National Geographic has opened a new exhibition at the Montreal Science museum celebrating the Indiana Jones films, with a focus on the historical and mythological archaeology they explore.
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Grandmother sails solo around the world
OtherCommentFree tickets for Ed Stafford's 'Walking the Amazon' talk in Wiltshire, UK
OtherCommentRoyal Geographical Society Lecture - Ed Stafford - Walking the Amazon - 19th May 2011, 2.30pm at Stonar School, Nr. Melksham, Wiltshire.
At 4,000 miles the Amazon is the world?s second longest river. Ed Stafford had to trek an extra 2,000 mountain and jungle miles to complete the journey from its source to the sea. He began the walk on April 2, 2008, completing the journey 860 days later. Living off pirhana and rice, he and his occasional partners made their way through Peru, Colombia and Brazil. Sir Ranulph Fiennes describes it as 'truly extraordinary' in the top league of expeditions past and present. Ed has kindly agreed to give this presentation to help inspire those in the educational space and to demonstrate to them the potential excitement of geography as a subject to study and to illustrate where Geography might take them in the future.
There are a limited number of tickets available for others who are interested to hear Ed's amazing story. Due to the support of RGS and the hospitality of Stonar School, tickets are free. If you would like to attend please contact Sarah Rawlings at aspallsr@aol.com to request a ticket and any further details.
Where should I learn to skydive in UK?
OtherCommentHowdy folks,
I haven't caught up with any of you for some time now. I have been based in NZ for the past 12 months and it is just that little bit too far to pop back for drinks every month! I have received a couple of emails of late from Bristol Explorers members asking for advise on where they can learn to throw themselves out of a perfectly good aeroplane in the SW. So I thought I would share this: Best bet for skydiving in the SW would be http://www.skydiveukltd.com/aff.html Great place to do a tandem and then look at their AFF (Accelerated FreeFall) course. I have jumped here a few times and they are a good safe operation with good planes.
Another option for AFF, hop on a plane to Spain, better weather, super fast planes and guaranteed to get jumps in. I have jumped here heaps and its a great place! http://www.skydiveempuriabrava.com/noticia-news-22-2-AFF_SKYDIVING_COURSES_IN_SPAIN___250_EUROS_DISCOUNT.html My friend is running an AFF course in Spain at the above dropzone in June, this will be a great chance to jump with a really good instructor throughout the course and do some solo progression jumps afterwards. Courses running from 01 June-15 July.
You could get your course done in 4/5 days. His name is Geoff Mundy. Email: mundyg@hotmail.com (Tell him I put you onto him) One more dropzone not too far from Bristol is http://www.netheravon.com/ have never jumped there but heard it is good place to jump. It is an army DZ but civilians jumps here also. If you have anymore questions, get in touch. Here's how my skydiving journey began... [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2LbE8-FFGs[/youtube]
I am looking forward to catching up at the April drinks, see you then.
Holly
Where can I get a pulk?
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Hi, I'm not sure if I've put this in the correct place on EC.com (!)... however, I'm wondering if anybody has a pulk for sale? I'm on a tight budget, so it'll likely have to be a simple plastic shell. Although, any offers/types will be considered.
Thanks in advance. Matt