nicolaoutdoors

This week in Victoria, one cyclist died and two are in intensive care with head injuries after collisions with cars. These videos from the Cycling Promotion Fund were all filmed within a few blocks of my house. The actor drivers seems to be infinitely more careful that the real drivers. It’s all very well showing [...]

When I first started teaching her, I remember telling her, you know, the rules of B.A.S.E. jumping, like, the facts. You jump long enough, you’ll break bones. You’re in the sport long enough, you’re going to watch people die. And then, third, and it’s kind of a pointless thing to talk about, but you’re gonna [...]

My shoulder is still injured. I can use it a little and do some exercise: yoga (but no hand balances), pilates, run, swim (with a kickboard; no freestyling) and some leg/abdominal strength stuff. But I can’t load the muscle so I can’t climb or do pull-ups. I guess it will get better eventually but for [...]

the shoulder, I fell on to, reached a fever-pitch of pain on Tuesday. I had really limited movement of my left arm. I consulted with physiotherapists and got x-rays etc. etc. and there is no fracture. It seems that it is most likely that (and I quote Ross’s brother Ian, who is one of the [...]