Outdoor activities

Hill Walking

A walk to November: Baron Hill walking 9th District to gauge voter issues
Evening News and Tribune - Aug 17, 2010
SELLERSBURG — He could have been any walker taking a stroll along North Indiana Avenue in Sellersburg ...

Trekking

Myhre: Trekking the Chilkoot
Sioux City Journal - Sep 1, 2010
Hiking the historic Chilkoot Trail was a dream that North Sioux Cityan Gene Mulder kept on the back burner for the past 30 years. He had passed through the ...

Canoeing

Canoeing on the canal?
MyWebTimes.com - Sep 3, 2010
Ottawa city officials are exploring the option of filling in an eight-block stretch of the canal. About 3 feet of water would span Canal Street to where ...

Kayaking

Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens Kayaking in Hawaii! (PHOTOS)

iFreshNews (blog)Global Grind (blog) - Sep 2, 2010
High school musical cutie, Zac Efron, was spotted kayaking during a vacation in Hawaii recently with his co-star and off screen girlfriend, Vanessa Hudgens. ...

Mountaineering

Upwardly Mobile
Indian Express - Sep 3, 2010
MCM DAV College for Women in Sector 36, Chandigarh in association with Indian Mountaineering Foundation, New Delhi is organising a Lead Climbing Competition ...

Ice Climbing

Maine climber's body found in Canada

ABC NewsKennebec Journal - Aug 31, 2010
In April 1989, William Holland, a 39-year-old geologist form Gorham, was ice climbing in Jasper National Park in Alberta. He and his climbing partner had ...

Rock Climbing

Consumers Still Gear Up, Camp Out In Recession
NPR - Sep 3, 2010
Industry experts say Americans are turning more to outdoor sports — like backpacking, camping, and rock climbing — to make up for more ...

Indoor Climbing

Alex Fry is the centre manager for the climbing centre
BBC News - Aug 18, 2010
An indoor climbing centre in Northampton has seen a huge rise in the number of people using the facilities. The Pinnacle Climbing Centre opened in ...

Showshoeing

Arctic Games committee building momentum
Juneau Empire - Aug 27, 2010
Eaglecrest would need improvements so they can hold showshoeing and the biathlon. Duncan, general manager of Eaglecrest Ski Area, said these improvements ...

Caving

Editorial: Will this economic nightmare end?
NorthJersey.com - Sep 2, 2010
Although the economy began caving in before the current administration took power, those voting with their pocketbooks could push for new faces in the ...

Paragliding

British Paragliding Cup 2010 – Long Mynd round report
Cross Country magazine - Sep 3, 2010
On glide, looking back at the Long Mynd during the British Paragliding Cup 2010. Photo: Ed Cleasby Mal Grace reports on round three of the BPCup, ...

Hang Gliding

Relive the bygone days of World War II aviation at Greenwood Lake Airport
Sparta Independent - Sep 2, 2010
Barnstormer Jane Wicker will also be on hand, as well as Dan Buchanan, demonstrating the magic of powerless flight through hang gliding. ...

Ballooning

Government Defaults and Inflation Are the Norm, Not the Exception
Jutia Group - Sep 1, 2010
Naturally these interventions came with a price: Ballooning budget deficits. Never before, aside from times of major war efforts, have governments amassed ...

Kite Flying

Toronto park bans kite flying

AFPAFP - Sep 2, 2010
TORONTO, Canada — "No kite flying allowed," reads a bright yellow sign in a Toronto park where the city's South Asian community used to gather to practice ...

Skateboarding

Fresh Paint, Stale Gossip and Skateboarding

New York Times (blog)New York Times (blog) - Sep 1, 2010
So far, as DNA Info and NY Skateboarding report, the site skatesomething.com is merely a place to buy T-shirts and posters based on the slogan and a fake ...

Street Luge

El Descenso de Seares coronará a los campeones de España
La Voz de Galicia - Aug 25, 2010
Entrarán en escena las modalidades de Soapbox, Gravity Bike, Dirt Surf, Freebord, Skeleton, Street Luge, Long Board y patinaje de descenso. ...

Parachuting

Men stopped from parachuting off Ind. cell tower
The Associated Press - Aug 11, 2010
BARGERSVILLE, Ind. — Police said two men climbed a central Indiana cell phone tower with plans to parachute from it before they were stopped by a sheriff's ...

Abseiling

Boy, teacher hurt abseiling
Herald Sun - Sep 1, 2010
A BOY and a teacher from Brisbane Boy's College have been injured in an abseiling exercise during a grade nine school camp at Mount Barney ...

Base Jumping

Reckless Disregard for Gravity
BusinessWeek - Aug 10, 2010
A Reckless Disregard for Gravity is a bizarre first person journey into science-fiction dystopic base jumping. Available through OnLive's service, ...

Bungee Jumping

Bungee jumping a snap decision
Wawatay News - Sep 3, 2010
Earlier in the week, Veronica asked if anyone wanted to go bungee jumping and I said I would. She asked a few people but no one seemed to know where to go. ...

Inline Skating

Supergirl Jam offers up snowboarding, skateboarding and inline skating Sunday ...
Los Angeles Times (blog) - Aug 19, 2010
In addition to snowboarding, the event will feature top skateboarding and inline skating pros competing on a custom-built street course designed to ...

Roller Skating

These Roller Skating Women Get 'Down And Derby'

89.3 KPCCNPR - Aug 31, 2010
Marathon roller skating competitions had been around since the 1880s — for men. But decades later, Seltzer had the idea to put women in skates and send ...

Roller Derby

Mouse in the House! Local Derby Girl Invades Frozen Codebase in Anticipation ...
Dane101 - Sep 2, 2010
Why the heck hasn't someone made a Roller Derby video game yet?! “That's a really good question,” said Ben Geisler, president of Green Bay's Frozen Codebase ...

Sailplanes

Sailplane Launches Itself With Retractable Jet

UberGizmo (blog)Wired News - Aug 9, 2010
Traditional sailplanes have no motor. They're typically towed to altitude by an airplane or a very big winch. Once high enough, the pilot detaches from the ...

Sky Diving

Contra Costa supervisor calls for change after fatal sky diving fall
San Jose Mercury News - Aug 27, 2010
BYRON -- Contra Costa County Supervisor Mary Piepho is calling for sky diving companies to account for all of its jumpers in the wake of a ...

Mountain Biking

Montana to Acquire Destination Mountain Biking Development in the Dominican ...
MarketWatch (press release) - Aug 31, 2010
The premiere destination resort, to be known as ParkVida, will cater to mountain biking of all disciplines (ie downhill, cross-country, free ride, ...

Adventure Racing

Versatility is key to adventure racing
Ogle County News - Sep 2, 2010
Trampling through the prairie like a herd of buffalo, 76 adventure racing teams wound through Ogle County Aug. ...

Motorcycles

Music, motorcycles and mayhem by Harley-Davidson on anvil

Ultimate MotorCycling | News and ReviewsTrading Markets (press release) - Sep 3, 2010
... of Marketing of Harley -Davidson Sanjay Tripathi said, "The Harley-Davidson culture is as much about its unique style as the motorcycles themselves. ...

Tractor Pull

Couple find all's fair in love, tractor pulling
Janesville Gazette - Sep 2, 2010
Tom got her interested by making a bet that if he rode her horse, she would drive in a tractor pull. He won, Kathy put the pedal to the metal and the rest ...

Paintball

North Rutherford Y hosting fall break paintball camp
The Daily News Journal - Sep 3, 2010
Registration begins Monday for the North Rutherford YMCA's fall break paintball camp. Camp will be held from 7 am to 6 pm Oct. 4-8. ...

Airsoft

Airsoft Firearms for Real Life Survival Training

AmmoLand.com (press release)AmmoLand.com (press release) - Sep 2, 2010
Two Glock 19s one real one airsoft, side by side and you have a hard time telling them apart... Arcadia, Ca --(Ammoland.com)- Two Glock 19s. ...

Frisbee

Liesl's a world frisbee champ

North Shore TimesNorth Shore Times - Sep 2, 2010
She is a frisbee world champion after she and her Australian under-23 teammates won the World Ultimate Frisbee Championships in Florence, Italy. ...

Frisbee Golf

Course removed to ensure safety
The Statesman - Sep 1, 2010
Some students returning to USU this semester were disappointed to see the frisbee golf course outside the Student Living Center taken down over the summer. ...

Air Racing

Swift Biomass Fuel Speed Record Attempt
AVweb - Sep 2, 2010
Young will be flying his one-of-a-kind Western Air Racing Special, which is a "purpose built closed course pylon racer" that he flew at Reno in 2007, 2008, ...

Private Flying

Illegal Flights Cause Confusion in China's Skies
TIME - Aug 17, 2010
In a country that had 1900 billionaires last year, aircraft makers and sellers are betting on private flying taking off. Last week at Shanghai's Hongqiao ...

Extreme Ironing

Countdown to extreme festival: COMMENT ON THIS STORY
Scarborough Today - Aug 30, 2010
Two quirkier elements to the weekend are promised with extreme crazy golf and extreme ironing competitions, while there will also be the chance to soak up ...

Orienteering

Adventure teams learn about the course
Ogle County News - Sep 2, 2010
You will bike to the Nachusa Grasslands where you will do radio orienteering. You will be back on your bikes for a piece then come back here. ...

Winter Camping

New scout group forming in Balzac
Airdrie City View - Aug 27, 2010
Participants earn badges for a variety of skills from cooking, winter camping and first aid to handicrafts and helping in the kitchen. ...

Survival

Analyst Research on Altria Group and Star Scientific
MarketWatch (press release) - Sep 2, 2010
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA, Sep 02, 2010 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- www.stockcall.com/ offers investors comprehensive research on the cigarettes industry ...

Geocaching

BRIEF: CSU to hold geocaching scavenger hunt for students and the community
Trading Markets (press release) - Sep 2, 2010
The geocaching event is open to CSU students, faculty, staff and the community and will start at 6 pm It will cover downtown, parts of the historic district ...

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