FRIDAY INSPIRATION

A super-fun, short, hand-drawn skiing animation (video) “The thing that makes us happiest in life is other people. And yet other people are often…

“This is your social security dollars at work, basically.”—Carl “The Omelette Guy” Spring, who feeds more than 1400 Appalachian Trail hikers each year (video)…

Alex Honnold breaks down iconic rock climbing movie scenes (video)(Thanks, Torrey) Rose Torphy just became a junior ranger at Grand Canyon National Park, at…

I’m a sucker for short films about kids on bikes doing wheelies (video) I just want to say that I hit up Kettle Chips…

I caught this film at the Banff Mountain Film Festival last fall and am excited it’s finally online—if you’ve at all lost sight of…

A fascinating two-minute time-lapse flow motion portrait of Singapore (video): The most popular condiment in every U.S. state, mapped. In the time you spend…

You have probably never thought to yourself that Jaromir Jagr should travel to Ladakh to teach kids to play hockey, but this two-minute film…

“We need more reminders to sit, to relax, and enjoy the show.” (video) If this story about a dog doesn’t warm your heart, I’m…

A 2-minute short about a gift from a stranger (video): Chaz Hutton draws “Mascots for the Rest of Us” (ex. The Mascot for People…

A New York Times look behind the scenes of the shooting of Free Solo (video): 25 reasons to keep creating stuff “in this era…

Some helpful information on how to buy a mountain bike (video): A visual history of every Air Jordan The Pudding visualizes the world’s population…

“A much more accurate depiction of an algorithm is that it’s an opinion embedded in math.” —mathematician Cathy O’Neill (video) Consider this when writing…

Three minutes of Swiss scenery, but in miniature: (video) Behold Otis, the champion of Katmai National Park’s 2018 Fat Bear Week. Four life lessons…

Three minutes on how expectations affect your life (video): A young woman’s journey of self-discovery … to discover that she hates traveling in big…