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An amusing Lindsey Stirling video.

burn presents: BRACONIERII from Fuel your fire on Vimeo.

A look at the Romanian Snowboarding scene. There is a nice sequence where they snowboard through the woods. The trees are still covered in snow.

The Iranian Internet – An Infographic by Maral Pourkazemi from Gestalten on Vimeo.

A change of topic.

WORK IN PROGRESS - Klaus Lichtenegger from WE MAKE THEM WONDER on Vimeo.

A simple interview with a few cut away shots to make the subject more interesting.

Two friends of mine decided that they would go to the bottom of the wall at the dive site in Chindrieux. This dive site is on the Northern end of the Lac du Bourget in France one hour’s drive from Geneva. The classic dive, which I have done a number of times is a 40 meter dive along the wall. You see the rock overhanging and a blackness below. On previous dives we have been two groups. One deep group and one shallower group. The deep group were at 50+ meters while the shallow group were no deeper than 40m. Several weeks or even months after they first hatched the plan they finally invested in the appropriate gas mixtures and dived down. Here are the preparations for this dive. We were planning on interviews but by the end of the dive we were cold. Those who dived were in 6°c water for 70 minutes. We were also planning on taking a gopro down there but did not use it. I stayed on the surface with the camera gear. You can expect more videos of this type in the near future.

13 years to circumnavigate the glope using Human power. That’s a nice challenge to set yourself. It’s even nicer to complete.

Freeride World Tour par MONTAGNETV Watching what other people are producing. Looking for ideas.

Earlier today I was at Chindrieux, a lake side village looking out over the Lac du Bourget lake in France. It is a nice lake with good visibility. The dive site where my friends and I usually dive is a wall. You swim out for 300 meters before heading down the bank to a little gap in the cliff. At 9 meters depth you start going west along the wall. On this wall you can find lots of shells and the occasional fish hiding in one crack or other. There are overhangs and scree fields. The bottom of the wall is at 65m. From there it slopes gently off to 110m. So far my dives have only taken me to 40 meters on this wall. Diving in this part of the world takes a certain character type. The water at depth is at a stable 5°-6°c but the water column varies from 21°c at the surface in Summer zo 6°c at the surface in winter. In summer you go from warm water to cold, and then you get back to warm. You’re sweating in your dry suit and to cool down is welcome. In winter the opposite is true. You’re cold. You’re happy to put your dry suit on, and gloves, and hood. The drawback is that you go from cold air to cold water and back. Friends of mine and I have come out of the water shivering in winter, unable to use our fingers anymore. This is all part of the fun. Today for a change I went with my video camera. I am currently working on a diving documentary and I want to get footage of the surface as well as down below. The vista are nice. You can see parapentistes, the occasional boat, trains passing by and in the distance snow covered mountains. They serve as a backdrop to Aix Les Bains. I will keep you informed about how this project progresses.

Sara - Guide De Haute Montagne - Hiking On The… par MONTAGNETV Portrait of a mountain guide in the French Alpes.

Alex Leonard - 10th of Feb, 2013

Lunatics! Very silly lunatics.

Richard - 10th of Feb, 2013

I know, that’s not something you would see me do. I can’t ride a unicycle on a flat road.

Extreme Mountain Unicycling - 10th of Feb, 2013

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