barcelona. Tell me when you started climbing and got any alpine experience?”

Response: “Yeah, I’m 86 years old, I started climbing in 1936, I did my alpine first ascent in 1939, I still climb 5.9 and have made close to 1000 first ascents, how about you?”

If anyone ever feels pressure to grow up, read more Beckey here or the full page here …...

 

Seven Creeks run

Ned Kelly, Australia's best-known bushranger, robbed the bank in the nearby town of Euroa in 1878, a nearby hill is called Mt Wombat and there’s an unpaddled rapid called Emphysema Falls. What wouldn’t draw Sean Boz there when the drought briefly broke after 11+ years? Actual moving water is big news in this area, go here.

 

Costa Rica whitewater

Honza Lasko’s report on paddling in Central America; some beautiful country but also “Some definitely scary boating” according to HL and that’s saying something coming from him. Here for the full report and an image below of some beautiful country ….

 

 

 

Profiled Partners:

Global Rescue. We’re pleased to be able to profile this outfit and what they do; here are 3 pages that give an overview of their services and why they’d be the first people you’d call when good trips go bad.

OC Rugged Laptops. Go here to see images of laptops that have respectively been …..  shot with a 45, run-over by trucks, crashed on to concrete, drowned, shot with a 22, eaten by salt, shot with a 7.62 and blown up. There could be other things there of value but it hardly matters after that appealing list of destruction.

Human Edge Technology. It’s terrific to be able to profile a specialist business that can genuinely play a huge part in creating remote access solutions for pretty well any expedition anyone might be planning. The solutions Tom Sjogren and HET have come up with are simple, tested and they work, so go here to see 3 pages on how they can make things work for you.

 

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