Vacationing hiker on mend after fall
Calgary Herald
Wednesday, August 09, 2006
A teenager vacationing from Holland is recovering in hospital after a fall on Mount Yamnuska.
The 17-year-old, who was hiking with his father and friends, tumbled 50 metres down the popular mountain, said George Field, Kananaskis Country public safety specialist.
The teen was traversing the front side of Mount Yamnuska and was running down a scree slope when he lost his balance.
Two rescue helicopters flew to his aid Monday afternoon.
The teen suffered serious head injuries in the fall. Two physicians who were hiking nearby came to the teen's aid before emergency crews arrived.
© The Calgary Herald 2006
Monday, August 21, 2006
Monty Python may not have been joking about the "ninety-six" Position....
Three weeks following the severe injury of a dutch teen running down the scree field on Yamnuska, and two following the advertisements for Nordic Walking clinics in Calgary, this appears in the Calgary Herald. I am not sure what part of it is more entertaining, the Monty Pythonesque quarrel between the Judean People's Front and the The People's Front of Judea, or the JimDandy-esque version of an extreme sport...
Backwards runners put their best spine forward
Calgary Herald
Monday, August 21, 2006
A 28-year-old Swiss social worker Sunday turned the world of sport back-to-front by winning the first long-distance reverse-running race.
Rinaldo Inabnit used a rear-view mirror to overtake five other top athletes and run backwards for 11 kilometres up the Stanserhorn mountain in the Swiss Alps.
None of the usual sporting metaphors apply to retro-runners: their spines rather than their chests cross the finishing line first, there is no last-second lunge and no race is ever neck-and-neck. The run was contested by six Swiss and German athletes including one woman.
Retro-sport is fast becoming a cult, with enthusiasts in France, Finland and Italy as well as German-speaking Europe. "People think we're not normal," Inabnit said, "but we're simply using our bodies differently."
Retro-athletes have to train their brains since co-ordination works completely differently. "Every extreme sport has its dangers -- Formula One, bungee jumping. Our main risk is of collision."
There were no physical crashes Sunday, but the race had been overshadowed by a clash between retro-sport organizations. A rival organization had tried to snatch the coveted title of "First Long Distance Reverse Race" by staging a one kilometre mountain race further along the valley. But Sunday's race was regarded as definitive: much longer and much steeper, attracting the cream of backward sport.
© The Calgary Herald 2006
Backwards runners put their best spine forward
Calgary Herald
Monday, August 21, 2006
A 28-year-old Swiss social worker Sunday turned the world of sport back-to-front by winning the first long-distance reverse-running race.
Rinaldo Inabnit used a rear-view mirror to overtake five other top athletes and run backwards for 11 kilometres up the Stanserhorn mountain in the Swiss Alps.
None of the usual sporting metaphors apply to retro-runners: their spines rather than their chests cross the finishing line first, there is no last-second lunge and no race is ever neck-and-neck. The run was contested by six Swiss and German athletes including one woman.
Retro-sport is fast becoming a cult, with enthusiasts in France, Finland and Italy as well as German-speaking Europe. "People think we're not normal," Inabnit said, "but we're simply using our bodies differently."
Retro-athletes have to train their brains since co-ordination works completely differently. "Every extreme sport has its dangers -- Formula One, bungee jumping. Our main risk is of collision."
There were no physical crashes Sunday, but the race had been overshadowed by a clash between retro-sport organizations. A rival organization had tried to snatch the coveted title of "First Long Distance Reverse Race" by staging a one kilometre mountain race further along the valley. But Sunday's race was regarded as definitive: much longer and much steeper, attracting the cream of backward sport.
© The Calgary Herald 2006
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