I hope the new year will bring lots of joy to you!
If I were to name what I want to get in 2010 the list would look like this:
more friends to share my outdoor adventures with
more sunny days during summer and more snow during winter
more mountain bike trails to be discovered
more climbing routes to be ascended
more adrenaline
more mountaineering tours
more courage for whatever outdoor activity I'll be performing
more wildlife encounters
less injuries
less pain in my knees
less rainy days
less flat tires on my bike
less weight... I'm 69 kilos right now and I'm usually 65 (1.78 cm high)
Follow your dreams both on trail and off trail and remember to stay true to yourself. Here's to an adventurous lifestyle, full of thrilling outdoorsy moments! Cheers!
The first time I visited the site - Rasnoave Gorge, Rasnov, Romania - I was both amazed and challenged by the 150 m high limestone cliffs. I knew it was supposed to be scary to either climb or simply be at such heights but I also new I wanted to taste that fear. It was at the beginning of my boy scouting era, back then, and I was learning about climbing and the related outdoor activities which involved ropes, carabiners, harnesses and testosterone (I lacked testosterone in many cases).
When I first got the idea of a bungee swing, I decided to check out the cables by sliding on them and see how the void looks like. Needles to say I was pretty scared and wasn't so sure if I wanted the swing anymore...
This year (2009) we gathered for the "abuse of the bungee jumping cables" - the cables were fixed above the gorge by some extreme sports club which charges tourists who want to experiment fear and courage through bungee jumping. We were basically doing something forbidden - that's why we choose to be there in the middle of the week, in the afternoon when there were no tourists and, of course, no one from the administration of the bungee rigging.
I know that some of you watching may say we should have used pulleys instead of carabiners for sliding on the cables and maybe we should have used another type of rope system - and you may be right. The thing is we used what we had and the rope system was thought to be simple and secure (two ropes for the swing).
Because we we didn't have pulleys, it took us on average an hour per person to:
leave the edge of the cliffs
slide along the cables
pass the carabiners over the connecting rods between the two cables - these rods keep the cables parallel
get to the point of the swing ropes - I was the first so it took me a little more time as I had to do the rigging
tie in the swing ropes
slide more onto the cables till the swing ropes become horizontal and stretched
slide back onto the cables till I reach the edge of the cliff and inherently the ground, which I want to kiss and caress :-)
I can't say this is the most extreme experience I've had but it's worth giving it a go if you have the chance. You can try to do this on bridges and cranes as well.
We took it as a mental training for big wall or alpine climbing where you have to be relaxed and confident even when you can't find the next hold, being at hundred of meters above the ground. There was lots of fear but I believe that's normal... And, as you might guess, it was fun!
Video made in HD by Razvan Precup - professional photographer and cameraman. Looking forward for the rest - Pti's and Georgel's jumps and some pictures.
A short message to wish you Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
I guess for many of us there's no better way to spend the winter holidays than doing what we like best: adventuring outdoors for our favorite extreme sports.
Tourist client being lowered by his colleagues - a simple technique
in building trust among workers within the same organization
One doesn't have to be a climber in order to experiment the thrilling sensation of rappelling or flying through the air on a flying fox line (Tyrolean traverse). Most of the times you can find someone who's willing to show how to do this climbing related stuff without much effort on your side.
What is fun in the extreme sports business is that many activities don't require much strength or endurance but they do require sheer courage. I've seen men trembling and quitting just before they were supposed to rappel off cliffs using a static rope but I've also seen ladies jumping into the void with no fear whatsoever.
I believe outdoor adventure is all about attitude. That's why boldness and experience earned while engaged in action sports is not only valuable in the sport itself but also in one's life. The main reason most people vacillate before going for the adrenaline rush is because they get out of their comfort zone which is not a very cozy feeling... However, great things have been accomplished by those who stepped further and challenged the odds, be it in sport, science or business.
Conclusions like the one above were self evident in my last trip to Bucegi Mountains where I helped Dan Borcea (Castoru') with his team building business - providing thrilling moments for tourist clients.
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I have received a snowboard as a gift and that's how I got in touch with snowboarding. I'm not a master in this sport and most of the time, while riding, I resemble the guy in the print below. Lots of crashes, sore knees and wrists was my beginning but eventually I managed to get control of the board and enjoy riding the slopes.
There's a lot to learn for me at this moment and I also need a new board for this outdoor activity which is not only fun but also extreme. My current snowboard is for speed riding and this limits my possibility in learning tricks and techniques for powder riding or freestyle.
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