Outdoor Activities // Mountains // Mountaineering // What is Winter Climbing? // Styles of Winter Climbing

Winter climbing can be generally divided into several distinctive "styles", although it should be borne in mind that at times the boundaries between the different styles can be arbitrary particularly on some long mountain routes where you could find yourself having to deal with them all.
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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 // Air // Paragliding // Speed Bar Tips

In the early "90s, going "full bar" on your speed system was the exclusive haunt of the desperate, the crazy or the very skilled. Paragliders were neither built nor tested at high speeds, and accelerated flight was very much a "rough science".
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Outdoor Activities // Earth // Equestrian Sport // Breeds of Horses // Don Horse

The Don Horse, the oldest continuously bred Russian riding horse, traces its origins back over 200 years to the steppes of Southern Russia. The powerful Don River gave its name to the grassy, treeless plains that bordered and fed it, to the Cossacks who inhabited the area and to the remarkable breed of horse.
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Outdoor Activities // Earth // Equestrian Sport

A better understanding of a horse"s mind can lead to more effective training methods. If everybody knew that horses learn by association, no horse would ever be whipped again; and if every rider understood that herd instinct of the horse, more time and patience would be given to timid horses.
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Outdoor Activities // Earth // Cricket // Bowling: Right arm Fast

Opening bowlers are, literally, the giants of cricket - huge, tall men with a killer instinct. They will emerge at the start of play, fired-up, looking for first blood; the batsmen facing have to be confident and calm.
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Outdoor Activities // Earth // Billiards // Pool School // Bridges // Mechanical Bridge

The "Ladies" Aid." The "crutch." The mechanical bridge. The object of score and ridicule. When, in truth, the mechanical bridge is a very useful instrument. Using it is not a sign of "effeminate" weakness, but intelligence, self-assuredness and playing to win.
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