Video of a recent glissade down the Avalanche Gulch face of Mt. Shasta with my climbing buddy Igor. Mt. Shasta is steep enough and well enough covered with snow, that the descent can be accomplished by just sitting down and sliding on the snow, arresting yourself with an ice-axe or hiking pole when necessary. Conditions are not always this good - when it’s icy, sliding can get dangerous, and when it’s too slushy, it’s hard to pick up speed. But this time everything fell into place, and we had a grand time.
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If we are what we eat, then it’s definitely worth watching this movie to figure out what we’re becoming.
Two of the main contributors are Michael Pollan and Eric Schlosser, both bestselling authors whose recent works have helped cast light on the greasy innards of our food supply machine.
I’d heard of some of them before, but some were new to me. Read it and wonder…
http://www.cracked.com/article_16871_6-insane-discoveries-that-science-cant-explain.html
A lovely little video from Andy Scott.
I’m preaching to the choir, of course, but there’s some good info here even for the initiated.
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/12/05/travel
Cheers!
Everyone’s beloved VP pick, Sarah “Mooseburger” Palin, joins other luminaries such as Rick Santorum in having her own eponymous entry in the excellent Urban Dictionary.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=palin
Gotta love the English language!
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