Category: sport
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22 years
Today is the first time since 1994 when F1 weekend race takes place on May 1st. Remembering Roland and Ayrton. Roland Ratzenberger (4 July 1960 – 30 April 1994 ) Roland Ratzenberger was just 34 when he died at Imola, 30th April 1994. His dream was to become a Formula 1 driver. Born in…
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Canada – Day8 – Rest day, relocation and Banff
Our original plan to move up the valley today changed as we discovered the area more over the week. Basically the 2 options for accommodation for ice climbers in the Bow Valley are either Canmore (where we arrived 7 days ago) or Banff – a very touristy Chamonix-like town 25min drive NW on Trans-Canada Highway. Banff…
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Canada – Day7 – Guinness Gully WI4
With: Derek Aherne – Pitch 1 & 3 Padraic Gibbons – Pitch 2 Michal Samsel – Pitch 4 For today we had planned to do of amazing 300m of Cascade Falls WI3, however upon arriving to the base of the climb it turned out it was nearly gone (due to its south facing position). Our…
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Canada – Day6 – Weathering Heights WI4
They say not to step into the same river twice – I mostly agree – unless it’s a Ghost River Wilderness Area. We’ve revisited the place after scouting it yesterday – this time fully geared up From Canada2016-Day06-WeatheringHeights with intentions to either climb Wicked Wanda WI4+ (as seen from the car yesterday, around 40min walk from the…
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Canada – Day5 – Rest day aka location scouting
A bit different schedule than usually today – instead packing up early for climbing we decided to take a day off and do some research on the Ghost River area. It’s a very remote place- around 2h drive from Canmore. Details here: http://www.summitpost.org/south-ghost-climbs/291125 The Ghost was established in 1967 on the front range of the Canadian…
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Bridging (6a) at Awesome Walls.
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bOi4A-IvsU&w=853&h=480]
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Xmas time
This year (as in 2011) we’ve decided to spend the Xmas time with Monika’s family. That was the best idea EVER. We’ve spent fantastic time skiing, meeting friends and having a good time in general. Also we became godparents to little Tomasz – Monika’s sister son. 🙂 Skiing was the super awesome idea –…
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Sky Dive Video – full version
As promised – here is full version of the video from the jump we’ve made with Sky Dive Las Vegas people. Great fun! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PsLifUofnA]