Archive for October, 2009
Thanks to Internet Pop Culture for posting these incredible photos. Head on over to their website to see more.… Read the rest
Freediving World Record – 88m without fins from william trubridge on Vimeo.
This video is a bit slower paced than the ones we normally post on Extreme Saturday, but it’s no less intense. Earlier this year William Trubridge broke the freediving world record of 88 meters (that’s 288 feet) —… Read the rest
In honor of Halloween we decided to pull together some cool photos of cemeteries from around the world. If you’d like to see more work by any of these photogs then click on the corresponding photo and it will take you to their Flickr! page.
Enjoy.
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Who says there’s no nature in Los Angeles? You just have to get up so early that even the seals are yawning. Body Glove team riders Holly Beck and Chandler Parr paddled out to Zuma at sunrise for a few moments of beautiful natural relaxation (while surfing of course!)
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A bottle of hand sanitizer can come in handy when you’re squatting in a Kyrgyz outhouse and realize that your only option in the toilet paper department is your left sock. Every traveler knows that. But, according to a report on KSTP TV (ABC’s Eyewitness News affiliate in Minnesota),… Read the rest
The Chinese Lantern Festival is a traditional festival that dates back 2,000 years to the Han Dynasty. With the first full moon of the lunar year, the lanterns are burned to honor the Heaven Officer, who brings good luck. For more background, click here.… Read the rest
Rain, rain, rain. Since we’re based in the Pacific Northwest we figured we should dedicate the final photo for the October Friday Photo contest to the weather element for which our autumns are so well known. Michael Sulis snapped this great shot of a single leaf getting drenched by fall… Read the rest
This is just sad, sad, sad.
From Boing Boing:
Toronto-based folk singer Taylor Mitchell died after coyotes pounced on her during a solo hike in Cape Breton national park on Monday. She was hospitalized with injuries from multiple bites, and died in critical care yesterday. Ms. Mitchell was 19 years … Read the rest
I was cruising the innernets today and came across a really cool post on the world’s tallest treehouse over at Inhabitat. And, it’s all made of reclaimed wood like a treehouse should be. Very cool, makes me want to be a kid again. Or more of kid anyway.… Read the rest
We don’t normally plug the competition, but this photo, which appears in November’s National Geographic magazine, is just too incredible to ignore.
So what you’re seeing here is a tribe of chimpanzees joined in what appears to be a moment of deep mourning as they observe the deceased body of… Read the rest
For many, living in student housing is one small step up from living in a Gulag. Not at the University of Twente in the Netherlands. Check out these photos of the University’s Campagneplein dormitory, a nine-story building/climbing wall that features 87 apartments and over 2500 hand and foot grips.
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Here’s a little Thursday humor for anyone who has every experienced the joy of flying a budget airline.… Read the rest
As of today, a report coming from The British Royal Navy states that Paul and Rachel Chandler’s 38-foot sloop, the Lynn Rival has been found adrift. The two sailors last transmitted a distress call off the coast of East Africa from a position within striking distance of a Somali pirate… Read the rest
Cyclocross season has officially started. All that other crap? Those dry, fast races where all the roadie jerks took you to the bank and made you feel like you were going to choke on your own intestines? That was just warmup. An early season diversion.
Cross Crusade number four took… Read the rest
Irish scientists are hoping to spice up cancer treatment by isolating a chemical compound in a dish that can be found on takeout menus throughout the world: Curry.
According to an article in Reuters, researchers at the Cork Cancer Research Center in Ireland have successfully treated esophageal cancer cells with
