How Far Will This Roll Down A Mountain? Hill rolling mayhem in New Zealand!

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Train Mountain- The worlds longest model railroad and train museum is open to the public and offers model train rides.

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What do you get when you cross rodeo with skiing? The wild and wacky Skijoring of course. Every winter, thousands of people descend on the old mining town of Leadville, Colorado, high in the Rocky Mountains,... continue reading

posted by newtboy 10 months 2 weeks ago • 65 views • 2:27

Two bears ended up in a deadly fight in Spain's Cantabrian mountains, which are home to around 350 bears. Video footage shows a female bear protecting her cub from a larger male before both fighting... continue reading

posted by newtboy 1 year 2 months 3 weeks ago • 251 views • 1:46

The Rio Las Vacas in Guatemala is one of the most polluted rivers on earth. This small river is estimated to contribute 2% of the total plastic pollution we dump in the oceans yearly. The Ocean Cleanup... continue reading

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At 2994 meters on a never-before-surveyed seamount north of Johnston Atoll, the team made a thrilling discovery — the chance to examine an animal spotted for the very first time in the Pacific Ocean!... continue reading

posted by newtboy 1 year 11 months 3 weeks ago • 213 views • 1:46

The Perlan 2 sailplane has soared to altitudes of more than 70,000 feet above the mountains of Argentina, with the goal of eventually reaching 90,000 feet. Its visit to Oshkosh last summer was one of the... continue reading

posted by newtboy 2 years 1 week ago • 268 views • 6:23

Let’s not resigns ourselves to fatality. Solutions exist. Together we can do more to decrease risks on the normal route to Mont-Blanc. The Mont-Blanc rising to 4 809 meters is the highest peak in... continue reading

posted by eric3579 3 years 1 month 1 week ago • 317 views • 4:02

From Youtube, "CREDITS: This video was made in collaboration with Benedikt Pleyer, who is a gifted microscopist and has a wonderful contagious passion for discovering the incredible worlds that exist... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 4 years 1 month ago • 276 views • 11:43

For three centuries, farmers living in the remote mountains of northern Turkey have communicated great distances by whistling. It’s a language called kuş dili that is still used to this day, though... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 5 years 1 month 1 week ago • 101 views • 2:41

YouTube description: Skiing and sledding down a mountain? Amateur hour. Try rolling through on a wooden bike. Say hello to the Velogemel, a snow bike local to the Swiss town of Grindelwald. Named for... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 2 weeks ago • 376 views • 3:08

"... an educational video produced by The Computer Museum and hosted by David Neil of PBS's Newton's Apple. Join David Neil and his four young companions on an entertaining and illuminating trek through... continue reading

posted by ant 6 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 30 views • 26:32

At the old hut site (the new one being temporarily cut off by flooding) I made lime mortar from the shells of rainforest snails by firing them in a kiln, slaking them in water, mixing them into lime putty.... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years ago • 408 views • 7:08

YouTube description: Olympic ski jumper Sarah Hendrickson is no stranger to soaring through the skies. She’s been taking flight for 15 years, jumping from dizzying heights and sliding downhill at... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 1 month ago • 336 views • 2:23

"... Read more about the concept of non-state spaces: https://goo.gl/UsgDDy For thousands of years, humans have drawn lines on the earth, dividing the planet into nations. But there are some parts of... continue reading

posted by ant 7 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 22 views • 13:27

YouTube description: Near Slab City, California, a man painted a hill. It was outsider art: Leonard Knight had no training and no great masters to imitate. But somehow, he created something that resonates... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 4 months 1 week ago • 551 views • 4:25

Published on May 21, 2017 After four years of living off the grid we've gathered some wisdom we'd like to share with you. Please enjoy...ten MORE things we wish we'd known before we went off grid. ... continue reading

posted by Buck 7 years 6 months 2 weeks ago • 1,850 views • 10:28

I'm at the top of Mount Evans, more than 14,000 feet - 4.3km - above sea level. This is definitely a mountain: but why doesn't the smaller summit next to it also count? Let's talk about prominence. (Just... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 6 months 4 weeks ago • 152 views • 2:46

YouTube description: Originally built by the Incas, the manmade salt pans in Maras, Peru, have endured for over 500 years. Beneath the Qaqawiñay mountains runs a salty fresh spring, which empties into... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 3 weeks ago • 1,536 views • 1:20

YouTube description: Colorado is known for its beautiful Rocky Mountains, but with mountains come snow and with snow come avalanches. Breckenridge Resort has a group of 6 dogs and handlers trained specifically... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 1 month 1 week ago • 189 views • 2:42