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    With summer in full force many families take the opportunity to get out and play in the yard more or at least make the kids get some of that incredible energy out outside of the house! This is the perfect time of year to be thinking about playhouses and swingsets as well. The Naturally Playful [...]

Karen Huseonica tells us that her husband Art is abandoning his summit attempt due to illness (possible pneumonia) of the remaining two guides. Given the options of joining another team or descending the mountain, Art concluded that the psychological negatives and uncertainties of joining a new team while high on the mountain outweighed the positives.  Art [...]

Karen Huseonica reports that she spoke to Art yesterday (5/30/08) at 4 p.m. EST via SAT phone, when the team went back down to Camp 3 at 12.900’ to bring up the “cache” (food & fuel).  It was cold when they returned so they made some warm burritos for dinner! Traveling with snowshoes or crampons and roped together in [...]

I’ve already established that we have a climber. And it was really only a matter of time before he made his way onto the dining room table. And into the butter. And salt. And napkins. We tried to deter him by pushing all the chairs in, but this did not work for [...]

By Karen Huseionica, 5/25/08 Today, the team is still at Camp 2 with about 60 other climbers.  This is due to the bad weather…lots of snow and high winds.   I talked to Art yesterday via satellite phone and he mentioned that Camp 2 is actually at 11,200’ and I had said in an earlier dispatch that it [...]

Now this guys must have balls the size of watermelons! Famous Austrian climber and photographer,Heinz Zak threw an incredible highline performance on May 3rd, walking on a string for a full 30 meters, between two giant sandstone towers, in the Czech Republic, the Starosta and Starostova (Mayor and Lady Mayor). Just a few days before [...]

If you didn’t see my post a few weeks ago, let me refer you to Adventures of a Crofton Climber about Crofton resident, Art Huseonica.  You’ll want to read that post and click through to the links for some background information. After that, you’ll probably be interested in this update from Art’s wife, Karen Huseonica: “Art Huseonica is busy training and preparing for an [...]

If you are one of those lucky b*****d who got a Japanese version of the Nintendo Wii, this deal is for you! Crazy Climber is on sale at Play-Asia.com for only $18.90, a saving of $40! I’m thinking about getting the freeloader and the game but I don’t know if it’s a good choice since [...]

Crofton resident Art Huseonica recently completed a trip to the Grand Canyon, where he and Prescott, Arizona’s Ray Bellam climbed “rim-to-river and back out in one day.”  For photos and more about their adventures, read Denali Ice Agers Train in Grand Canyon. The Ice Agers are a team of mountain climbers preparing for the Denalis West Buttress Expedition, scheduled to climb [...]

We just received some new t-shirt designs from the guys over at Laek House. These shirts fit, feel, and look great! What better way to show your love for the sport of cycling than wearing clothes that represent your passion for that sport. "The Climber" tee embodies the image of one of the greatest climbers of all time doing what he did best . . . Attacking up the Steeps.Viva La Il Pirata!Click here to see the Laek House Designs.

Se está produciendo una verdadera explosión robótica. Prácticamente a diario vemos algún nuevo modelo que nos sorprende por sus prestaciones. Hoy te mostramos uno que es un tanto especial: el ICM Climber, un trepador nato. Concebido para trabajar sobre casi cualquier superficie, este robot es la versión metálica de Spiderman.» ver notaTechnorati: Robot+ ICM+Climber robótica International+Climbing+Machines cordón+umbilicalBlogalaxia: Robot+ ICM+Climber robótica International+Climbing+Machines cordón+umbilical

The new fitness tread climber with Bowflex TC6000 is the latest tread climber at the time of this writing and features the Bowflex Advantage. This new model has many features and includes 18 electronic functions. You can customize your programs so that you can monitor results for up to five users. Also has an ergonomic crossbar and a remote operating keypad for ease of use. Enjoy the benefits of using a treadmill and a stair climber at the same time and make your workouts more effective thanks to the dual-motion treadles. Bowflex tread climber TC6000 enables you to go up to 7.2 km/h which is 4.5 mph and let you maximize your stride due to its long deck.The Bowflex Advantage is like your personal trainer which can monitor your total workout volume, your last 5 fitness tests and keep track o

The Climber kids are back with a new album called “i dream in autoplay”. You can hear the entire album online here. The cd release show is this friday at berbatis: (Portland) 10/19 - Friday CD Release @ Berbati’s Pan 231 SW Ankeny Portland, OR 97204 Doors @ 8:00 - Show @ 9:00 $7 cover, 21+ w/ Boy Eats Drum Machine and Jonah

By Chris BrinzeaThe Bowflex Treadclimber has the potential to be one of the best pieces of home exercise equipment but does it live up to Bowflex’s powerful marketing claims and slick television advertising?The Treadclimber is a unique machine that claims to combine the major benefits of a treadmill, a stair climber and an elliptical machine all in one. This machine is like a hybrid stair climber and treadmill. It has two separate, smaller treadmill belts (one for each foot) that you walk on. These individual platforms also move up and down, meeting every step you take.Treadmills are the most popular piece of home exercise equipment sold today and are very beneficial for cardiovascular work outs and increasing heart rate. Elliptical machines mimic the advantages of a treadmill while addi

Comment: I am impressed with Mark (picture above). At 48 years old, a double amputee, he had scaled the highest mountain in the world. How many of us, fully able-bodied had harbored such dreams? Despite the controversies surrounding him, he had made it up and down - a feat that not many can do. As for the Malaysian team heading up to the roof of the world, I wish them well. KUALA LUMPUR, May 15 (Bernama) -- Making the summit of Mount Everest is only half the journey, the bigger challenge is making it back down, alive.And that, says 48-year-old Mark Inglis, should be the goal of every climber who attempts to scale the highest mountain (8,850 metres) in the world.The New Zealander understands this philosophy very well, because a year ago today, he became the first double amputee to successfully undertake the feat."The most tragic thing about scaling Everest is that as you go up, you pass dead bodies. These are like signposts. These are climbers who died on the way down.

DITR is for Diamond In The Rough: personally crafted sites hiding off the beaten track. Climber Mei wrote great climbing trip reports from 2002-2006. Then it seems she broke one finger, got a big diamond ring on another, and the trip reports came to an end. I’m glad she left them up.

The music world’s mister mean Simon Cowell is the biggest climber in the latest Sunday Times Rich List. Simon has an estimated £100,000,000, that’s £60,000,000 above last year’s figure, which means he’s overtaken Robbie Williams. The world’s richest footballer? Well, as you can probably guess, it remains the same with David Beckham, who has upped his personal wealth by a further £25,000,000 to an estimated £112,000,000. So who is the wealthiest man in the UK? That will be steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal who is worth a staggering £19 Billion. Related on In Entertainment:American Idol Simon Upsets Viewers10 biggest cheating celebritiesBucky Covington Grateful to Nasty Simon CowellCowell didn’t sack WalshAmityville director Rosenberg diesAlso See: Bass Guitars on the journey to the widest range anywhere online

While at work yesterday, I received a call from my friend, L, who watches Cordy on Tuesdays. "We have a bit of a situation," she told me.My mind immediately jumped to all of the bad things that could have happened. Did she hit her head? Did she hit or bite L's son? Is everyone OK?"We all went down for our naps, and I put her in the pack n play like normal. I was in B's room with him, and felt like I was being watched. I turned around to look, and Cordy was standing in the doorway. I don't know how she did it, but she climbed out of the pack n play! I didn't hear a thing!"It's official: we have a climber. What's worse, she's not just a climber, she's a stealthy climber.Cordy was never interested in climbing before this. She's always been unsteady on her short legs, and frightened of heights, so climbing was never a priority. But over the past month or so, we've noticed a new trend in attempting to scale furniture. Last week, she managed to pull herself up onto our tall bed for

C. Ronson "Sociopathic Social Climber" Tee $25.00 Available at: Bluefly.comWhat's better than giving the perfect gift? Knowing that your perfect gift is giving back to a great cause. Help support St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, and get an oh-so-giftable tee designed by Charlotte Ronson in the process, by picking up this "Sociopathic Social Climber" tee.This fun tee features a gold chain

It has taken me a little while, but I just finished this week's virtual console video demo! This week I play Ice Climber, and well, there really isn't a whole lot to say about it because the game is pretty self explanatory. The concept is to get to the top ...

{mosgoogle right}CHINO, Nagano -- A climber died after falling down a slope on a mountain here, police said.At around 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Takashi Moriya, 57, a company employee from Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, slid 300 meters down a slope on 2,899-meter-high Mount Akadake in Chino, part of the Yatsugatake mountain range, prefectural police said.Alerted by another climber who was near the scene, Nagano Prefectural Police dispatched a helicopter to the scene in a bid to rescu [...]