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1. Rock Rescue Academy Part 2: Learning To Ascend & Rig Anchors That's what they told us in Search & Rescue training. Our instructors--my teammates--told those of us who are new to high-angle rescue that we should never, ever go over a cliff that we can't get back up on our own. They said we can never...
2. Rock Rescue Academy Part 1: Learning to Rappel I'm no fan of heights, but somehow I wasn't (too) afraid as I backed up off the edge of a long way down under the watchful eyes of my Search & Rescue teammates, some from above, others with the lovely view from below ... thinking to mysel...
3. Arches National Park The National Park called "Arches" is filled with beautiful rock formations. Most of them are shaped in arches which is where the park got it's name. There are more than two thousand catalogued arches range in size from a 3 foot opening, to Landscape...
4. Rose Bush Care & Maintenance Pruning rose bushes can be overwhelming and confusing to many gardeners, Proper Pruning and training is the best way to keep your Rose bushes healthy blooming and looking their best. General pruning principles apply to all roses, but there are differ...
5. Adventure Racing: Texas Adventure racing is a combination of two or more disciplines, including orienteering and navigation, cross-country running, mountain biking, paddling and climbing and related rope skills. An expedition event can span ten days or more while sprints ca...
6. Outfitting For Technical Rescue: The Gear I'm Using In May, 2009, I began training for our Search & Rescue team's technical rescue group in a series of class and field sessions collectively known as the Rock Rescue Academy. Between training sessions, I spent many additional hours practicing th...
7. The Eiger The Eiger is a mountain in the Alps of Switzerland. It is the easternmost peak of a ridge-crest that extends to the Mönch (4,107 m) and across the Jungfraujoch to the Jungfrau (4,158 m). The peak is mentioned in records dating back to the 13th c...
8. Chris Sharma Simply put, Chris Sharma is one of the best, or arguably THE best rock climber currently climbing. He is endlessly finding the gnarliest rock in the most out there places in the world and putting up new climbs. His focus is immpecable, his style is p...
9. Top slovenian mountain - Triglav Triglav is with 2864 m highest mountain in Slovenia and lies in Julian alps. It was named upon slavic god Triglav or it's three headed shape. The mountain itself is more or less two- headed, where the second head is Mali Triglav (2725 m). Triglav is...
10. Volcanoes of Mexico There are three major glaciated Mexican Volcanoes: Pico de Orizaba (Citlateptl) - The Pico de Orizaba (5,636 m) is a stratovolcano, the highest mountain in Mexico and the third highest in North America. The Pico overlooks the valley and city of Oriz...
11. I Do My Own Stunts - Extreme T-shirts T-Shirts: "I Do My Own Stunts" TM Funny Extreme Sport Action T-Shirts and Funny Extreme Sports Stunts Humor Gifts: Football, Football Coach, Football Team, Futbol, World cup, Cheerleader, Cheer, ATV, Quad, All Terrain Vehicle, Parachute, Sk...
12. Walking up Snowdon, North Wales Did I know what I was getting myself into? Scaling the heights of Wales' highest mountain Snowdon seemed like a good challenge. Certainly, for someone like me who wavers between a distinct distaste for heights and the occasional onslaught of vertigo,...
13. Bouldering Fontainebleau (info, giudebook & topo) Why You should buy Fontainebleau Bouldering Guidebook, grab a crash pad and go? So you've spent all winter in the climbing hall, and feel it's time to test your amazing skills on some real rock, showing people who the man (or woman) really is? Well t...
14. Travel Chile Torres del Paine is located near the end of the Chilean Patagonia to the south of Chile. This is a place of great natural attractions which have made the region become an internationally recognized tourist destination. This is the place where Torres...
15. Rock Climbing Welcome to our lens about rock climbing and climbing resources.  Be sure to  check out our blog, the climbing videos, and don't forget to add your link to this site.
16. Come and Visit Crestone, CO Crestone is my favorite place to vacation in Colorado my home state. I love it here because it reminds me of Tibet. One of the biggest attractions in the area of Crestone is the Great Sand Dunes National Park which draws many tourists yearly. I neve...
17. Guadalupe Peak, Texas The mountain had defeated me before. Three times in the past two years I'd found myself close enough to drive to Guadalupe Mountains National Park and attempt a climb to the highest point in Texas. I'd been frightened away by the weather befo...
18. Wadi Rum - Jordan Wadi Rum: Jordan's best adventure, camping and hiking spot and the most beautiful desert in the middle east. With its rosey, rocks, mountains and sands it has the most exciting scenery, sunrise and sunset of a desert. Explore more about Wadi-Rum on t...
19. Learning To Fly: Climbing And Descending If you are looking to learn to fly and acquire your Private Pilot's Licence (PPL) then you have come to the right place. This page is one of a series that follows my flight training course. To start from the very beginning please visit my Learning To...
20. Hand Strength Hand and forearm strength is one of the most important aspects of any training programs, especially for athletes, -- yet it is often downplayed or overlooked altogether. This an unfortunate situation... After all, the strength of the hands will alwa...