CLICK YOUR WAY THROUGH THE WEB TO OPEN THE OUTDOOR WORLD By Allen Macartney
Where to go to watch a video on camping techniques, learn a new paddle stroke, or just get pumped by other people’s adventures? A general Google search provides a mind-numbing blizzard of options, so there must be a better way. There are great websites with everything from camp crafts and wilderness survival, to high speed cycling and advanced paddling – something for everyone. All offer links to other sites to drill down deeper. Start with … www.youtube.com/watch?v=HF1sIdPlWvg Camp Fortune’s downhill mountain-biking trails are rugged, very, but doable for intermediate to advanced riders. This site puts you in the saddle for a fast, bum-jarring thrill through forests, over bridges, rocks, embankments and mud. Are you up to the challenge? Don’t try it without the proper training and equipment (like helmet and leather gloves). If this rugged video trip doesn’t switch you on, try Googling “Gatineau Park” and “cycling” for slower-paced touring videos. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgfWoaJM2c0 Gatineau’s Becky Mason offers a visually stunning medley of YouTube videos that demonstrate advanced solo paddling techniques. These spectacularly videos make learning easy and raise paddling to an art form – a virtual ballet on water. This site will lead you to other videos that include Bill Mason’s (Becky’s father) instructional classic movies, Path of the Paddle and Water Walker. Other videos here demonstrate how to empty a swamped canoe, paddle with a buddy, and canoe rescues. www.youtube.com/watch?v=88QosNCLbBA
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Ray Mears is one of the world’s top survival experts and he’s produced a range of videos covering activities like building a shelter, how pre-historic people made fire, “hobo fishing” (using anything handy to rig a line) and more. He travels the globe for the BBC gleaning survival tips from groups as diverse as Genghis Khan’s army as history records it, Siberian nomads, Second World War guerrillas and Britain’s aboriginal tribes. Want to learn camping basics? Mears offers camp craft videos covering just about every subject imaginable. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tT58RoqDOpo Called Tips for Camping in the Rain, this 10-minute video has been viewed by almost a million people – for good reason. It offers tips that apply not only to wet days but dry ones too. The video is geared to fastpaced learning, and the music is inspiring. So next time you’re house-bound and dreaming outdoor dreams, let your imagination surf and soar, click by click.
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