Category Archives: health & fitness

breast cancer survivors can fly

August 20, 2010 – 9:35 pm

University of Alberta researcher Margie McNeely says results from an international study she was part of indicate that certain precautions about the risk of lymphedema for breast cancer survivors are outdated. … McNeely says women who’ve had breast cancer surgery are often warned that pressure changes in an airplane cabin could trigger lymphedema, chronic swelling [...]

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rappin’ Adlards

August 12, 2010 – 5:01 am

Dave took a mountaineering course this past winter. He went on to summit Mt Rainier. (Don’t mention the fact that his climbing partner died in an avalanche later in the season. Bit of a sore point with Lisa.) Now expert, Dave rigged lines for climbing and rappel. Baby Delaney should be in harness by next [...]

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shout out for Climate Change activists

August 11, 2010 – 5:02 am

My buddy Morgen Hartford is on the road (by bike) … … on a memorial journey through the Pacific Northwest. Honoring old friends, creating new connections. Learning about the systems that power and shape the way we live. Here he is with a broken spoke on his most recent 1200mi ride. His excellent blog – [...]

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Mt. Rainier adventures …

August 4, 2010 – 5:02 am

My first trip to the biggest volcano in the continental USA. … Although Mount Rainier is an active volcano, as of 2010 there was no evidence of an imminent eruption. However, an eruption could be devastating for all areas surrounding the volcano … … a mudflow might also reach down the Duwamish estuary and destroy [...]

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cycling the Hiawatha Trail, Idaho

August 3, 2010 – 5:02 am

… The “crown jewel” of rail-to-trail mountain bicycle trails is operated by Lookout Pass Ski Area which is located adjacent to I-90 at the Idaho/Montana state line, 12 miles east of historic Wallace, Idaho. The Hiawatha Trail is generally open late May through early October. … Winding through 10 tunnels and 7 high trestles, this [...]

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death at Idaho Triathlon

August 1, 2010 – 4:44 pm

I was a last minute volunteer at the Hayden View Triathlon. We arrived before dawn. Jeni and I manned a “rescue kayak”. One of the last swimmers to finish the half mile lake course looked to all the rescue boats to be disoriented. He waved off help, then tried to swim directly into another of [...]

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man’s biggest killer – malaria

July 21, 2010 – 5:02 am

“The malaria parasite has been responsible for half of all human deaths since the Stone Age” is the quote that jumped off the page in a recent article by Sonia Shah in the Wall Street Journal. Sonia Shah is author of The Fever: How Malaria Has Ruled Humankind for 500,000 Years. I saw this linked [...]

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first look at St. John’s harbour

July 4, 2010 – 6:59 pm

My first afternoon in St. John’s, Newfoundland, I did a 2.5hr jog along superb city trails up to Gibbet Hill, seen here in winter: Gibbet is one of the viewpoints in the fabulously popular Signal Hill National Historic Site. Was Gibbet Hill named after Sir Humphrey Gilbert Edgar Rennie Bowring Alexander Bannerman Gibbet, first Chief [...]

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most beautiful seatbelt TV commercial ever

June 27, 2010 – 5:02 am

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. Embrace Life Public Service Announcement. Thanks George.

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things getting worse → Canadians

June 19, 2010 – 5:04 am

Statscan found that 18 per cent of adult Canadians, about 4.4 million people, were classified as obese in 2009, up from 15 per cent in 2003. We’re still getting fatter. With less leisure time to exercise. * One in five Canadian adult feels “caught in a time crunch,” experiencing high levels of time pressure * [...]

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