Outdoor Activities // Mountains // Mountaineering // Styles of Rock Climbing

Rock climbing involves coordinated and controlled movement using the natural features on the surface of the rock. At times the climber will have to work out which holds to use, the sequence to use them in and then perform that series of moves.
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Outdoor Activities // Earth // Billiards // Pool School // Bridges // Kinds of Bridges

Open Rail Bridge is the most effective bridge when the cue ball is frozen to, or less than three inches off the rail. In this bridge, the hand should be flattened, with the heel of the hand slightly raised.
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Outdoor Activities // Earth // Speleology // Speleology // Why Cavers Cave

Caves hold a special appeal not appreciated by those who have never been underground. One exhilarating aspect is being in a completely different and alien environment. It smells different, musty and earthy. Sounds are strangely muffled and close yet bounce around and reverberate in the enclosed spaces.
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Outdoor Activities // Earth // Equestrian Sport // Tips for beginners - Achieving the seat // Classical seat

There is nothing more beautiful than a correct classical seat which naturally sets the horse at his best. Horses trained in this way actually grow in beauty as they develop the correct muscles and transform from mere vehicles into gymnasts.
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Unusual hobbies // The history of contemporary body piercing // Tongue Piercings

Many facial piercings are more contemporary in nature, and the tongue piercing fall into this category as well. You don"t see this piercing in tribal cultures, you see it being worn by middle-class American college students, rock musicians and porn stars. For some people this is an easy piercing and for others it can be difficult.
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Outdoor Activities // Water // Fishing // The "Perfect" Fishing Day?

Quite often I am asked about the effects of weather on fishing, but I have come to the conclusion that weather affects fishermen more than it does the fish. Most conditions that make us uncomfortable have little effect on the fish, and the so called " perfect " conditions aren"t always as perfect as they seem.
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Outdoor Activities // Mountains // Mountaineering // Alaska Range

The Alaska Range is home to Denali(20,320") the highest mountain in North America. Denali has numerous vast glaciers that flow down to an altitude of 2000", creating over 18,000" of glaciated terrain and the highest relief from top to bottom of any mountain in the world.
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