Thread Of Positive Awesomeness

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  1. SleepyOwl

    SleepyOwl Crème de la Crème

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    25 years on

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  2. Biker Jock

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    Guy Westgate is the guy who taught Guy Martin to fly a glider so he (Guy Martin) could pilot his pedal-powered aircraft. Here he (Guy Westgate) puts on a firework display while performing aerobatics over our airfield.

    He's flying a Polish-built MDM Fox, which is a glider that was specifically designed for aerobatics, and is stressed for +9g and -6g (I start to feel uncomfortable at +3 and -1.5)

     
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  3. Danimal

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    Wow, you really can’t go anywhere without some twat on a bicycle getting in your way.
     
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  4. SleepyOwl

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  5. Adie P

    Adie P Crème de la Crème

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    If you haven't seen it, I can thoroughly recommend the film "FREE SOLO" which shows the first successful free solo climb of El Capitan in Yosemite, California, by Alex Hommond. It is a seriously awe inspiring 'documentary' film about a young man who appears capable of defying logic and gravity in some of his climbing! No ropes, no equipment, no backup plan or people. No fear.
     
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  6. Vulpes

    Vulpes Confused Member

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    Exactly that - no fear. Apparently “That kid’s amygdala isn’t firing.”

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    ABSENCE OF FEAR: Scans compare Honnold’s brain (left) with a control subject’s (right), a rock climber of a similar age. Crosshairs mark the amygdala, a group of nuclei involved in generating fear. As both climbers look at the same arousing images, the control subject’s amygdala glows, while Honnold’s remains inert, showing no activity whatsoever.
     
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  7. dilligaf

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    Amygdala can be disabled with Jack Daniels :p
     
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  8. Oldskool

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    Good to see he had his helmet on ...
     
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  9. dirty big hands

    dirty big hands Active Member

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  10. Old phart phred

    Old phart phred Noble Member

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    That is beyond crazy.

    I still ride a unicycle and I can still hop a stair (I just don't go any higher than one stair anymore). But I cant seem to master the mountain bike bunny hop
     
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  11. SleepyOwl

    SleepyOwl Crème de la Crème

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    You can climb anything with alcohol :grinning:

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  12. DCS222

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    it’s raised my spirits...
     
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  13. SleepyOwl

    SleepyOwl Crème de la Crème

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    Hardknott Pass Cumbria circa 1920

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  14. Vulpes

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    Blimey! I was first up there in 1992 - slightly more rideable then!
     
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  15. DCS222

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    my grandad was one of the team who tarmac’d it
     
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  16. Vulpes

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    I love that pass - especially the bit going down to eskdale.
     
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  17. SleepyOwl

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  19. stollydriver

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    Let's hope we can add the England Rugby team here later.....
     
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  20. Adie P

    Adie P Crème de la Crème

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    I'd suggest that we already can after the performance against the All Blacks. Heck, they'd get it for their response to the haka! :)
     
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