Friday Inspiration 285
byI am trying to remain objective here but this is some INCREDIBLE cloud and storm footage, and this song the filmmaker chose for it…
I am trying to remain objective here but this is some INCREDIBLE cloud and storm footage, and this song the filmmaker chose for it…
The story of how Michael Berry became the only Black lumberjack in the state of California begins in a place you might not think…
This is not new, but I just found out about the “Magic Roundabout” (which is SEVEN roundabouts in one) while reading The 99 Percent…
I didn’t really watch any of the footage of the recent eruption of the volcano in Iceland for whatever reason when it happened a…
Peter Bromka introduced me to these short clips of Off Camera with Sam Jones a few weeks ago and I’m getting really addicted to…
This is super cool: an almost-real-time vlog of Joe McConaughey’s fastest known time attempt on the Arizona Trail. This video is Episode 8. (video)(thanks,…
“The point of no return for me is when the chatter in the head stops. ” -Eric Cedeño, aka @Bicycle_Nomad I have not…
I have watched this 1-minute commercial three times in a row trying to figure out exactly why it’s so funny, and all I can…
I don’t know what rabbit hole led me to this, but a film about Will Shortz, New York Times crossword puzzle editor, goes on…
This is not a new video, but I was eating a donut with sprinkles on it the other day and I said to Hilary,…
Last summer, Kaytlyn Gerbin set out to run the 93-mile Wonderland Trail around Mt. Rainier really fast, and I won’t spoil it for you…
A minute into this video, I was going, “Wait, is this just 11 minutes of speedy bike descents?” and then a minute later, ”I…
Ryan Van Duzer will make you want to go ride your bike (or at least make plans to when it warms up a few…
Perhaps you’ve heard of the beer mile? Well, allow Gary Robbins and Linda Barton-Robbins to introduce you to the “Nog Jog,” an equally challenging…
A cool film from the folks at Arc’teryx about the idea of nature as a human right (including the voices + ideas of Shelma…
“I’d argue—hot take here—that music is only as good as the memories that are attached to it.” —Nathan Zed (video) The original Nextdoor…
“The beauty of it is that as soon as you’re drawing a monster or a creature that you invented out of your brain, no…
Reviewing cakes based on the climbing depicted on them (thanks, Regge!) (video) A look back at some of Bruce Davidson’s fascinating photography of the…
A very joyful, short film about the birth of snowboarding, from Sherman Poppen’s invention of the Snurfer to Jake Burton Carpenter’s creation of the…
If you have been sitting around wondering, “Is there a 1980s/90s action movie besides Die Hard that could just barely qualify as a ‘holiday…
Ryan Van Duzer and Scott Jurek tackle the Longs Peak Duathlon (biking from Boulder to the Longs Peak Trailhead + climbing Longs Peak), which…
This is not only an incredible story, but an incredible film about an incredible story. If you don’t have 11.5 minutes to watch this…
Wow, this is a fun and thoughtful film about the nonprofit climbing gym Memphis Rox and photojournalist Malik Martin (video) I am in awe…
A super-fun, short film bringing together drumming and running/scrambling in Boulder’s Flatirons, two things that Kyle Richardson excels at (OK, I guess that’s actually…
Simply three minutes of colorful outdoor fun here: (video) Christoph Niemann, using drawings on beverage napkins, details his love affair with coffee, starting at…
A quick note from me: One evening sometime in the past week, and it was either while listening to the Dolly Parton’s America podcast…
Just a guy, wearing a blindfold, dancing on a street corner, with a cardboard sign asking people to dance with him, and, you know,…