Avalanche kills two on Mont Blanc

Avalanche kills two on Mont Blanc Two Haute-Savoyards have been killed by an avalanche on Mont Blanc early yesterday. The climbers were attempting a long route on the Droites above the Talèfre glacier. It seems that the pair were hit by a small slab under the Tour des Courtes at around 3600 meters altitude. The men were swept to their deaths over cliffs. Полный техт rss2lj...

a proposal for twitter

...been written about the negative effects of shortening URLs . They're bad for the user experience (one must become proficient with copying and pasting URLs), they're bad for the network infrastructure (they route every associated click through a small number of redirectors), they're bad for usability (you never know just what is behind that innocent-looking bit.ly link), and so on. There must be...

"Will you marry me? ’Cuz I'd like to date you."

... Sandra Bullock/Ryan Reynolds film would still be decent and, well, I was mostly wrong. It really is pretty terribly written. Even then, some of it was funny. It's just too bad they took the route they did. Sandra's character is an awful, awful woman. Since this was a romantic comedy, the mild backstory didn't really reason it away. It’s also really hard to believe that two people *spoilers but ...

I fought the law, and the law won...

...from the other. Once he checked his pace and doubled back towards Umar, only to jump sideways to yet another house. Impossible as it seemed, Umar had gained a little. The stranger had to plan his route and calculate the best way to achieve it. Umar had merely to follow. Adrenaline pumped in his veins. He whispered a charm on each thudding footfall, begging the Lord to give his feet wings like the ...

...hour probably. Maaaan. Aside from these physical disturbances however, i'm quite content. I mean, I'm excited, happy, looking forward to living dangerously even. I dk. At least I'm young while I'm enduring this. I mean, i think if i was old, older, or couldn't handle stress too well, i'd prob take a different route and approach to such things. Society bbogs you down, damn. And so does everything.

PHOTOS: Savage Interlocking

...I was able to pop around and take some pictures at Savage Interlocking on the CSX Capitol Sub on the old B&O Main Line between Baltimore and DC. In addition to freight traffic this is the route of the MARC Camden Line service that runs in both directions in the morning and evening peak periods. The interlocking is a simply crossover, but features B&O CPL bracket mast signals at both ends. The...

Today at the Climbing Wall

"I think I want to try something that's a bit beyond my ability, like a 5+ (5.10a apparently, for those reading in American)", says I. So with zoeimogen on belay, I head for a 5+ route with an intimidating looking overhang section on the big wall, decided that nothing ventured is nothing gained, and that I'm just going to go for it. Here's how I did: I was a bit pooped after that,...

The Dance of the Infinity

... of whether I'm going to step up and do what I know I'm supposed to do, even though it will involve a lot of hard work, sacrifice, and confidence... or if I will try and take the easy route and skirt around the issue. But on a lighter note, I feel like I have someone who will really support me in my corner. My birthday was such a blast, many thanks to Daniel. We went out for Absinthe brunch, ...

Dumb Run Dun!

... stuff (ie, hills) to the Kirkhouse Inn in Strathblane at lighting-up time (about 10). One lamp was sacrificed to the eaty-kit godlings of potholes and rough stuff. Weirdly, some of this route had been resurfaced, so it was a random selection of crazy agricultural potholes and slick tarmac. Leaving the pub we fired up the photonic drives and dove into the industrial heartland in the middle of ...

So...

... how to get to 2 or 3 places from the end of the M32. The train went on the northern route past Bristol Parkway and then down into the centre due to engineering works. The fact that there are two routes past... of it, like the roundness of the Earth. This did, of course, mean we had a trip on a route I haven't been on before. One of the stations looks quite attractive in a 'makes you wonder what was...