I once came very close to careening off a country highway because this was happening overhead and I couldn’t keep my eyes on the road.
Via TYWKIWDBI aka “Things You Wouldn’t Know if We Didn’t Blog Incessantly,” a fascinating site. Add it to your daily reads if it’s not already there.
This is very much worth watching in full screen mode.
Song is “Please Don’t Go” by Barcelona. If you get bored by watching majestic creatures of the sea do their thang for four minutes, then you can heighten the drama of the video by imagining it as a love story where one whale shark is singing this song to the other one. So poignant! So touching!
Here we have a super-pimpin’ video of a guy named Dean Potter practically jogging up The Nose of El Capitan:
I am no climber, so I can’t comment on just how studly this acheivement is in the context of the climbing world, but the guy’s face around 1:17 should give you some idea.
I’ve been seeing this incredible video of a fox diving through the snow for his lunch all over the place lately, but I think I saw it first at TYWKIWDBI so they get the nod.
This post goes out to a dear, dear friend of mine: Mr. Dwight Schrute. It features all his favorite things: Bears, Beets Bikes, Battle Star Gallactica Star Wars.
Well, it features most some of his favorite things…mostly bears:
Up next, bikes (and bears at the very end – wtf?):
And finally, Star Wars (and bears):
His chief weapons are surprise and fear.
He may also have ruthless efficiency and an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope, but those weapons are not on display here.
I can’t tell in this case.
