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Month: July 2018

Video: Bear sprints past cargo planes inside Anchorage International Airport

I used to work a few hundred yards from here.

At the very end of this short video, UPS freighter tails can be seen. Our NW Airlines cargo facility, where we did all the transloads, used to be between UPS and the trees showing behind the tails.

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From: ADN, 7/28/18

Rest of the story and video HERE

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Video: Bear sprints past parked planes at Anchorage’s airport

At first, James Batman thought a black, furry dog had sprinted by him at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, near where FedEx parks its cargo planes.

“Then I looked back again and saw it had no tail….

The bear had gotten into the area by burrowing under a nearby fence, said Trudy Wassel, division operations manager at airport. Airport staff had since repaired the area.

Wassel said the airport has two, full-time wildlife biologists to handle wildlife issues.

“We take it very seriously,” she said.

The airport borders Point Woronzof and Kincaid Park, areas where it’s not uncommon to see black bears, said Ken Marsh, a spokesman at the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.

“You must be willing to do something you have never done before to get to where you have never been before”

“You must be willing to do something you have never done before to get to where you have never been before.”

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AlaskaMan’s oldest finisher, Brown bear attack survivor, Bob Eder tells his 2018 Alaskaman story

It was six years ago today I got whacked by that bear and, really, changing my life forever. Yesterday, as validation that the incident is not going to change what I’ve always done, I participated and completed the most epic endurance event I’ve ever attempted in my life: the Alaskaman Extreme Triathlon. A 2.6 mile ocean swim in 55 deg water followed by a 113 mile bike ride climbing 4,200, and ending with a 27.5 mile run and mountain hike event climbing another 6,000’ , up and down Alyeska twice! It’s billed as the hardest single day endurance event in America, which I can now personally attest to. Add in a chilling heavy morning fog you could barely see in front of you and close to the hottest day of the year, only added to the challenge.

Entire Story

2018 Official Alaskaman Extreme Triathlon

On Saturday, Alaskaman extreme triathlon started with a 2.6 mile swim in the ocean to Seward. Then they rode bicycles 113-mile to Girdwood. It ended with a warm 27.5-mile run, including running up and down the skiing elevations of Mt. Alyeska twice!

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(VID) 60 Second Treatments to Heal Tennis Elbows

Always gotta be ready to go: 800-pound boulder falls off truck, killing mother and daughter

800-pound boulder falls off truck in Rosemount, killing mother and daughter from Shoreview

A boulder estimated to weigh 800 pounds fell off the back of a truck in Rosemount [Minnesota] and struck a car going in the opposite direction, killing a mother and daughter from Shoreview. …

Scott estimated the boulder was about 3 feet by 3 feet.

Entire Article

Anchorage: REI is moving to the former Sears mall – with Guitar Center, Planet Fitness & Carrs grocery

I’ve been a member of REI since the early ’70s, when I started backpacking and canoeing.

(VID) Astonishing Footage of Twin Babies Who Don’t Realize They’ve Been Born Yet!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6ix1QAGfU8

(vid) Audio for Video: Cheap Mic/Good Placement vs. Pro Mic/Bad Placement

Inexpensive mics featured:

Aputure A.lav Omnidirectional Condenser Lavalier Microphone

Rode VideoMicro Compact On-Camera Microphone

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(video) Kung Fu: Master Po on Vengeance

(vid) Rescued Magpie Helps Woman Believe in Herself Again

Some think Magpies are just nuisances.

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