Gravsports

Adventure and Opinion served raw.

Wednesday, November 02, 2011

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Are Ice Tool Leashes As Archaic as Gaiters, Screamers and Third Tools? The picture above is the last one I could find in my photo collec...
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Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Ice Season Cometh: Q and A

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First off, sorry for the long delay in blogging. I've been stupid busy with everything from getting my first guiding exam done, family, ...
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Thursday, September 01, 2011

Quick Review Notes on the Spot 2 and Spot Connect

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Summary: If you're pondering buying a Spot for tracking and emegencies I'd suggest NOT getting the Spot Connect. To do anything ...
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Thursday, August 25, 2011

Reflections

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I'm finding it hard to finish off the writing about my flying trip from Vernon home. The basic reason is simple: A week after that trip ...
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Sunday, August 07, 2011

Invermere to Canmore

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I'm back home after flying the final leg of the whole trip. Yesterday was a really intense flight--windy, powerful air, cool terrain, an...
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Friday, August 05, 2011

Invermere from near Revelstoke via the Bugaboos

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In the last 48 hours I've top-landed in the alpine twice, camped high, had a ton of help from friends in Revelstoke and Invermere, and f...
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Wednesday, August 03, 2011

Aerial hero to cut block zero?

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I'm out, ripped to shreds by the alder and cut block debris but stoked for the last two days... Not sure what the next move is but got a...
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Sunday, July 31, 2011

Aerial Exploring: Vernon East

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From here to There? Tracking Page Here After two weeks of frustrating delays due to bad weather I'm off at one tomorrow morning on a Gre...
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Friday, July 15, 2011

Sport Climbing season done, paragliding, MORE is not safer

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Buy this book: A great new resource for local sport climbing, thanks to Derek for his work. Yesterday I got out with my least-repressed fri...
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Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Magnetron Carabiners

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OK, the name is kinda dorky but these are the coolest new carabiners I've ever seen : Magnetron Technology: The reinvention of the auto-...
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Monday, July 11, 2011

Paragliding World Championships Musings

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First off, paragliding can be a "reasonable" activity. I'd let my kids fly tandem with most any commercial operation in North ...
Thursday, June 23, 2011

Sponsorship and "Extreme!" Sports

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"How do I get sponsored?" I get that question a lot. Usually there's a fresh-faced young person on the other end of the email,...
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Friday, June 10, 2011

A few things...

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Right, it's finally spring here in Canmore! I'm almost afraid to say it too loudly, but I think it's really happening. I was act...
Monday, May 30, 2011

Response to Anon...

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Anon--, I don't think there's any argument at all that being lighter will improve performance in many sports. I have never argued th...
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Friday, May 20, 2011

Seasonal Confusion Disorder, randomness

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I can't decide whether to climb, paraglide, mountain bike, run, kayak, or go speed flying. Hell, the skiing is still pretty good too! An...
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Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Eat this

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I've received a few emails lately asking about "Sports Performance Diets." To sum up my philosophy on food for sports: You are...
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