Petzl CORE Review - A Headlamp for All Reasons

“Whoa, that’s bright!” a fellow JTree Tweetup goer said.
“And that’s only at 90%!”
How many times have you put on your headlamp, switched it to it’s brightest setting and thought to yourself, “It’s not as bright as I remember”? I don’t know about you, but I’ve thought that a lot. It turns out there’s a reason [...]

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Climbing Video: The 9 Rules of Rock Climbing from TED

Interesting video from TED showing how lessons learned in rock climbing apply to daily life.

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How to?build a home gym

When I moved into my new home, I spent a little time on reconnaissance for somewhere to train for climbing.
I initially thought a fingerboard would be the way to go. However, all the doorways were flimsy stud walls and not sturdy enough.
An alternative jumped out - Rock Rings by Metolius. If only I could find [...]

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Snowboarding Water Skim World Record

Cool video of the Guiness World Record snowboarding water skim!

Source: http://www.snowboardingdays.com/2010/11/snowboarding-water-skim-world-record.html

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Metallica cover of Iron Maiden?s Remember Tomorrow

Heard this today and thought it was worth a post. Iron Maiden classic “Remember Tomorrow” covered by Metallica in 2008 I think.

A cracking cover, slightly reworked from the original. Early days Maiden signer Paul Dianno wrote the lyrics about “a friend” who loved a bit of LSD.
Unchain the colours before my eyes,
Yesterday’s sorrows, [...]

Source: http://www.hittingkickers.com/metallica-iron-maidens-remember-tomorrow/

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Brendan Keenan Snowboarding Video

Brendan Keenan talks about himself and snowboarding with some sick riding in the Canadian back country. Brendan's home mountain is Mt. Seymour so lots of shots from there.

Source: http://www.snowboardingdays.com/2011/04/brendan-keenan-snowboarding-video.html

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Red Rock Rendezvous News Round-Up

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