- #176
fuzzyfelt
Gold Member
- 734
- 4
How fantastic!
Gokul43201 said:Some pictures from this past weekend, climbing some fun ice formations on the bluffs overlooking Lake Superior:
Borek said:I am green with envy. I think I will call Marzena to take a picture for the contest.
fuzzyfelt said:How fantastic!
I can understand the envy, but I should probably mention that all these activities come with a little potential for injury (or worse). I've generally been a careful outdoorsman, and have managed to go several months at a time with negligible damage, but this past week has been less fortunate. The weekend gave me a fat lip, a bruised chin, a tender ear and a bump on the side of my head (which would have been a whole lot worse, if not for my awesome helmet) from trying a somewhat tricky climb. And last night, I dislocated my shoulder (not too severely, I hope - I was able to pop it back into place fairly easily) while skiing down a somewhat icy hill.Andy Resnick said:Excellent!
Gokul43201 said:the occasional bang-up
Agreed. You're green with envy; I'm black and blue with joy! =)Borek said:I would say that's part of the joy.
When I threw myself into white-water kayaking, I wound up being black and blue with some regularity. I ditched the larger kayaks in favor of a low-volume squirt boat with sharp rails. Low volume means low buoyancy, and when you're running very heavy white-water (lots of air bubbles), the water gives you even less buoyancy. Flip in heavy rapids, and you have even less "purchase" on the water with your paddle, so it's tougher to execute a roll unless you are very experienced. All this with boulders whizzing by your head (hopefully whizzing by, anyway), upside down in heavy rapids. I returned home from time to time with a couple of dings, sore muscles, bruises, etc. Still, it was so much fun that I wouldn't trade it for any other outdoor hobby. I enjoyed Alpine and Nordic skiing, technical rock-climbing, hiking, climbing mountains, etc, but white-water kayaking was tops!Gokul43201 said:Agreed. You're green with envy; I'm black and blue with joy! =)
turbo-1 said:but white-water kayaking was tops!
Astronuc said:http://squashfalconer.com/everest.shtml
http://www.summitclimb.com/new/default.asp?vid=789<itle=Mount Everest Foundation News&mtype=smenu
drizzle said:Nice rhody. :)
Image doesn't show up for me! Skiing?Borek said:Yesterday:
Yes, I can see your images (Marzena's too) from the photo contest threads.Borek said:Can you see images in my other posts?
Gokul43201 said:Yes, I can see your images (Marzena's too) from the photo contest threads.
Yes, it is. Thanks.Borek said:I have changed filename and modified both posts, perhaps it will be better now.
Borek said:Not a ski mountain for sure, how natural - no idea. It is not very high, something like 700 meters above sea level (about 2000 feet), could be the forest was removed for farming. The picture is (intentionally) misleading - it was composed to avoid most traces of people. This one was taken about an hour or two later, in a different spot, and better shows how the area really looks like:
As you see it is not as wild as the first picture suggests.
Borek said:Birches they are.
Borek said:No, I live about 400 km North, that was just a short trip.
Borek said:Search forums for our "Vacations in Poland" threads for more pictures.
turbo-1 said:When I threw myself into white-water kayaking, I wound up being black and blue with some regularity.