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Mount Bourgeau Panorama

By Ian on September 10, 2011 in Alberta, hiking, nature, panorama

The view from the top of Mount Bourgeau in Banff National Park on 29 August 2011. The hike up and down is a total of 24 km with an elevation gain of 1500 m.

The weather and communication relay shack on the summit is obviously helicopter supported and runs on solar power and fuel cells. It is an ideal location as there is a clear line of sight between Sunshine Village, Banff and west down the Bow Valley.

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The Will of the Land

By Ian on November 26, 2010 in Alberta, Recreation

From Kananaskis Trails blog.

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How to wash SCUBA diving gear

By Ian on August 1, 2009 in SCUBA

Do’s and don’ts.

Do use lots of fresh water and a big bucket.
Do rinse the inside of everything with fresh water.
Do take your knives and scissors out and rinse and dry them so they don’t turn into rusty lumps.
Don’t forget to put the dust cover on tight on the regulator first stage before soaking.
Don’t purge the second stages.
Don’t press the power inflator button on your BCD. But do press the exhaust button to fill with fresh water and rinse inside the bladder.
Do also open the bottom dump valve on the BCD and let fresh water go out through it. Similarly you can rinse the inside of SMBs.

Legal disclaimer is here. Well actually that is for bigwall climbing but I take no responsibility for your gear or safety. That is entirely your responsibility as it was before you read this and it will always be. Dive safely!

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Diving

By Ian on July 25, 2009 in Kuwait, SCUBA

I finally went out diving. The highlight was while doing a drifting 5 meter safety stop I saw a couple dark shapes coming by on my left about 2 meters away and going very fast and it was — some dolphins! Then we surfaced and the dolphins regrouped about 20 meters away and then were gone. It was hard to tell how many but I think about four of them.

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Kuwait Ice Rink

By Ian on September 27, 2008 in Kuwait, Recreation

You have to spectate from the McDonalds through two layers of glass but there are some amazing skaters. Very fluid, and risk taking to show off their skills but at least they are not on the roads driving cars!

And here’s a video from successive still frames.

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Boat trip

By Ian on September 17, 2008 in Kuwait, SCUBA

No diving, just a boat trip as we turned around early as the water was too rough. It doesn’t look rough in the photo but it is hard to show the roughness in a photo. The issue with the rough water is that you need to slow down so the trip can take too long.