Base Jumping

This is the most dangerous of sports to participate in. The person has no control or check on his performance. All depends on the parachute. Jumpers are simply blind-betting their life on whether the chute opens or not. The result could only be a safe landing or sure death. Statistics show that base jumping has consumed over 180 lives since start around 1980.

Iditarod

Iditarod is also known as the “Last Great Race”. The rough Alaskan ice terrain is always changing its shape across the 1150 miles track that crosses mountains, tundra, and snow forests. The Dog-sled racers face temperatures of minus 50 degrees and strong cold winds. The organizers of this brutal race simply ignore the high count of the dogs that die during the races. The race participants suffer snow-bites, bruised or broken ribs, and legs, broken bones and concussions. Seldom people finish the race unsheathed. … Read the rest

One of the ways to limit the visual impact is to use retractable lighting masts. These have a lower height during the day to as to not obstruct any views and extend to a higher operational height a night. These masts together with critically control floodlights can help gain planning consent.

The telescopic flood lighting masts can even retract totally underground in very critical areas so there is no visual impact during the day at all.

The increase demand for low energy LED floodlights is also a factor when proposing a lighting scheme. The light from an LED floodlight is more directional and requires them to be mounted higher so they can be angled downwards to reduce spillage and glare. Sometimes fixed lighting columns of such a height will never gain planning consent and the only option is to use retractable masts.

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In the world-of sports there are so many choices and for each sport there is the best state-of-the-art equipment and if you really think about this, then this question should really not be so difficult to answer.

All of a sudden you realise that you have never paid attention to that side of your child’s training and you also don’t really know. What answer do you give to your child?
This was the question that I was confronted with many years ago and to be honest, I never thought of this before that day.

Of course, what immediately came to my mind was: Which sport in the world makes the most money! But is that really what matters?
We then had a discussion on the pros and cons of each sport which was played in the neighbourhood of course.

Many big-name sporting champions have their off-spring doing the same type … Read the rest

1. First lesson. Calculate the distance as accurately as you can from where your ball is to the front of the green. That done, you must decide what loft you want on the trajectory to land the ball where you want it. This means choosing the correct fairway iron to give you the loft and the distance required. For the distance mentioned above most golfers may use a sand wedge, or a seven iron.
2. Lesson two. When you are at your ball and start to take a few practice swings, do not swing the club over your ball, instead imagine a ball just a few inches to the right of it and make your swings at that position checking that your grip is sufficient, and it will not move or twist.
3. Lesson three. When you are ready to take your shot, make sure you address the ball with the center of