Last week I picked up my 3 week Japan Rail Pass. I’m locked and loaded. My Funemployment continues.
Sunday (today) – depart for Seattle
… hike & bike with Doug Davis out of Port Townsend
Thursday – depart Seattle for Tokyo
… Jr International in Yokohama
… World Gymnastics Championships
… assist with 2 Cirque du Soleil auditions
… travel Japan
Nov. 22nd fly back to Seattle
Christmas in Parksville, B.C. with my folks
My main concern, I’m allergic to smokers.
Super popular and great fun.
After gymnastics camp in Idaho on a hot day.
My laptop returned, I’ve finally been able to post 100 photos from 9+ days in Lausanne for the World Gymnaestrada.
I tented for about $25 / night at Camping Vidy.
Aside from Gymnaestrada, the biggest highlight is the Olympic Museum. Very well done.
It’s a real city of fitness opportunities.
The Metropolitan Area of Lausanne-Geneva is over 1.2 million inhabitants. The headquarters of the International Olympic Committee are located in Lausanne – the IOC officially recognises the city as the Capitale Olympique …
Fond memories …
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We gymnastics coaches are Mavericks.
After breaking every other rule at the posh Couer d’Alene Resort beach cabana, Lisa climbed the rafters. Also against the rules.
I climbed up too, … but only to convince her to climb down.
Always after HPTC in Idaho, coaches and staff have a recovery day, this year at the famed Coeur d’Alene Resort.
… gone to Gymnastics Camp in Idaho, Friday.
This is what I am enjoying all this week.
National Evenings are designed to give participating FIG member federations an opportunity to present a range of Gymnastics for All activities, featuring a blend of folkloric and culturally specific characteristics.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
I am here all week. Open ceremonies of Gymnastrada begin in 1hr.
I met up with the 600 Canadians last night for the TEAM CAN photo.
My second and third favourite sources of information in 2011 are audio:
• Audiocasts
• Audio books
I pretty much always have an audio book or two in progress, buying most of those from Audible.com. … Sadly not every book I want is available in audio.
Audio podcasts are still quite crude. The most evolved, however, are superb: RadioLab, This American Life, CBC Spark, Economist Editor’s Highlights, and On The Media. Almost all audio podcasts are still free.
But my main sources of information … my most trusted … my most detailed and nuanced … are blogs.
The best are labours of love by passionate, often amateur writers. Most bloggers are unpaid, spending thousands of hours focused on a specific topic simply because they love that topic.
more photos of bloggers
For example, the best Apple blog is Daring Fireball. I don’t pay much attention to any other.
I do whatever I’m told by Michael Geist when it comes to Canadian government regulation of the internet. A big election issue right now.
There are 4-5 essential blogs on gymnastics, but if I only was allowed to read one blogger it would be Blythe Lawrence.
If you read Kraig Becker, you’ll know more about outdoor adventure than you’ll ever need to know for one lifetime.
… Those are just a few examples. Leave a comment if you’ve got a blog that I should follow.
(blogger photos via Spark)
I coached Karry for one season in New Zealand. … She was National Champion that year, despite me. 🙂
And now she’s married.
Watch their lovely wedding video.
