Five years ago we spent about four months traveling all over China and this video really makes me want to go back. We were not climbing at the time but we visited this region and it was one of those places that seems so surreal, like maybe you just walked into a fantasy world. The kind of place where you would expect to find a dragon. Now that we are climbing again I really, really want to go back and visit. Even if you are not a climber I think you should enjoy the beauty and adventure in this video.
Watching this makes me feel like I’m doing everything in slow motion. It makes all other sports seem safe and harmless, like your grandparents in a golf cart. These guys are certifiably nuts. Apparently everyone Survives the crashes but I bet they spent some time in physical therapy.
This is such a fun paragliding video to watch I had to post it. I don’t believe anyone can watch this and tell me they don’t want to go sign up for paragliding lessons tomorrow morning. Enjoy.
Why did some one not tell me how great South Africa is? Well, a couple people did. I guess I did not entirely believe them, until I finally went to see it for myself. Cape Town is my new favorite city. Rock climbing, surfing, hiking and mt biking less than twenty minutes from the city center. Stunning Wine Country Thirty minutes away. The game reserves, I always thought a safari had to be expensive, at least a thousand dollars. Nope, you just pull up to entrance of Kruger national park, pay the twelve dollar entrance fee and drive around all day, watching the Hippos, Crocodiles, Elephants, Rhinos, Zebras, Giraffes, Lions, Leopards, etc……you get the idea. All from the comfort of your air conditioned rental car. Except for the guy that mugged us everyone was extremely hospitable. Whats not to like, Ok besides the high crime rate.
We did get mugged by knife point in an isolated climbing spot in Waterval Boven. I had my brother on belay, he was ninety feet up the rock. The mugger was obviously waiting for this convenient situation. I saw the thief before he got to us so I told Stef to quickly hide the two cameras in the hole in the rock. We were at least smart enough not to have brought wallets or money with us. He came up from the woods below us, wearing a black ski mask, what a cliche, and holding his knife pointed toward us in a threatening manner. As he was bent over rifling through our nearly empty bags I was quickly lowering Danny. The Mugger looked up and noticed I had dropped Danny to within about 15 feet above his head so unfortunately the opportunity of dropping my brother on the mugger with out getting him stabbed was out of the question. Once he saw Danny so close to the ground he mumbled some threats then took off angry about his lack of booty. He got nothing but a used pair of woman’s sunglasses and a little Swiss army pen knife. That was all that was left in our bags. That being said, we were warned about this particular area by several people and we went climbing there anyway, those people were right, you might get mugged. I would go again in a second. Its kinda like the wild west, its a little rough around the edges, you gotta have your guard up in some area’s. It’s Disney World to the adventure traveler, but Mickey Mouse just might rob you. If your looking for adventure, South Africa is not to be missed. To all the South African climbers we met Thanks again for such a warm welcome, we enjoyed every moment and can’t wait to visit again.
We all new it would happen sooner or later. He is one lucky man to have survived this crash. Glad your Ok Jeb and good luck with the fines and charges that your now going to be dealing with. I am curious if this link will get taken down soon. I have came across some other broken links already. Protest Sopa and Pipa because if these new laws are passed It could change a lot of things about the internet.
Simply Amazing! Here is a compilation of hucks from a variety of sports in 2011. I could not stop watching it and thinking how creative and huge tricks have become over the last decade, as well as how dangerous. Enjoy it. I had to watch it a couple times.
Okay! so its been awhile since I have posted anything. Not that it matters I think I average about four views a day on this blog, probably because I don’t post anything new.
I’m drinking my coffee this morning trying to wake up, thinking about the year of 2011. I went rock climbing in South Africa, Swam with whale sharks in Mozambique, Had a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner in Swaziland, Hiked into Lesotho, and eloped in Kansas.
I think I probably got in close to 50 days of snowboarding in Colorado on the biggest snow year that we have had in the last 30 years. I started rock climbing again as well and got in about 50 days of that, 20 of them in South Africa. To celebrate an awesome year here is a short edit of Mozambique and swimming with the whale sharks of Tofo beach.
