Tuesday, 7 August 2018

Passed by Free Solo Climber - Dark Shadows, Red Rocks, Neveda


My buddy and I were climbing the Dark Shadows route at Red Rocks when we were passed by a free climber.  He was very polite about asking to pass.  After a few minutes I made myself safe and let him by.  I watched in awe as he cruised passed. 

I was about 275' above the ground when he approached, which is the third pitch, rated 5.8.

Friday, 3 August 2018

John watches Se7en


Our friend John isn't as big a fan of Kevin Spacey as we are. We have a game where we trick him into watching Kevin Spacey movies. Here's us, 90 minutes into Se7en.


Wednesday, 1 August 2018

Close Up Video of Mount Merapi Eruption


Not quite sure why they stick around to film it, instead of running like hell.

Monday, 30 July 2018

Earthquake in Japan as it started -2011 (9.1-magnitude)


"I was traveling from Shirakawa to Tokyo via the JR system.   While stopped at Utsunomiya station, I started  to shoot video across the tracks hoping to catch an express train going through at full speed.   Suddenly the train starts to shake - then thing I know I'm experiencing my first - and hopefully last - earthquake.  While I am back home in the USA, my thoughts and prayers are with the wonderful people of Japan..."

Saturday, 28 July 2018

Inside A Warehouse Where Thousands Of Robots Pack Groceries


Ocado's new warehouse has thousands of robots zooming around a grid system to pack groceries. The thousands of robots can process 65,000 orders every week. They communicate on a 4G network to avoid bumping into each other. Is this the future of retail?