Backpack Woes

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For the last 12 years or so I had been using an Alpine Lowe Cerro Torre 75l back­pack and it was awe­some. It could hold an addi­tional 20l, so I was able to stuff all my dive gear in there as well. Now I need a new back­pack and it’s not as easy as I expec­ted. Shop­ping doesn’t come nat­ural to me, but I’m usu­ally alright if it’s for new toys. I don’t expect too much neither. My new back­pack needs to be mostly water­proof, hold no more than 40-50l, a couple stretchy out­side pock­ets for water bottles and a few straps to tie things on. A nice neut­ral col­our would be nice as well like brown, dark green or grey. Def­in­itely not pink­ish red or neon blue. I might just have to get one on the inter­net. I’m not sure I could take another sales pitch for the latest innov­a­tion in back­pack tech­no­logy that might even bring me cof­fee in the morning…

Location based messages with Dropp

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I’ve just now found a new app for my iPhone, called Dropp. Basic­ally, it let’s you send a mes­sage to your friends. Your friends will only get this mes­sage though, once they are close to the same loc­a­tion where you sent the mes­sage from. I think this is awe­some and could be used for many cool things. Mes­sages can be pub­lic as well, so you could drop a mes­sage at Bangkok’s air­port, for example, let­ting people know the cheapest place to stay in Khao San Rd. Have you tried Dropp?

Easter Without the Bunny

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Easter procession in Leon, Nicaragua

Ah, Easter. It’s the time of year when eat­ing copi­ous amounts of chocol­ate is the norm, and rab­bits lay plastic eggs filled with good­ies for young chil­dren to find and fight over. That is, unless you hap­pen to be in Leon, Nicaragua, where the cel­eb­ra­tions are, strangely enough, reli­gious in nature. Con­tinue read­ing →

The Weather Channel: From the Edge with Peter Lik (Giveaway Promotion)

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The Weather Chan­nel is launch­ing a new real­ity TV show, “From the Edge with Peter Lik,” focus­ing on scenic out­door pho­to­graphy. The show will fol­low Peter Lik, an Aus­tralian land­scape pho­to­grapher as he travels to places where weather con­tin­ues to have a unique impact on the land­scape. Every week, Lik will attempt to cap­ture the essence of Mother Nature through his lens with his unique per­spect­ive, style, and skill. Through­out the thir­teen epis­odes, Peter will pho­to­graph stun­ning land­scapes across Hawaii, Alaska, Death Val­ley, Utah and other hid­den gems off the map. We’ll see all his pho­to­graphs and tech­niques along the way as he over­comes weather-related obstacles to find “the per­fect shot.” Con­tinue read­ing →

Canopy: Confiding in the Cable

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When in Men­d­oza, Argen­tina, I signed up for a day-trip filled with adven­ture activ­it­ies, I was think­ing trekking. At most, I would try my luck at moun­tain bik­ing. Little did I know about can­opy, or what is also known as zip­lin­ing. Con­tinue read­ing →

Canon del Sumidero: Face of a Mayan

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Canon del Sumidero - Mayan face

This pic­ture was taken in the Canon del Sum­i­dero in Chiapas Mex­ico dur­ing the sum­mer of 2004. The rock pat­tern com­bined with the dense veget­a­tion and the water flow­ing down the canyon drew a fant­astic and incred­ible pic­ture. Doesn’t it look like the pro­file of a Mayan face? Con­tinue read­ing →

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