squamish film fest
Ivan’s mountain film fest week is coming up. I was asked to do 20 slides with 20 seconds per slide on the July 11th show. Climbing Slides (20mb) or as pdf Science Slides (20mb) more at http://www.squamishmountainfestival.com/
health and fitness journal
I’ve been paid to write about computers and sensors, make graphs etc.. But this is the first thing that has ever been peer reviewed. Here I was given a chance to, “tell it like it is”, to some out of touch scientists! Joking aside, there is some things about science that I very much dislike....
have a go day
Update: see photos here. Summer is in full swing and we are going to set up the climbing rig in Squamish on August 21st. We have done this route several times, but with everyone in different jobs. I’m going to put all the details here because much of the planning is buried in email and...
between a rock and a hard place
“Nothing is impossible. You just have to chip away at it and know it’s going to take a long time and work really hard at it. Committing yourself to something, that’s the hardest part. Once you do, the journey begins. …. “Sometimes I lose track of how far I’ve come since my injury, because my...
observations from an outlier (csep slides)
As part of the Annual CSEP Conference, I was invited to give an hour talk on our rock climbing efforts. Presenter 2: Brad Zdavinsky (VerticalChallenge.org) •Overcoming Obstacles: The Story of a Tetraplegic’s Drive to Beat the Odds and Challenge Beliefs in His Pursuit to Climb (15:00-16:00) (not my title) My slides as a PDF (NOTE:...
leaning tower rope jumps
Safety is an illusion. This kind of adventure just makes it very clear that you are playing with fire. Evey day we take great risks without truly knowing them, because we'd rather not know. Now jump off a cliff with only an 11mm rope to stop you from hitting the dirt... now that is about...
"high roller" does uncle ben’s route
Brad and Dave on the "Uncle Ben's" route. This roof section was chosen as a testing grounds for larger climbs in California. We were "lucky" to some get strong wind on this day. Instead of suffering in hot sun all day, we froze instead... but could get good understanding of how the rig does in...
european disability sport magazine
Now we are in a European Disability Sport Magazine. I'll try to get a translation of the article in English.
