Lindsey Vonn is the world’s fastest female skier… and she’s all set to prove it at the upcoming 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.
Vonn’s Olympic prospects look good. She’s favored in 3 ski races and is a medal contender in two more. If she skis as well as is expected, she could also make history – no American Alpine skier has ever won more than two medals in their career. Vonn is set to do that in her first Olympics.
She talks about what inspires her, what (and who) challenges her and how she recovers from crashes in this great video from The New York Times Olympic series. (Read More to watch.)
A large number of bald eagles (almost half the total breeding population) in Iowa have fallen sick lately. Poisoned by lead bullets, most of the sick eagles will either die or become permanently disabled.
Because hunters often leave wounded deer in the woods, and eagles often eat deer carcasses, eagles have been ingesting significant amounts of lead from bullet fragments. Lead, even in very small amounts, is toxic to eagles.
Does your altitude affect your ability to maintain a healthy weight?
According to a study conducted by German researchers, it does. Researchers took 20 obese men to a high-altitude mountain region in Germany for one week. They didn’t exercise any more than usual and they weren’t dieting, but they did eat less. The altitude curbed their appetites and the group lost an average of 3.3 pounds. What’s more, they were able to keep it off for four weeks after returning to their normal altitude.
The GO Blog posted this incredible video yesterday of a surfing riding the inside of a barrel wave. Shot in high definition and super slow motion, this video is the first of its kind and is truly remarkable. Watch as big wave surfer Dylan Longbottom surfs a 12-foot monster barrel wave, and it’s all captured in crystal clear HD by a BBC videographer with an underwater camera…
Congratulations, Steve Sorensen of Alameda, CA – we’ve chosen the photograph of you kayaking to Alcatraz Island as the winner of this week’s ongoing Share Your Adventure Photo Contest! We LOVED your photo, “Paddling to the Rock.”
As a winner of the Share Your Adventure Photo contest, Steve will receive a $50 Sierra Trading Post gift card, have his photo published on Sierra Blogging Post and possibly featured in a future STP DealFlyer email!
We’re accepting submissions NOW for next week’s Share Your Adventure Photo contest, so send a photo in and it could be featured here next week. Read more or visit the contest page to enter… good luck!
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Lindsey Vonn is the world’s fastest female skier… and she’s all set to prove it at the upcoming 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. 
A large number of bald eagles (almost half the total breeding population) in Iowa have fallen sick lately. 
Does your altitude affect your ability to maintain a healthy weight?
Congratulations, Steve Sorensen of Alameda, CA – we’ve chosen the photograph of you kayaking to Alcatraz Island as the winner of this week’s ongoing Share Your Adventure Photo Contest! We LOVED your photo, “Paddling to the Rock.”
