Ozone LM5 vs Delta 2

The Great Plain & Northeast Hungary (Chapter) Lonely Planet

There’s no arguing the spellbinding potential of the Great Plain’s big-sky country, especially around Hortobágy and Kiskunság National Parks. And for graceful architecture and history try Szeged, Kecskemét and Debrecen, while Northeast Hungary is the place to go to experience village life.

Coverage includes: The Great Plain, Tiszafüred, Debrecen, Hortobágy, Hajdúszoboszló, Kecskemét, Kiskunság National Park, Kalocsa, Szeged, Gyula, Northeast Hungary, Nyíregyháza, Nyírbátor and Bereg Region.

The Great Plain & Northeast Hungary (Chapter)

Fading fast.

Oh man, it's starting to smell like Fall. We're grasping onto all things Summer-spending as much possible time outside on patios, by the pool or maybe by the beach this long weekend! Do you guys have plans for the Labour Day weekend? Hope it's a good (and safe!) one.

Such a gorgeous bowl of Summer berries!

Kate Spade can do no wrong, and these floral platforms are most definitely no exception! 

Not only is this a beautiful workspace, but Kelli Murray's blog just got a new look and we're loving it!

I'm pretty sure my mom and my grandma make the best home-made noodle soup, but this pot looks so good you can almost taste it!

This swimsuit & her darling tattoo spot look picture perfect, not to mention that hat!

The Passenger (1975)

          Of the many negative effects that the emergence of the auteur theory had on the cinematic world, perhaps the most pernicious was the license that auterism gave some directors to indulge their inclinations toward pretentiously ambiguous filmmaking. Revered Italian director Michelangelo Antonioni offers ample evidence of this phenomenon in both this film and its predecessor, Zabriskie Point (1970). Although Antonioni broke through internationally with Blow-Up (1968), a tight thriller with subtle artistic flourishes, Zabriskie Point and The Passenger are opaque dramas more concerned with mood than narrative. Yet while Zabriskie Point is interesting for the way it captures certain attitudes of the counterculture generation, The Passenger has no such historical significance. Instead, it’s murky story about the grand themes of alienation, duplicity, and identity.

          Jack Nicholson, delivering one of the least interesting performances of his career, stars as David Locke, an American TV reporter tracking down story leads in equatorial Africa. Returning to his hotel one night, Locke discovers that a fellow traveler named Robertson has been murdered, so Locke steals Robertson’s papers, adds his photo in place of the dead man’s, and attempts to assume the Robertson’s identity. At first, this seems like a path to excitement, since Robertson was a gunrunner; Locke accepts payments from one of Robertson’s clients, and he also begins a romance with a sexy college student. (She’s played by Maria Schneider, of Last Tango in Paris fame, but Antonioni never bothers to give her character a name.) Eventually, Locke’s ruse unravels because he gets on the wrong side of dangerous men. There’s also a subplot involving Locke’s wife, who treks the globe looking for him. Everything culminates in a quasi-famous finale involving an elaborate tracking shot that, over the course of seven minutes, winds its way from a hotel room, into a courtyard, and back into the hotel room.

          Thanks to Antonioni’s refusal to provide explanatory details about characters and scenes—to say nothing of his painfully slow pacing—The Passenger is the sort of thing critics can spend decades dissecting, which means that many intelligent people have provided viable interpretations of the picture. Consumed as straightforward narrative, however, the film is borderline interminable. Countless insignificant actions are allowed to unfold at excruciating length, as if Antonioni hid meanings within the frame that the viewer is supposed to discover. Furthermore, because The Passenger features a distinct storyline, the movie weirdly straddles two worlds—it’s neither purely artistic nor purely narrative. Ultimately, the film is a bit like an abstract painting executed in a simplistic style: Where some beholders perceive layers, others see only the bland surface.

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TMC Link Up Tenaya/ Matthes Crest/ Cathedral + Crowded Mountain

Steph Abegg has a great trip report with pictures in the High Sierra
Line Up to Climb a Peak - When Mountains become viral
Everest film of the 1924 Irvine - Mallory climb (facebook)


http://www.summitpost.org/tmc-linkup-tenaya-matthes-crest-cathedral/864118

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Line Up to Climb the Peak - When mountains become viral

https://www.thebmc.co.uk/queue-for-the-summit-when-peaks-become-freaks 

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 http://www.summitpost.org/the-rockwall-trail/761989

http://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/aug/27/everest-film-mallory-irvine-world-premiere

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Mauritius, Reunion & Seychelles - Seychelles (Chapter)

Having earned a reputation as a paradigm of ecotourism, the Seychelles is a top spot to watch birds and giant tortoises in their natural habitat, dive or hike jungle trails, while also indulging in fine dining and enjoying a sublime laid-back tempo.

splash around in the jewelled waters of Anse Source d'Argent, Anse Soleil, Petite Anse or Grande Anse - absolute heaven
dive with toothy critters at Shark Bank
take a guided walk in Morne Seychellois National Park to mug up on botany
live out that stranded-on-a-desert-island fantasy on secluded Bird Island

Mauritius, Reunion & Seychelles - Seychelles (Chapter)

Parapendio a Creto GE 12 Febbraio 1989

Borneo travel guide Lonely Planet

From ginger orangutans swinging through the canopy to tiny ground-dwelling frogs, Borneo’s jungle positively teems with life. Prime patches are easily accessible from multiethnic cities with great food.
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Coverage includes: Planning chapters, Sabah, Sarawak, Kalimantan, Brunei, Understand and Survival chapters.

Borneo travel guide 

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The track is by Garvey, Goodbye Horses.  A few problems in the gym I like to do to stay fit.  In my humble opinion, Stone Gardens is the best place to go to really throw down on some hard as well as well set boulder problems.  I've been going to Stone Gardens in Ballard since 1997!!  Holy shit that was a long time ago!  This gym is very dear to my heart and I'm psyched to finally get a lot of time to train here. 

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Trilogy of Terror (1975)

          In honor of the recent passing of ’70s stalwart Karen Black . . . Fondly remembered by many fans as the TV movie in which Karen Black plays a woman who is menaced in her apartment by a tiny doll that attacks her with a miniature spear, Trilogy of Terror is a fairly pedestrian anthology of stories that sprang from the pen of prolific fantasist Richard Matheson. The author of countless memorable stories—from I Am Legend(originally published as a novel in 1953) to “Nightmare at 20,000 Feet,” the 1963 Twilight Zone episode in which William Shatner plays an airplane passenger who sees a gremlin on the plane’s wing—Matheson was a master at contriving frightening situations. And while none of the stories in Trilogy of Terrorrepresent the author’s best work, since all three are predicated on hokey contrivances, each component of Trilogy of Terror is somewhat droll. The problem, however, is that producer/director Dan Curtis (of Dark Shadows fame) shoots each story in such a stripped-down fashion that there’s not much in the way of atmosphere. The camerawork is bland, the lighting is flat, and the sets are sparse, so the only time Trilogy of Terror kicks into gear is at the end, when that nasty little doll goes on his rampage.

          Another dubious aspect of Trilogy of Terror is that it’s presented as a tour de force vehicle for leading lady Black, who stars in all three mini-movies. A unique screen personality with an eccentric brand of sex appeal, Black was usually best in small doses, and this project pushes her talent way past its limits. Still, she’s committed and energetic from start to finish. (Supporting actors include Robert Burton, George Gaynes, and Kathryn Reynolds, although this project’s all about Black’s multiple performances.)

          The first story, “Julie,” stars Black as a mousy college professor who is drugged and violated by one of her male students; her attacker, however, soon realizes he messed with the wrong woman. The second story, “Millicent and Therese,” is a clunker about two dueling sisters whose battle hides a not-very-surprising secret. The last story, “Amelia,” is the one about the doll. Black plays a woman who buys an African ritual doll that is rumored to contain the soul of a savage warrior. When she accidentally “activates” the doll, it chases her around the apartment, biting and stabbing her as she tries to fight back with closet doors, suitcases, and an oven. The last 15 minutes of Trilogy of Terror are so enjoyable that they (more or less) justify watching the entire brief movie, although none could be blamed for fast-forwarding straight to “Amelia.” The doll sequence has lost some of its ability to shock because the special effects are so primitive, but “Amelia” is still a nasty piece of business, and the final shot is truly haunting.

Trilogy of Terror: FUNKY

Stangl Completes the Triple Seven Summits

Christian Stangl of Austria completes the triple seven summits

http://www.climbing.com/news/stangl-completes-triple-seven-summits/

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Ethiopia, Djibouti & Somaliland - Western Ethiopia (Chapter)

Western Ethiopia is undisturbed and seldom visited, yet it's one of the most beautiful regions in Ethiopia. Rainforests, coffee plantations and agricultural towns share the landscape with grasslands, wildlife-infested swamps and high plateaus carpeted in fields of tef (an indigenous grass cultivated as a cereal).

Coverage includes: Western Highlands, Gefersa Reservoir, Addis Alem, Ambo, Mt Wenchi, Guder & around, Nekemte & around, Bedele & around, Metu & around, Tepi & around, Mizan Tefari, Southwest Omo Valley, Jimma & around, Weliso, Menagesha National Forest, Western Lowlands and Gambela.

Ethiopia, Djibouti & Somaliland - Western Ethiopia (Chapter)  

Jesse Richman: World Record Kiteboard Flying from 790ft

Botswana & Namibia travel guide - Lonely Planet

Botswana and Namibia: Fused together by epic landscapes, including Fish River Canyon, the Kalahari and the Okavango Delta, and some of the continent’s greatest concentration and diversity of wildlife, this is truly Africa.

Coverage includes: Planning chapters, Botswana, Victoria Falls, Namibia, Understand and Survival chapters.

Botswana & Namibia travel guide

Climber Survives Rockslide in the Tetons

Saw this on Alpinist.com today

http://alpinist.com/doc/web13x/newswire-tetons-rockslide

http://www.yellowstonegate.com/2013/08/grand-teton-rangers-rescue-climber-caught-in-garnet-canyon-rockslide/

 

 

http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com/2013/08/wisconsin-climber-partially-buried-rockslide-grand-teton-national-park23829

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Tugela Falls in the Drakensberg

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Sponsor love.

It's almost the end of the month and that means it's time to share another wonderful bunch of our sponsors with you lovelies! 

This cute seersucker dress is another new one from Emily G!

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Lalamagic always has plenty of cute stuff in stock, and this combo is no exception! A little country style anyone? Shop the gingham top here, and the denim pinafore here.

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These yellow canisters would look pretty adorable on your kitchen counters.

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Such a pretty dress for Fall! 

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Yet another stunning dress from Dalena Vintage. This blue number is incredible!

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Such a cute stack of melmac cups & saucers!

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The Grade 6 girl in me will forever love dolphins, and I am loving this amazing dress from Standard Vintage.

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These shoes are super girlie and we love em!

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We love Beth of The Glamorous Housewife blog's vintage outfit posts, like the one seen above!

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Vic & Lily is always kept well-stocked with vintage gems, like this little polka dot number!

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Lavai Maria has so many cute things to pick from, but we love these shoes the most! Left/Right

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That collar is pretty incredible, don't ya think?

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Ack, this dress! The print, the collar and the colors! Too good!

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Ginger in the Morning (1974)

The early ’70s were rotten with low-budget dramas about middle-aged men hooking up with hippie chicks, because the prospect of exploiting counterculture “free love” attitudes for quick no-strings nookie seemed like an evergreen premise for lurid stories. Among the least distinguished entries in this mini-genre is Ginger in the Morning, the only noteworthy aspect of which is an early performance by Sissy Spacek. (Ginger in the Morningwas released between the actress’ early breakout in 1973’s Badlands and her star-making role in 1975’s Carrie.) Spacek is, by far, the best thing about this shoddy flick, demonstrating dignity and poise while playing a free-spirited Southern girl—and thereby neutralizing the potentially exploitive nature of the storyline. Whereas many similar films end up feeling slightly pornographic, with their wink-wink scenes of mature men seducing innocent hotties, this picture flips the premise simply by virtue of Spacek’s gravitas. Her character seems formidable right from the beginning, even if her flower-power belief system leads her to see more potential for good in people than she should. The nominal star of the picture is prolific B-movie/TV actor Monte Markham, a preening he-man who tends to arch his eyebrows for dramatic effect on nearly every line of dialogue. He plays Joe, a recently divorced man traveling through the Southwest after a business trip. Joe picks up hitchhiker Ginger (Spacek) and treats her like a gentleman throughout a day of driving—until he senses she’s game for a tumble. Taking her home to his pad in Santa Fe, Joe prepares to score until his best friend, Charlie (Mark Miller), shows up unexpectedly. Ginger overhears Joe telling Charlie that all Joe wants from Ginger is sex, so she gets affronted. Also thrown into the mix is Charlie’s estranged wife, Sugar (Susan Oliver). As a result, much of the movie comprises intercut melodrama as the two couples work through their issues. The scenes with Spacek are generally watchable because she acts with such sincerity, but everything else in the movie is a drag. The production values are cheap, the lighting is ugly, and the acting by Markham, Miller, and Oliver is, at best, ordinary. As for the story, it never rises above superficial and trite.

Ginger in the Morning: FUNKY

Eiger Piola - Gilini Direttissima - First Free Ascent

Planetmountain has this news of an Eiger climb by Roger Schaeli and Robert Jasper
A British Climber dies on Mont Blanc after a fall of 1000 meters
Europeans find the easiest route up Uli Biaho
Andrea.it climbs Spalla Isler South Face in Switzerland
Cutthroat Peak false summit by the Cascade Climbers (Under facebook link)

http://www.planetmountain.com/english/News/shownews1.lasso?l=2&keyid=41171

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British climber falls 1000 meters on Mont Blanc

http://www.summitpost.org/spalla-isler-south-face/165030

Switzerland - Spalla Isler


http://alpinist.com/doc/web13x/newswire-new-route-uli-biaho-Italians

Uli Biaho in the Karakorum


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Deer Springs trail to Mt San Jacinto

http://mtsanjacinto.info/viewtopic.php?t=4287    Deer Springs trail

Verdi Tanrierdi I found the report:I am very sorry to report that Pat Hadley fell to her death yesterday morning on Diamond North. She was climbing alone at the time along the NE Ridge from Baxter Pass. Though rated class 3, the ridgeline is composed of very loose rock over a series of gendarmes and steep chutes. Some hours later her body was spotted by three other participants who reached the summit, about 150ft below the summit on the SE side of the ridge. One of them went down to check her pulse, but found she had probably died instantaneously. SAR is currently working to bring her remains back to Independence this afternoon. http://www.summitpost.org/phpBB3/2013-sierra-challenge-aug-16-25-t64804.html

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Colombia - Caribbean Coast (Chapter)

Sun-soaked and stewed in culture, Colombia’s 1760km of Caribbean coastline covers a range of ecosystems, from the dense jungles of Darién Gap on the border with Panama in the southwest, to the barren desert of La Guajira near Venezuela in the northeast.

Coverage includes: Cartagena & around, Fuerte de San Fernando & Batería de San José, Islas del Rosario, Playa Blanca, La Boquilla, Volcán de Lodo El Totumo, Barranquilla, Santa Marta, Minca, Taganga, Palomino, Parque Nacional Natural (PNN) Tayrona, Ciudad Perdida, La Guajira Peninsula, Riohacha, Cabo de la Vela, Punta Gallinas, Valledupar, Southwest of Cartagena, Tolú, Islas de San Bernardo, Turbo and Capurganá & Sapzurro.

Colombia - Caribbean Coast (Chapter)

TUMBLR MANIA

This week I posted these pics on my tumblr and it was incredible how much people reblogged some of the pictures. Click here for more info about the brand.