Feel badly for those poor people who don’t have clean drinking water?

I’m one of them.

The water pipes underground the Sarcee Meadows Housing Co-op are rusted and rotting. Repairs have taken weeks!

… Around 1.2 billion people live in places that are short of water, and it is running out in others such as northern China and western America. Meanwhile, the world’s population is growing and more water will be needed to feed it. Farming, which accounts for some 70% of human water consumption, offers the best opportunity for thrift. Repairing leaks and better irrigation in poor countries could help reduce wastage by up to 70%, as could switching to less thirsty crops in arid regions. …

Running dry – Economist

Check this movie trailer for Irena Salina’s award-winning documentary on “The World Water Crisis”.

(via The Mountain Culture)

The culminating race of the season is glorious history.

Here’s our sprint team … minus moi.

Lisa and Sheena finished 2nd in Women’s Duo: 3hrs 31min.

I cancelled out last minute due, supposedly, to a dislocated finger.

Our long race team did great things as well finishing in the fastest time of all 4 person co-ed teams at 9hrs and 50min.

Dave posted a detailed race report on the Funastics Adventure Racing Team blog:

Big Blue! (With pictures!)

One of these days I’ll have to actually get into a race.

My Adventure Racing team — the FARTs — are in Tahoe for Big Blue, the biggest race of the year.

Sadly, I’m home in Calgary.

Good luck team!

I fell off my bike, something that happens several times a year.

Must say the Canadian Health system worked quite well for me. No cost. Good service, though slow.

In a splint for a week.

A.K.A. Plumpy’nut and Plumpynut.

Apologies for the too large video. But it’s worth it.

My buddy Grant Assenheimer is working in Bangladesh for Doctors Without Borders. They have a terrible rat infestation there. The rats are eating all the crops.

Grant helps distribute the Plumpy Nut. From his email:

… In all but the most severe cases, we use what is called a RUTF – or Ready to Use Theraputic Food – called Plumpy Nut. In the past, feeding centers prepared a milk/porridge mixture spiked with vitamins and other nutrients. This is a pain to transport, difficult to store and the quality very much depends on how it is prepared. Plumpy Nut is the solution. It’s a pre-packaged ‘powerbar’ that has the perfect mixture of vitamins, salt, protein, energy and fat needed to bring a child back to full strength and weight. It doesn’t (really) expire, is easy to transport, doesn’t have be cooked in the field and has the exact proportions of nutrients that are needed. Basically, it’s a peanut butter based energy bar…with LOTS of salt. I tried a bit and although its OK, it isn’t a chocolate bar and not something I would actually chose as a “snack”!! Therefore, we don’t just provide food for the children, we provide medicine in the form of a specialized, nutrient rich snack they must eat a couple of times a day.

… read the rest of Grant’s email update in the comments of this post