Alzheimer’s Found in Children of Mexico City; Airborne Particulates Worse Than We Thought We’ve always known dirty air is not ideal for human health. Air pollution is known to cause significant damage to your lungs and heart; the lungs inhale toxins and then the blood circulates them around to all your organs. But researchers are now confident that those particulates can destroy neurons in the brain, too. Related: A Massive 96% of National […] Brains Elliot Levey | June 17, 2020 0 Comments
First US Paragliding Flight Over 500km Has Just Taken Place in Texas A new national paragliding record (507km) has been set by Sebastien Kayrouz in Texas this week, and also marks the first 500km paraglider flight ever in the USA. After launching by foot from 2,000 foot Caprock Mountain, Kayrouz was able to ride with the wind an astonishing 315 miles northward. He was in the air for over 10 hours, linking […] Elliot Levey | June 15, 2020 2 Comments
Trip Report: Bloody Mountain, CA – “Bloody Couloir” We rolled down 395 Sunday afternoon; Monday was supposed to be the first warm day after an anomalously cold June weekend with temperatures well below freezing. The week before saw a record-setting heatwave, so I figured that the refreeze over the weekend would be primo once the sun heated the snow back up by noon on Monday. I was stoked […] Trip Report Elliot Levey | June 10, 2020 0 Comments
Prediction: 2080 Will Be The Golden Age of Space Skiing Intergalactic travel has been the dream of humanity ever since we figured out that those twinkling stars actually have planets circling them. Perhaps those planets have fresh water, perhaps they have mountains, and perhaps we can shred powder in the Cassiopeia constellation. Let’s light this candle baby, we’re going to the moon with Dynafits. But rather than searching for 0.00001% […] Elliot Levey | June 10, 2020 0 Comments
The Spirit of Skiing is Alive and Well in Minnesota! 298-feet of pure frozen fun. Is that a ski hill or just the other side of the ditch? I can’t tell, but they keep the lights on till 10 pm and my mom gave me $5 for a chicken sandwich and fries. Related: Hometown Mountain Shoutout: Mad River Glen, VT: Ski It If You Can I grew up in Hudson, […] Elliot Levey | June 8, 2020 2 Comments
VIDEO: Miguel Tudela Surfs Monstrous Sea-Eating Waves “This Would Have Been The Wave Of The Decade, Easily.” -Michael Ciaramella of stabmag.com (original source) The demon-breath spits coming out of these massive tubes would vaporize a weaker man, yet Tudela sends them with amplitude. As Ciaramella says: “Miguel Tudela has tiger blood.” Surf Elliot Levey | June 5, 2020 0 Comments
HAPE: What Makes Altitude Sickness So Deadly in the High Mountains? Objective hazards in the mountains are comprised of two main categories: environmental factors and human factors. Before heading into the wilderness, a human will make considerations for what to bring in case of an emergency. HAPE is a risk, an almost silent killer which creeps in during situations where rescues are often impossible, like on the side of a mountain. […] Elliot Levey | February 1, 2020 0 Comments
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