Joined: Apr 23, 2011
Posts: 149
Location: Bothell, WA - USA
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Wow! My strong (and healthy!) fear of death has always been a block for me understanding those who get a thrill from risking death...
Dale Hodgins
Joined: Jul 28, 2011
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Location: Victoria British Columbia-Canada
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I took my kids to Whistler B.C. in the summer when the skiing is closed down. Young people were engaged in scree running. The rubble that accumulates beneath cliff faces is called scree. Runners and cyclists crash down the mountain with incredible speed. Brakes are useless and likely to cause a crash.
About 25% of them were bandaged to some degree and we saw a dozen plaster casts. One girl had casts on all four limbs and facial bruising and cuts.
Some of the kids in the audience were so banged up that I'm pretty sure they were the stars of this show a week earlier. There were neck braces, traction devices and all manner of bindings.
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Developing property as Green Building and Organic Methods destination and Learning Center. Owner of Victoria Camping Bus-Charters, Permaculture events... ,16 yrs building recycling 15,000 tons. Primary interests---Mechanized Green Building-Best Practices Development, Aquaponics-Commercially Viable and Visually Pleasing Architectural Integration Advanced Rocket Stove Development
Fred Morgan
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Joined: Sep 29, 2009
Posts: 887
Location: Northern Zone, Costa Rica - 200 to 300 meters Tropical Humid Rainforest
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I used to live near a place called chimney rock, because in times past, the people used the rocks to build chimneys because they fractured pretty much square. There were MTB trails, and for the life of me, I couldn't see the fun in riding in a place like that...
But then again, now I have to bunny hop chickens... :
Sustainable Plantations and Agroforestry in Costa Rica
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