“Why do you want to climb Mount Everest?” George Mallory – “Because it’s there.” Alex Honnold is the predominant “free solo” climber around (climbing without a rope) and while he certainly isn’t conquering Mount Everest, the only realistic explanation for why he does what he does is the above quote. Icebreaker: Ascending El Sendero Luminoso […]
Read more "Climbing Without A Rope: Extreme Rock Climber Alex Honnold"Haunting, really. Directed by Rino Stefano Tagliafierro. Related: Parallax Technique. |Via|
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Read more "The Old Spice Guy Stages Internetventions Through Fake Websites"The 2015 WRX STI has arrived: World Rally Blue paint, gold wheels, spoiler and all. The official performance specs will be released on Tuesday, Jan 14th, at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. |Via|
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Read more "Thought-Provoking Speech by the Late Alan Watts: What is Wrong with Our Culture"The video below is a playlist, starting with the commercial. The second video is a behind the scenes documentary, the third is the first test drive, the fourth a world record drive attempt, and the fifth is of the truck melting. The truck was created by Canadian Tire to promote its MotoMaster Eliminator Ultra battery and […]
Read more "The Canadian Tire Ice Truck and How It Was Made"Shawn Farquhar performs on Penn & Teller’s “Fool Us” show. If you’d like to read some theories about how it was done, open the clip in a new window and check some of the YouTube comments. This clip originally went viral when it aired in 2011 and is making the rounds again. |Via|
Read more "Card Trick by Canadian Magician Baffles Penn & Teller"Pilot’s name: Brian Drake. |Via|
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