other sports

[Trek420]

uk elephant "I also would like to think of myself as a rock climber, but for the past 5 years, have done very little of it living in some of the flattest parts of the world. Maybe one day I'll get back to mountains and can do more climbing again."

UK's brother is quite the climber. Here's his 2 seconds of fame.

Now this broadcast is in Norwegian and you do need a high speed connection but if you use the scroll button you can move through the program directily to that section.

So if you don't have high speed internet of even if you do the contest starts at 10:57 seconds into the news and Bjern (my nephew, the handsome red haired young man) is at 12:12 seconds

There also are some women climbers and it's incredible what they do. In this he's competing in the Norwegian national climbing cup. It was on national tv in the Sunday Sports Review, archived on the Internet at

http://www1.nrk.no/nett-tv/klipp/202387

It's all in Norwegian, of course, but you'll see when they get to the interview with the siblings who won (you'll see them climbing a tree, then walking along as they're interviewed). Right after that they show some of the contest and Bjørn is the first close-up at 12:12 into the broadcast about.

[lph]

This is funny. I was thinking of going to see the competition, not least join the party afterwards, but I had a pretty bad cold so I just forgot all about it. I heard it was a great show, and I've read about the results - but somehow never get around to actually watching any of the footage shot until now, when the link gets posted on a BIKE forum

[Trek420]

Small world, isn't it?

[Quillfred]

That's very cool. It's nice to see competitions where other sports are valued. What a cutie.

I wonder what the lads in the fast boat were up to? Brrr.

Q

[caligal]

I play ice hockey (captain of my team actually) in the winter, and x-c and downhill ski, in the summer I play rec soccer, tennis and roller blade.

I enjoy team sports, especially hockey, that is my sport in the winter. I love it.

mel

[crazycanuck]

Umm Caligal..

Odd q..are you a kiwi or aussie expat? Reason I ask is, aussies & kiwis call it Ice hockey as hockey in NZ/Aust is Field hockey..

C

[caligal]

Nope neither, from the good ole usa. Just wanted to differentiate between roller/field/ice.

[Jolt]

Running (3-5 miles at a time, 10-11 minutes/mile); also swimming occasionally when I have the time to get to a suitable place and not be rushed. I was on the swim team in high school and still teach lessons sometimes. I also like to hike whenever I have the chance and someone to go with (which doesn't happen nearly often enough--most of my friends aren't interested or if they are we have a hard time coordinating anything, and even the local AMC chapter hasn't had much going on lately other than on the weekends I work!!!). I got snowshoes last winter and wanted to start doing that but we hardly had any snow, so maybe this year.