Ironically it’s snowing too much. Looking forward to Friday then to ski. So I spontaneously decided to donate.
Author: Ian
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Ski Day 5 Canmore Nordic Centre – sort of
I arrived early and it was warmer than expected: plus 5 and icy. So I put klister on for grip. Well, klister worked great except there was a fair bit of debris, pine needles and some cones in the track. At one point I had to stop and scrap off a thick layer of needles on the ski bottom. So then there was no grip. I double poled and skated back. Actually the skating was fun, but hard to do on non-skating boots and with shorter poles.
So it was a short day of skiing but the espresso on the way home was good!
So the potential option is get waxless skis or skating equipment of just hope it stays cold.
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Ski Day 4 Kananaskis
A beautiful day of skiing with Marja and with the bluest sky imaginable.
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Ski Day 3 – Again at Canmore Nordic Centre
Not a cloud in the sky. Pretty good conditions and on a less travelled trail (Roller Coaster where it meets Rundle) I saw some black bear tracks on the trail as shown above.
At least it’s a black bear, you wouldn’t want the experience that that these climbers had.
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Getting Philosophical
Surprisingly, at least to me, Tim Ferriss, author of The 4 – Hour Workweek and The 4 – Hour Body has a podcast. Previously I was not so interested in what he had to say, but lately he’s getting deeply into health and philosophy.
So recently he had Alain de Botton on the podcast talking about How Philosophy Can Change Your Life, Alain de Botton. who has written books, founded The School of Life
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mW0gj3n4D1Q)
And now just after that he’s had Will MacAskill on Effective Altruism, Y Combinator, and Artificial Intelligence
One big part of Will MacAskill’s personal philosoply is giving effectively. Here’s an article on it in The Guardian In this interview he mentions Give Well, Real Change for Your Dollar which ranks charities on their effectiveness.
And if you are interested in helping animals there is also a site Animal Charity Evaluators.
If you want to find out more in general about charities there is also a site Good Ventures.
He also has some compelling points about How to make a difference with your career – 80,000 Hours and Doing Good Better
There is a lot of interesting stuff in this. I’ve got an ever expanding reading list.
And if you are interested in a broader view you will be surprised with this interview with Kevin Costner on Building His Career, Positive Self-Talk, and Making Dances with Wolves Happen | The Blog of Author Tim Ferriss
Finally, as promised on health and physics
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Canmore Nordic Centre 2
Second day of the season. It was quite warm and there was some needles and debris on the track. Fortunately it has cooled since and more snow has come.
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