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EPIC Wild Wonders of Europe photo exhibition FAST FACTS about holiday PEOPLE, PLANET, PASSION, PLAY news in brief GEAR Bikes, Boards & Boats HOUSE STYLE inspiration for at home BODY & SOUL food for your soul ART WORK Art of the Ocean ONLINE follow us here

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COOL PEOPLE inspirators around the world NATURE TALK Giant Saguaro, 15 metres and the largest NEXT Keen Spring/Summer 2011

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KEEN SANTIAGO PROJECT The shoe that does good KEEN HYBRID CARE MAP EXTRA SALT do-it-yourself guide for your adventurous lifestyle TRAVEL REPORT Bike the Big Apple

Keen Santiago Project

Cool People

The next step

Editor’s Note At KEEN, we have made many friends in our young 7 year journey-to-date! These friends all share a passion for living the Hybridlife by creating, playing, and caring all around the world. We have recently made a new friend with Salt, a friend who believes in people, the planet, passion, and play. Like all great friends, we have inspired each other to communicate, collaborate, and innovate. So join us in celebrating with old friends and in making new friends along the Hybridlife journey! With KEEN & Salt . . . You’ve got a friend! Thanks.

Just as KEEN we too have only walked this road for a short period, but in the five years that we have now been involved in the creation of Salt we have only met great people. Involved people who like to think along and just like us feel that seeing is believing rather than believing after we have seen it. When we started with Salt we were committed to an international edition and now the first copy is right in front of us, given that it is on a limited print run and in an adapted form. But thanks to KEEN, which has supported us in this edition, we have now also literally extended our borders.

James Curleigh, President & CEO Keen Footwear

Natasha Bloemhard, Publisher and chief-editor of Salt magazine

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Wild Wonders of Europe UNSEEN, UNEXPECTED, UNFORGETTABLE! On 27 May, the Dutch government city of The Hague experienced a world premiere. On that day, the open-air photo exhibition ‘Wild Wonders of Europe’ opened: over a hundred life-size photos of Europe’s most beautiful natural treasures, taken in 48 European countries, by 69 top photographers. All are unique images of animals and landscapes that you probably didn’t even realize still existed. Salt presents a little foretaste. Many Europeans think that in Europe we no longer have any real nature left; that the largest part has disappeared under concrete and asphalt, or that we can only experience unspoilt nature in Africa or South America. Fortunately, the open-air exhibition ‘Wild Wonders of Europe’ tells a different story. Incredibly gorgeous photos here show how beautiful nature still is in our immediate surroundings. In addition, the captions really make it clear that it’s worth it to protect nature. Many of the animals you can see on the photos had been endangered, but now, thanks to various successful (pan) European environmental campaigns, they are making a serious comeback. The message? When we make good decisions, Mother Nature shows enough resilience to repair herself. ‘Wild Wonders of Europe’ had its world premiere in The Hague, the Netherlands and will be going on tour through all the European countries for the next three years. You can expect at least one amazing photo of each European country. The open-air exhibition, however, only shows you a selection of the nearly two-hundredthousand photos taken by photographers throughout Europe over a period of fifteen months. If you can’t wait, just go to wild-wonders. com. Here you will find most of the photographs. Of course, this site also has the latest news, blogs and videos. You can also order the book by the same title, which has been published in six languages.

European white-tailed eagle The mackerel-catching European white-tailed eagle that you can see here, looking calmly into the camera, was almost extinct in the 70s of the previous century, due to hunting and pollution. Thanks to protective measures and reintroduction programmes, the mighty eagle is now once again proudly flying through the European air. In Norway, the population is estimated to be 4000 pairs; Germany has 1060 specimens and the bird of prey has also been spotted in the Netherlands for the first time in ages.

Photo by Staffan Widstrand Where: Flatanger (norway)

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Matterhorn The 4478-meter tall Matterhorn, here reflected in Riffel Lake, is not only Switzerlandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best-known mountain, but also the symbol of the Alps. In this brilliant photograph, you can see how the last rays of the sun set the tops of this mountain giant aflame. Unfortunately, the current climate change is causing the animal to take shelter at increasingly higher elevations. The result of this invisible invasion is that the continuing existence of the types that can only survive at higher elevations is threatened.

Photo by Verena popp-Hackner Where: matterhorn (Switzerland)

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Dalmatian pelican Weighing 16 kilos and with a wingspan of 3 meters, the Dalmatian swan is one of the largest (and heaviest) flying birds in the world. During the last 30 years, this flying heavy-weight has been spotted more and more frequently. The pelicans in the picture are undoubtedly happy about the EU-financed clean-up campaign of the Greek Kerkini Lake. After unbelievable amounts of plastic and other refuse were removed from the water, it once again became a paradise for pelicans and more fish than ever are swimming around in it now.

Fast Facts

Wild Wonders of Europe Admission free Info wild-wonders.com

Photo by Jari peltom채ki Where: Kerkini lake(Greece)

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UNBEARABLE

We stand for wildlife, thriving pines, hiking, fishing, boating, biking, climbing and camping out. We think that educating people is the key to land protection, and believe that when people know how to take care of their lands, they will forge the path to protect them. Because when it comes to healthy lands, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re all in this together.

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fast facts

vacation The number of tourists worldwide in 2009 amounted to 880 million. The largest portion of these, 74 million, traveled to la douce France.

other top destinations were the US (55 million) and Spain (52 million). When it comes to cities, london with 15 million tourists a year leads the pack.

New York (11 million) and Bangkok (10 million) claim 2nd and 3rd place respectively.

nowadays, vacations are no longer the exclusive domain of good

and holy. in the middle ages it was certainly different. Back then, going on a pilgrimage was the only way to get away. This history explains the etymology of the English word ‘holiday’ – ‘holy day’.

Around 10 to 20% of Europeans support the concept of eco tourism

and are prepared to spend up to 18 times more money on an eco holiday

as opposed to a ‘regular holiday’).

does your employer think you take too many vacation days? Just tell him that since 2010 the European Union has proclaimed travel a basic human right.

Where previously travel into space as a mere mortal meant being a multimillionaire, from 2012 you will be able to travel in space with Virgin Atlantic for just a cool 200,000 dollars.

A traveler who does not look around him is like a bird without wings. (moslih Eddin Saadi – Persian poet). The recession has given America a new word:

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people | planet | passion | play

Through SouTh AMEricA oN A loNgboArD canadians Adam colton (27), Paul Kent (28) and Aaron Enevoldsen (22) have proved that you can cover serious distances on a longboard

skateboard by skating straight across the interior of South America from lima (Peru) to Potosi (Bolivia) at 4100 meters. “Except for the 4000 meter-high mountains, the muddy roads, the falls we took, the kamikaze drivers, torrential rain, mean dogs, the endless roads and the Salar De Uyuni salt plains, our biggest problem was finding proper sustenance. We would often find ourselves in the middle of nowhere with nothing to eat but biscuits, dry bread and water. But that was actually our own fault. We decided to be self-sufficient on this skate trip,” Aaron can now say laughing. Despite the deprivations, the guys can look back at a great trip. “We lived a very simple life for two months. We bivouacked far from the civilized world in the middle of wonderful nature and we actually only needed to worry about potholes. And what did they learn? Living simply seems to be a really great philosophy.” You can find more information and photos of this hairy adventure on longtreksonskatedecks.com

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people | planet | passion | play

WhiTE biKES Ever since gas prices have gone through the roof, more and more people are cycling to work. As a result of all this ‘commuting', however, it is difficult to walk near train stations or through busy shopping streets without practically falling over bicycles. This situation irritated Swiss designer Rafael Schmidt so much that he designed the Bike Share System. As a possible solution to this visual ‘bike pollution’, he is proposing a kind of hypermodern variant of the old ‘white bike plan’, except this time with light-weight electro bikes that you extract from a wall, rather like Dutch fast food. And because an online database tracks the location of each bicycle exactly, this concept is not as prone to blunders as the old plan.

FEMAlE guTS

Maya Gabeira (23) of Brazil is currently one of the best big wave female surfers and is proof that you don’t need to have balls to take on the monster waves. In the past few years, Maya has won a number of prizes in ‘big wave’ competitions. Here you see her at Mavericks where she recently won the

Female Big Wave Award organized by Billabong XXL – a competition that challenges surfers to tackle the highest waves on earth. You can find more pictures at GetSalt.com under downloads.

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LETS KEEP OUR PLAYGROUND CLEAN...

7 WAYS TO RESPECT THE MOUNTAINS

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people | planet | passion | play

ENviroTrEK SEriES + KEEN FooTWEAr = A WiNNiNg pArTNErShip Respect the Mountains and KEEN Inc. are partnering for the 2nd year in a row to create a series of grassroots cleanup initiaves known as ‘The Envirotrek Series’.

The 'Envirotrek Series' is a collaborative event bringing together the public, interest groups and local businesses that are interested in contributing at a grassroots level towards sustainable mountain tourism. Combining outdoor adventures with environmental cleanups, this event series is truly innovative, educational and engaging for all participants.There are estimated to be a 100 million visitors in the European Alps each year which presents a huge challenge in maintaining the natural balance of these mountain environments. 120 participants were involved in 2009 event series collecting more than 300

kilograms of rubbish in France and Austria. In 2010, the series extends into Belgium—the third country to host an event; making the collective goal for compiling rubbish at over 400 kilograms. Respect the Mountains will reach more tourists and provide essential awareness to a wider audience in 2010. RespectTheMountains.com are excited about the upcoming series, and looks forward to sharing the results of this fun grassroots initiative that makes a difference. 2010 event details and locations at respectthemountains.com Wooohoo!

MouNTAiN biKErS MAD AT obAMA US mountain bikers angry at President Obama. By signing the Omnibus Public Land Management Act, 232,000 km2 of countryside has been accorded the status Wilderness Area. While this seems like a good thing on the face of it, in practice this act limits recreation in this area to hiking, kayaking, fishing, hunting and horse riding. Unfortunately, the law groups mountain bikes under ‘mechanized vehicles’. Consequently, an area six times the size of the Netherlands is off limits to mountain bikers. The International Mountain Biking Association (IMBA) is furious because a number of different American studies have shown that mountain bikers have the same (or less) impact on the environment as hikers and horse riders.

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Keen Santiago ThE ShoE ThAT DoES gooD

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Since the company was

founded in 2003, KEEN has been committed

to following corporate principles which are

both environmentally

and socially responsible. It is no coincidence that the American “Outside Magazine” recently added the outdoor

manufacturer to its

list of the “best places to work in America”.

With its extraordinary Santiago Project,

KEEN is looking to go one step further.

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rE-iMAgiNE: TrENDy AS ThoughTFul rE-ThiNK: olD School AS EArTh FriENDly rE-uSE: juNKED MAchiNES AS TrEASurES

hree years of development work has gone into this ambitious concept which began with a simple question, “How can the shoe making process be simplified to have less impact on the environment and more impact with consumers?” Starting with manufacturing equipment was the first step. Repairing energy-saving, worn-out machines was critical to the process. KEEN searched the world for machines that were regarded as trash, collecting 200 direct vulcanizing DESMA machines-equipment well known and used throughout Europe during the 1950’s and 60’s. Another way the company reduced its CO2 emissions was by building a factory in Santiago, Domincan Republic. The site is close to its main sales market - the USA - which allows for decreased transportation time and emissions. The Santiago shoes are produced by a local workforce and have a handstitched upper made from natural canvas. Using direct vulcanization (ONLY pressure and heat), natural rubber is pressed onto the

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upper, forming the sole and the toecap at the same time. Starting in Fall 2011, the small amount of electricity required to heat the molds will be obtained solely from solar energy. The Santiago offers the familiar KEEN comfort thanks to various features including a cushioned, canvas-covered footbed made from natural rubber. KEEN will donate part of the proceeds from the collection to establish a KEEN microfinance fund that will offer small loans to people around the globe with entrepreneurial ideas. All of this makes the Santiago a “shoe that does good”, benefiting those who wear it (men, women and children), the local population in the DR and the environment too.

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coMMiTMENT To SuSTAiNAbiliTy The companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s commitment to sustainability can be seen in many "green" production processes. These include the use of natural substances (canvas, merino, cork, natural rubber) or recycled materials (reused transport sacks, recycled aluminum for buckles and zippers, waste products from outsole production for rubber bag bottoms or former PET bottles which form part of a polyester/cotton mix used in sock production). Even the shoeboxes are manufactured using recycled and biodegradable materials.

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Natasha Bloemhard

cool people

james curleigh Ambassador

Daily bread President & Ceo Keen Footwear

home USA

Why james is cool? As the driving force behind the Keen motto ‘Living HybridLife’, he is able to inspire people around the world to look at their life differently so as to be able to get the most of it, both for themselves and for this planet of ours which we all have to share. “Create your opportunities yourself, be active and care for everything and everyone around you: Create, Play, Care; that is the guiding principle behind a HybridLife and the foundation of everything Keen stands for. For example, the Keen headquarters has 6 bikes available for the staff, a permanent music set for employees that want to play or learn to play music and everyone that works for Keen gets a week paid vacation each year to do voluntary work. Furthermore, Keen closes its offices at 3 PM in the summer months to encourage its staff to go out and do something. These shorter preweekend workdays are known as ‘Hybrid Fridays’.

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Alison ganneTt Ambassador

Daily bread Global Cooling Consultant

home USA

Why alison is cool? She attracted attention as Al Gore’s sidekick, but also as the first woman in the world to drive a solar-powered plug-in hybrid car. Armed with a deep-seated conviction that things could and should be different, the multiple world champion free skier, ex-mountain bike pro and hardcore surfer Alison Gannett (45) travels the world as a Global Cooling Consultant. Her greatest accomplishment is her packaging of a difficult message in an appealing adventure format. This makes changing your lifestyle more of an adventure you believe in rather than an unwelcome task,” Alison explains. “People mustn’t get the impression that the entire climate issue is weighing down on their shoulders.”

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Giant Saguaro

At 15 metres the world’s largest Think of cactus and for most people images of the prickly variants from Westerns, Lucky Luke comic books or their local Mexican restaurant come to mind. Tall green prickly plants with arms on both sides. Surprisingly enough for this cactus, the Giant Saguaro, in reality it only occurs in the Sonoran desert on the US-Mexican border. And apart from its rarity it is also grows extremely high.

WhEN you coNSuME lESS, you hAvE MorE ENErgy To groW

With a maximum height of 15 metres, the Giant Saguaro is the world’s largest species of cactus. What is more, this giant can attain the respectable old age of 200 years. And all that in the barren and severe environment of the Sonoran Desert (Arizona), where summer temperatures can get up to 50 °C and only a couple of centimetres of rain fall each year. The secret of this cactus is its powers of patience. While other plants here stop growing at a couple of meters, the Saguaro takes all the time in the world. In the first eight years of its life, this cactus only grows some three centimetres. At 50, the cactus is still only two meters high and only when it reaches the age of 70 does it start to sprout branches. An adult Saguaro can acquire up to 40 ‘arms’. Thanks to an extensive system of roots – that branches out in all directions up to 30 meters under the ground – the cactus does not lose a single drop of water during its long life. But this thriftiness can be its undoing. When the giant drinks up too much subterranean water, the subsoil can become brittle

and the cactus collapses under its own weight. And with an adult specimen weighing in at six tons with roots that are just five centimetres under the surface, that is a lot of weight. To admire these impressive giants of the desert with your own eyes, the Saquaro National Park is your best bet. With 1.6 million of these imposing guys calling this national park home, what we have here is a veritable cactus forest. An active way to view this symbol of the wild west is to follow one of the many hiking routes (200 kilometres in total) in the Rincon Mountains. You will share the 13-kilometer-long Cactus Forest Trail with mountain bikers and people on horseback. More information nps.gov/sagu; blm.gov

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The Keen fooTprinT

geaR BambooComfort According to the designer of this special bike, Flavio Deslandes, this natural fibre is stronger than steel, possesses the same shock absorbing properties as titanium and is lighter than carbon fibre. flaviodeslandes.com

bikes boards boats

Drug lord The world is at your feet when you are cruising on the PG Escobar Long Whitelines. Equipped with 144 spokes, an old school springer fork, leather saddle and handles. Hand-made, of course. € 949,99. pg-bikes.com

Seducer This Langbrett 95 Longboard cruiser is hand-made from east German wood and equipped with Seismic trucks and Seismic wheels. Length: 37 inches. € 290,-. langbrett.com

Hello sailor! The Sevylor Pacific kayak is the world's first inflatable and seaworthy kayak. Specifications: 197 x 36 inches, capacity of 250 kg, self-draining. € 999,-. (incl. storage bag, hand pump) sevylor-europe.com 30 Salt Special edition Summer 2010

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Tree hugger

Long nose

This extremely beautiful Renovo R2 wooden frame (Douglas fir) is hand-made in Oregon (USA) and can be customized to your own taste. The frame is available from $ 2,300. renovobikes.com

The Kuntiqi Noserider has a stunning appearance and is made of durable materials (such as the environmentally sound balsa wood from Ecuador) for 90%. Wood you be able to resist? â&#x201A;Ź 1030,-. kuntiqi.com

Eye candy

Picnic bike

At the edge of the Dutch Lake Ijssel, in Medemblik, ship builder Simon Davids builds the most gorgeous wooden boats, canoes and kayaks. This slender, 14 feet long, hand-made 'Buitenstad' is not just candy for the eye, but it also sails superbly and will last a lifetime. Prices available upon request. macboat.nl

Whether or not it is going to be a beautiful summer, you will see the world through pink-coloured glasses from the Felt Picnic cruiser. Specifications: 26 inch wheels, 17 inch frame, with coaster brake and front brake. â&#x201A;Ź 499,feltbicycles.com

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housestyle

booKcASE Books as building blocks. Inspired by the urban nomad, a German designer created this bookcase that is not only easy to assemble but will disappear into the moving box in a jiffy. You decide the eventual shape, length and height of the bookcase and assemble it using metal connecting elements. Clamps keep the books nicely in place. The bookcase also makes an excellent partition. You can find more photos at aisslinger.de

uNDErWATEr SKyScrApEr If the rising waters, as a result of global warming, are left to rise their merry way, then this underwater skyscraper may not seem like such a crazy idea after all. We may soon all be living in so-called octopus dwellings. The designers, hailing from Indonesia, in any case won the Skyscraper Competition held by the Architecture magazine eVolo with this entry. Apart from the living requirements of people, the team also considered the environment. The tentacles form an artificial coral reef to help purify the water and encourage the return of plants and fish. Check evolo.us for more amazing living ideas.

MEET ThE STrEET By sleeping ‘on the street’ you can help the young and homeless get off the street! Fortunately sleeping on the tiles of this fitted sheet is no punishment. Le Trottoir is made of cotton and will fit on any bed. A substantial part of the profits is donated to Stichting Zwerfjongeren Nederland, a Dutch foundation that helps young homeless people. This piece of street is yours from e 37.95. For e 74.50 you will also get a – stylized – cardboard box to sleep under. The cover makes the package complete snurkbeddengoed.nl

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EXTRA do iT youRsElf guidE foR youR AdvEnTuRous lifEsTylE HuT Hiking in AusTRiA suRfing THE AspHAlT MounTAin biking in iRElAnd bERninA – TiRAno TouR sTAnd up pAddlE boARding

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3 dAys fRoM HuT To HuT on THE ﾃ傍zTAl, TiRol | AusTRiA text & Photos: natasha Bloemhard

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›› Hut Hikes | extRa salt Wandering through the mountains from cabin to cabin, man, what a relief that must be when you

live in a country as busy as the Netherlands. And it was; in fact, it was much more than that, when, last fall, I did three day stages (out of 126) on the Adlerweg in Tirol, Austria. I felt intensely happy being in the wilderness and being practically alone. Are you looking for an adventuresome (long) weekend away? Then this is your tip!

he Adlerweg is a walking route criss-cross through Tirol. The main route starts in St. Johann in Unterland, Tirol, and ends 23 stages late in St. Anton am Arlberg. If you view this route from the top, you will see the contours of an Eagle, hence the name. And, of course, the Eagle is part of the Austrian mountain population, so you may just run into one on your journey. Aside from the main route, you can also follow any number of regional routes. All together, the Adlerweg has a total of 126 routes, ranging from pleasant day trips through the dales, to challenging hikes in the high Alps. The day stages vary from five to twenty-five kilometres, but this doesn’t tell you much about the stage. The terrain and the elevation are much more determining factors for the duration of your trip. Since we didn’t have 126 days, but only three, we opted for stages in the high Alps area, the Ötztal. You can’t get any higher than the Ötztal Alps on the Adlerweg. The highest point here is the Ramoljoch at 3200 meters. I love the ruggedness of the high mountains, the reservoirs and the glaciers. And roughing it a bit is part of it for me. By climbing up and down you not only burn up calories, but also a lot of thoughts in your head. Spiritual or not, a hike like that almost forces you into a kind of Zen state. Our starting point for our 3-day cabin hike was therefore the Ötztal station, from where we travelled to Hoch Oetz by bus. From there we took the lift up to a height of 2000 meters and walked right onto the Eagle Walk, with stages 46, 47 and part of 48 ahead of us. Plus three days in the mountains, because we were going to stay in the mountain cabins that are situated all along the route. The routes are set up in such a way that you always walk from cabin to cabin. In terms of degree of difficulty, our day stages were red (challenging). Just like ski runs, all the mountain stages on the Adlerweg have a colour that indicates the degree of difficulty: white (light), red (challenging), or black (heavy). Our average distance per day was about 10 kilometres, which, according to the guide, should take about 3 to 4 hours. We took much longer, however, about 5 or 6 hours, because we took a lot of pictures on the way and also regularly stopped to hang out at viewpoints. It was fall, the berry bushes were exploding and the mountains, just like us, were red with excitement. Finding the way was no problem. The red and white marking was visible from a distance everywhere. Highlights? Every day there were more, but I started to cheer from the Höhenwander Walk on day 1, the stage along the Finstertaler reservoir on day 2 and during the ‘struggle’ across the stone fields along the glacier to the Zwieselbachjoch (2868 m) on day 3. ››

Fast Facts

Main route 290 km (23 stages) Total number of day stages 126, including the regional routes Height in meters 87,000 Marking yes Level from beginner to advanced hiker in good condition Best periods spring, summer and fall Info adlerweg.tirol.at

01 Hiking in high Alpine area, on the way to the Joch (2868 m) 02 The Winnebachsee Hütte, one of the places we stayed 03 The cane shield that is almost extinct

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SKillS tHe riGHt equipment • Wear layers, because heat and cold change rapidly • Rain gear • Sturdy, waterproof hiking boots • Walking poles. May sound lame, but you’ll be happy you brought some, both for climbing up and for getting down • Sunglasses • Sunscreen with high spf • Hikers’ water bag or large water bottle • Backpack; 35 to 35 litre size should be sufficient. • Head lamp (for when you want to read a book in the cabin) • Sheet bag for in the cabin • Chocolate bars for the trip

04 Reflections in the Finstertaler reservoir 05 Moss carpet between the rocks 06 The editor @ work

The cabins The best things about a hiking trip between cabins is that you get to stay up in the mountains and therefore away from civilization for a several days or longer. We stayed in three cabins: the Dortmunder Hütte, the Schweinfurter Hütte and the Winnebachsee Hütte. The facilities differ per cabin, but that mostly depends on the height where the cabin is located. High in the mountains there is generally no shower. The best-kept secret of many cabins, however, is the kitchen. In most of the cabins you can have a wonderful meal (and drinks). Some cabins are a little cosier’than others, but they all have a homey feel and a comforting wood burning stove. When you come in you put your hiking boots in a rack and walk around the cabin in your socks or the so-called cabin slippers that are provided in the cabin. You sleep in simple rooms and also sometimes in so-called ‘matratzenlagers’ where several people sleep in one room. Staying in a mountain cabin is cheap. You pay an average of 40 for an overnight stay, including dinner and breakfast. A good reason to become a member of a mountain sports association – most countries have one – is that you sometimes get as much as 50 % discount on staying in one of the 2000 cabins in the Alps. When you leave, don’t forget to buy your ‘cane shield’. This thrifty souvenir is about to become extinct because of the aluminium mountain cane, but is very nice on the railing of your stairs, a door frame or edge of a table. If you want to walk, but don't want to stay in cabins, you can also walk from hotel to hotel on the Adlerweg. Check wanderhotels.at

On your own At the website adlerweg.tirol.at you can find all the information you need to hike on the route for one or more days, including cabin information and gps info. You can also take a mountain guidebook: via Bergwanderschule Ötztal you can take day trips or trips of several days with the Raimund Gritsch guidebook. bergsport-oetztal.com

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bERninA TiRAno TouR 2-4 dAys of MounTAin biking fRoM swiTzERlAnd To iTAly Closed borders did have advantages; many mountain bikers will confirm that. While customs officers were watching the border between the Swiss canton Graubünden and the northern Italian province of Lombardy like hawks, Italian smugglers unwittingly set up a beautiful mountain bike paradise behind their backs. The hundreds of miles of trails that used to offer them a means of escape have now become a party location for mountain bikers from all over Europe. From the Alpine mountains, the Bernina pass in Switzerland, you descend to the meditteranean town of Tirano in Italy. The trails that run from the Bernina pass (Switzerland) to Tirano (Italy) are a treat. You follow the tracks of the world famous Bernina Express (UNESCO World Heritage List) while cycling through the most beautiful mountain landscapes in the world. This tour will treat you to rocky single tracks, Alpine meadows, mountain lakes and great descents. On the way you cross the tracks of the bright red Bernina train a couple of times. After an overnight stay at Alp Grüm you will cycle along old smugglers' trails to Tirano by way of Lake Saoseo. You will board the Benina Express here, celebrating its 100-year anniversary this year, back to the point of departure. The icing on the cake is that you can see the fantastic

views of the Alps all over again. Thanks to the many available lifts in this area you can make this bike tour as long or as short as you like. It will take about 2 to 4 days to complete the entire trail, depending on your experience. If a day trip is more than enough for you, you can take your pick from many different trails. The trails running from Poschiavo (3326 feet) to Tirano (1469 feet) are a nice challenge for more experienced mountain bikers. Even though the trail is ‘only’ 28.5 miles, it will take you about six hours due to the climb in altitude of 5,500 feet. Is that a little too much to handle? In that case just follow the signs from Poschiavo to Miralago. From there you will reach Poschiavo by way of Selvaplana (3,600 feet) and Miralago. The entire trail will take about 1.5 to 2 hours and is also very suitable for non-experienced mountain bikers.

Fast Facts

Distance from 11 miles to 60+ miles Duration 2-4 days Best time of year June-September Level beginner to advanced, but biking experience in the mountains is a plus Info graubunden.com altarezia.ch valposchiavo.ch graubuendentv.com

top 5 cycling songs For your ipod 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Road to nowhere - Talking Heads Another 45 miles - Golden Earring Long may you run - Neil Young The Ride - Heather Nova Everywhere Man - Johnny Cash

Feelin' okay this mornin'. And you know, we're on the road to paradise. Here we go, here we go.’ I'm scared to death, got to get me a ride. It looks like the road is swallowing me up. Gotta hurry home, don't dare to look back’ ‘Rollin' down that empty ocean road. With your chrome heart shining in the sun. Long may you run.’ ’I wanna hold onto nothing and ride. Like a butterfly. Just hold onto nothing. And ride.’ ‘I've been everywhere, man. Crossed the desert's bare, man. I've breathed the mountain air, man. Of travel I've had my share, man.’

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›› extRa salt | Longboard skateboarding

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suRfing THE AspHAlT

What do you do if you want to experience that ultimate surfing vibe but you live in the middle of the concrete jungle? With a longboard – a long skateboard – you can turn every boulevard or cycling and footpath into an endless wave ride. And you don't have to be a hardcore surfer, skater or snowboarder to be able to longboard.

Even though you might associate longboarding with the Californian lifestyle the Netherlands is, in fact, the perfect longboarding country. Our country is packed with asphalt cycling paths where you can go for smooth rides. Plus, the many city parks are ideal for skating. Besides the fact that longboarding is fun and relaxing to do, it is also the perfect way to get from A to B fast.

Tip: line up some cups or traffic cones in a car park or city park to build your own slalom course. Road stripes or the area between two cycling paths can also form a perfect line.

MODELS

pusHing Longboard skateboarding starts with learning how to push.

It is best to put your front foot in the middle of the board (facing forward) just behind the front axle. Place your body weight onto this foot and push with your back foot (comparable to riding a foot bike). Continue to push until you have reached running speed (4-6 miles per hour). Place your back foot on the deck sideways just behind the back axle. Then move your front foot sideways, too, so that both feet are parallel to each other. This stance provides maximum stability. You can steer by placing your weight on the left side (you will turn left) or the right side (you will turn right). Tip for beginners: wear protective wrist straps and/or elbow straps.

• Cruiser The name says it all: this board is made to casually cruise the asphalt. Its length (between 39 and 78 inches) and the use of wide wheel axles (trucks) and soft wheels make it a stable board and you'll be able to smoothly take on paving bricks, stones and twigs. A perfect beginner's board and also the board suitable for everyday use. • slalom A slalom board (between 23 and 35 inches) can be best compared to a Formula 1 car. Thanks to the design which is aimed at speed and the wide wheels you have maximum grip while skating. You can maintain speed by pumping on the somewhat bulging and flexible deck. The speed is, however, at the expense of stability. Slalomboard

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›› mountain biking | extRa salt

iRElAnd MounTAin biking THE bAllyHouRA TRAils

by natasha Bloemhard

It wasn't the first time that Ireland completely took me by surprise. I had visited the country once before and for ten days I had been in constant amazement. ‘The neighbours’ managed to catch my attention yet again. I normally wouldn't have used mountain biking and Ireland in the same sentence, but after three days of cycling and flying the Ballyhoura Trails, Ireland's most famous and largest mountain bike park, I know better. I am a real mountain bike freak! Every time I see a single track, I cannot imagine cycling it on anything other than a mountain bike. To anyone who recognises this feeling I'd like to say: 'go to Ireland sometime, to the Ballyhoura Trails, with over 55 miles of trails’. It is not just Ireland's largest mountain bike park, but also one of the best cross country parks I have ever seen in Europe. The secret? The Ballyhoura mountain bike Trails were designed by someone who knows his business, namely Daffyd Davis, a mountain bike ‘architect’ who also designed all successful cross country parks in England. Dafydd knows what a cross country cyclist wants. He knows that the cross country cyclist loves single tracks that are alternately technical, tough and flowing. He understands that the flow is very important so that you can glide down the trail, lean into corners and keep up your momentum by just pedal pumping. A good designer also makes sure there are challenging climbs, close to the edge, literally, but doable in the end. He also makes sure to incorporate descents that will give you an adrenaline rush. All these things were incorporated in the Ballyhoura Trails when it was designed. Dafydd added a boardwalk here and there, which you need to cross wet terrains, but also to simply test your sense of balance. Davis obviously provided a wide variety of trails. You have to be able to choose and

challenge yourself. Add to this picture a fantastic scenery of mountains, forests, streaming rivers and watery valleys and at the end of the trail you are left with the feeling of wanting to give this area and Davis' work and all locals who have helped building it a standing ovation. Every stone on the trail was put there for a reason. You can choose from 5 loops that all have the same point of departure, the car park 1 mile south of Ardpatrick. The shortest loop (3.5 miles) is the Greenwood Loop, which is a perfect trail for beginners or newbies who want to explore the park a little. From the Greenwood Loop you can cycle straight onto the Mountrussell Loop (10 miles from the point of departure), join the Garrane Loop (22 miles), on to the Streamhill Loop (25 miles) and end up on the Castlepook Loop (32 miles). They are all one way roads, so you won't be confronted with oncoming traffic. You can make your trail as long as you want or can. Plus, you can make your trail longer or shorter at any point. That is what makes these trails suitable for both beginners and more advanced mountain bikers. Getting lost is impossible. Besides the fact that the different loops are easily recognisable by colour, map boards are placed at every intersection where you can see exactly where you are and where you have/want to go to, and also how far away the car park is.

Free entrance Fast Facts

Ballyhoura Mountain bike Trails Ireland Location on the border between Limerick and Cork Point of departure 1 mile south of Ardpatrick Number of trails 5 Total miles of trail 60 Entrance free For who beginners and advanced mountain bikers Bonus always smiling Irish people, rain or shine Info ballyhouramtb.com

Free entrance to all trails. You only have to pay a € 5 parking fee. Toilets, showers, a snack corner, a bike wash and even bike rental facilities are available. On the website ballyhouramtb.com you can download the Trail Guide (free of charge) which contains an overview of the park and detailed descriptions of all loops.

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›› extRa salt | stand uP PaddLe boarding

infEcTEd doMAin General Sup inFo supsurfmag.com standuppaddlemagazine.com paddlesurfhawaii.com standuppaddlesurf.net supglobal.com

SupBoardS Star-board-sup.com Naishsurfing.com Hobie.com Gongsup.com Drops.net

When we wrote about stand up paddle boarding (supping) in Salt in the summer of 2008, we expressed our

expectation that this might become the next trend in water sports. By now, more supboards than surfboards are sold in America and it appears that the paddling virus is more persistent than the Mexican flu. About time for an update.

Stand up paddle boarding, also known as stand up surfing, was invented in the fifties by Hawaiian surfing teachers, also called beach boys, because they could keep an eye on beginning surfers and incoming waves better when they were sitting on their boards. After ‘beach boy surfing’ had fallen into oblivion in the second half of the twentieth century, it was revived in recent times by surfing legends such as Dave Kalama and Laird Hamilton.

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Especially surfers rediscovered paddle boarding en masse. Meanwhile, more and more non-surfers step onto the supboard. Besides the fact that it is relatively quickly to learn, it is the perfect workout. While paddling you exercise large parts of your back, arm, stomach, shoulder and leg muscles in a natural and above all fun way. You also train your sense of balance and stamina. The beautiful

thing about supping is that you can do it anywhere. So, besides surfing the breakers, you can paddle your way through rivers, lakes, ditches and even typically Dutch canals on your supboard.

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usE THE RigHT boARd More and more different types of boards are becoming available because supping is becoming increasingly popular. But which board does what? In general you can stick to these rules: a long and wide board provides stability so you can start using it quickly. Perfect for smaller waves or inland water. Short, narrow boards float less well, but they are more agile and consequently are only suitable for riding serious waves. Cruiseboard Looks like a classic surfing longboard, perfect for beginners in smaller waves or for cruising inland water. Raceboard Perfect board for paddling long distances. The board carves through the water like a knife through butter due to its specific, kayak-like design. Waveboard This board looks most like a normal (short) surfboard and is designed to ride big waves standing up.

Raceboard

Cruiseboard

Waveboard

Wavepaddle

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137 MilEs of pAddling The Frisian 'Elfstedentocht' is a world-renowned, legendary speed skating race in the Netherlands. Ever since, the participants have become famous Dutch people who are constantly in the picture. From 1 to 5 September the best paddle boarders in the world will take on the exhausting course. Luckily, the event is also open to lesser gods who are only interested in enjoying the Frisian landscape. Professional windsurfer Anne-Marie Reichman is the organiser who stepped onto a supboard for the first time a couple of years ago. The blond Frisian sportswoman was hooked instantly and decided to paddle along the Frisian eleven cities by herself. She did it again in 2009 with a ‘couple’ of her surf buddies. The event proved to be a success and received so much media attention that Anne-Marie decided to organise a sup-version of the ‘Elfstedentocht’. ‘It giet oan’ from 1 to 5 September. Participation (individual or in teams) is open to anybody. The daily distances vary from 18 to 33 miles. On supfryslan. nl you can read all about the super race.

Do you want to sup but are you short on cash? Enter ‘windsurfer’ or ‘old surfboard’ into the search field on Marktplaats. Old windsurfing boards are sold for a couple of Euros. Since these old school ‘doors’ are long (13 feet) and float well you can easily use them for supping as a beginner. The only thing you have to buy is a paddle. We put a video on GetSalt.com (TV) of a supper who surfs river waves on an old Mistral windsurfing board.

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biKE ThE big ApplE coNcrETE juNglE WhErE DrEAMS ArE MADE text & images: ard Krikke & natasha Bloemhard

Fast Facts td Bank Five Boro Bike tour

Since 1977 Distance 42 miles, or 67.5 km (11,200 x rotations on the pedals) Number of bridges 5 Maximum number of participants 32.000 (from 25 countries) Man/woman 64% man, 36% woman Number of volunteers 1600 Suitable for anyone who can ride a bicycle Refreshments stalls 60,000 bananas, 53,000 energy bars 25,000 oranges Recycling 1.5 tonnes plastic, 2.5 tonnes of food (left-overs are distributed to homeless organization) Bike rental bikeandroll.com Info bikenewyork.org or cycletours.nl. This Dutch travel organization has included this event in its travel package.

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“In New York, concrete jungle where dreams are made. There’s nothing you can’t do, now you’re in New York. These streets will make you feel brand new”, Alicia Keys croons in the song Empire State of Mind, singing the praises of ‘her’ city with rapper Jay-Z . From the beginning of May, we rode along with the largest cycling event in the US: the Five Boro Bike Tour, along with 32,000 other cyclers, crisscross through the five districts of New York. Since then we’ve not been able to get the number out of our heads.

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To AlloW 32,000 pEoplE To STArT, you NEED AT lEAST TWo hourS

ew York has something magical, which sooner or later will probably draw you to it. Why not let the TD Bank 5 Boro Bike Tour, which happens annually in May, be the moment for you. Because on this day, the city is in the hands of over 32,000 cyclers and the rest of the traffic is brought to a grinding halt. Not only is it one big party, it is also a unique chance to see the city in a way that is not possible any other day of the year: cycling over the highways that run through and around the city, over famous avenues and bridges that are normally off-limits for bicycles. Through the districts, Central Park, past the Empire State Building; in short: let’s hear it for New York, New York, New York. For the history of the 5 Boro (boro = borough = district) Bike Tour we have to go back 33 years, to 1977. The initiative for this bike tour was born when Sal Cirami, who worked at a school and Eric Prager of the NYC Board of Education, met in February of that year. Eric had been commissioned by American Youth Hostels to develop ‘Bike Safety’-programme and Sal was active in a cycling club, aside from her school work. Sal invited Eric to a meeting of the cycling club where the idea was born

to organize a bike tour criss-cross through the city with clinics to teach safety rules on the route. Sal put a notice on a bulletin board at the school, inviting participation and on 10 June, 1977, 250 cyclists, two police officers and nine guides gatheredfor the first edition of what was then still called the Five Boro Challenge. “It was fantastic,” says Sal, “but we were not thinking about a second edition, never mind a 33rd edition with 32,000 participants! .” Since 1979, the start of the 42 mile (just over 67 km) long 5 Boro Bike Tour has been in Battery Park, in Lower Manhattan and runs via Manhattan to the Bronx, across the Queensboro Bridge to Queens, through Brooklyn and via the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge to Staten Island, where the route ends at festival grounds with music, massages, hot dogs and souvenirs. From here it is only a short bike ride to the ferry that will take you back to Manhattan. From the boat you have an amazing view of the Statue of Liberty and New York skyline.

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iT’S NoT ThE pErForMANcE buT ThE ExpEriENcE ThAT couNTS

Natasha and Ard in front of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge

ArD & ThE ciTy

I’m not really a city person. The busy traffic, the teeming crowds, the non-stop noises; it usually drives me crazy. But I was still very excited when I found out that I would get to participate in the Five Boro Bike Tour. And so I found myself, one early morning in May, at the start of the greatest cycling event in the US along with 32,000 others. Before I’ve gone even one meter, I’m already impressed with the scene. As far as the eye can see there are countless cyclists and as the sun is slowly rising over the towering building, I begin to pedal in the direction of the Bronx in the midst of an enormous crowd. As I look around, I see one surprising thing after another: from fathers with bike trailers full of kids to bike racers wearing spandex outfits, from bicycle couriers to ‘fixies’, to completely decked out freaks on worn out two-wheelers. Anything and everything that has two wheels seems to be participating in this bike festival. At Central Park I have a chat with Mike from Milwaukee who is riding along on a rusty old tandem. “Isn’t it great that one day a year, the cyclists get to rule in New York? I hope it will inspire my kids to take up cycling in this car-crazy country when they grow up.” Everyone is really super relaxed and obviously having a great time. If I have to pick a highlight: Queensboro Bridge. Thousands of people cycling on the bridge, with the New York skyline in the background; it is an image I will not easily forget. I have to admit: New York has changed me into a city slicker.

NATAShA & ThE ciTy

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all of it best sides. In terms of ambiance, the event can best be compared to the Queen’s birthday. Everyone is a festive mood, everyone is talking to each other and everyone is intensely enjoying everything that is happening along the route. Cafes have their doors wide open, there are musicians along the streets, swinging gospel choirs, kids with home-baked cookies, cheerleaders cheering your on, decked out participants, dressed up bikes and tonnes of people standing on the sides of the road with jaws dropped: “I saw these bikers coming this morning and it never stopped”, was just one of the many comments. This and the magnificent scenery that is the richness of New York make this event really an unforgettable experience.

pArTicipATE

The 34th edition of the Five Boro Bike Tour will be on 1 May, 2011. You can register from 1 February, 2011, at bikenewyork.org. But you can already register for the alert that will remind you when registration is open. A good idea if you’re seriously considering going, because the event is filled up in no time. The registration fee is approx. e 60.00. We had left our bikes at home and rented bikes for this day from the organization bikeandroll.com. On the day of the tour, the bike is waiting for you at the start point and at the end of the day you can just hand it back in before you take the ferry back to Manhattan. Very convenient. We were in New York for a total of 4 days; 2 days for the event and another day afterwards, so that we had enough time left to walk around in the city a bit. Because the tour starts very early in the morning; around 7:00- 7:30, we opted to stay in a hotel in Lower Manhattan (Gild Hall Hotel), which is within walking distance of Battery Park, where the tour starts.

FivE boroughS oF NEW yorK The Bronx is situated at the extreme north of the city and has 1.4 million residents. Major deterioration in the ’70 and ’80 has given the neighbourhood a bad reputation. Highlights: Yankee Stadium, Bronx Zoo, Bronx Museum of the Arts, Pellham Bay Park, Botanical Garden. Manhattan, with its more than 1.6 million residents, is the most densely populated neighbourhood, and in every way the dazzling heart of New York. Highlights: de skyscrapers, Central Park, Times Square, Wall Street, 5th Avenue with the Nike Store, Abercrombie Fitch and the (Big) Apple store (open 24/7), Museum of Modern Art (MoMa), Brooklyn (2.5 million residents) is at the westerns tip of Long Island. Brooklyn is known for its culture and social diversity and characteristic architecture. Highlights: Brooklyn Bridge, Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn Heights, Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn Bowl, Coney Island, Brooklyn Boulder. Queens in the north-west of the city is the largest (2.3 million residents) and fastest-growing district in New York New York. Nowhere in the US will you find more nationalities together than in Queens. Highlights: Citi Field Stadium, Queens Museum of Art, Flushing Town Hall, Louis Armstrong House Museum. Staten Island is the most sparsely populated district of New York (480,000 residents) and is the furthest removed from the city centre. The island is connected to Brooklyn by the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge and to Manhattan by the Staten Island Ferry. Highlights: Hiking trails in Greenbelt Forest, FDR Boardwalk, High Rock Park, Richmond Town.

Made in new york • Yankees & NY Mets (baseball), Giants & NY Jets (football), Knicks (basketball) • The New Yorker (literary weekly magazine) • Al Capone (gangster), Robert de Niro (actor), Alicia Keys (singer), Ralph Lauren (fashion designer), Jerry Seinfeld (comedian), Michael Jordan (basketball player), Joseph Campbell (founder of Campbell soup), Theodore Roosevelt (26th president of the US.) • Brooklyn Summer Ale, SixPoint Craft Ale, Checkered Cab Blond Ale. • New York Marathon • NBC News • Fast Boy Cycles (hand-crafted bicycles), Brooklyn Machine Works (single speed bicycles).

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NEW yorK MuST DoS Getting lost on the subway The subway is the best way to get from A to B in the Big Apple. 386 kilometres long, the New York metro is one of the largest and also the oldest in the world. This is probably the reason that the network is also one of the most complicated. Especially in the beginning, we felt like we were in a maze. One station you definitely can’t miss is Grand Central Station. If you walk into the central hall here during rush hour, you will be overwhelmed both by the impressive architecture (beaux-arts) and the number of people walking around here (575,000 a day). mta.info Watching baseball in Central Park When we were in New York it was over thirty degrees. To cool off we went to find the shade of the trees in Central Park and watched how the New Yorkers worked up a sweat, skating, biking or playing baseball. Tip: before you walk

into the park, pick up some food and drinks at Wholefoods – on the south-side of the park (Columbus Circle) -, a large organic supermarket (chain) where you can put together your own lunch. centralpark.com Bowling in Brooklyn Think bowling is lame? If you know the cult film The Big Lebowski, you’ll know better. In Williamsburg they have transformed an old iron factory into the Brooklyn Bowl, the most attractive and trendy bowling alley we’ve ever seen. Between sets you can chill on one of the leather sofas like a real Lebowski, while watching a Tarantino film that’s projected onto mega screens behind the pins. But what makes this bowling alley cooler than cool is the fantastic music brought by djs or live bands on the weekends. Before, during or after bowling you can let yourself go on a gigantic dance floor. brooklynbowl.com

Visit Ellis Island Ellis Island is a real must-do when you’re in New York bent. From 1892 to 1954, this was the entrance gate of America; a total of about 12 million immigrants were ‘processed’ here. Because not nearly everyone passed the very strict screening, many fortune seekers committed suicide and so the place got the telling name of ‘island of tears’. In the Immigration Museum on the island you can get a pretty good picture of what these desperate, hungry and poverty-stricken people must have gone through. After the guided tour you also understand why the immigration wave has had such a huge impact on the country. A third of all current Americans are descended from immigrants who once set foot on American soil, first on Ellis Island. ellisisland.org

FEEl AT hoME iN No TiME WATCHING If your follow the forensic detectives of crime series CSI New York, you get a pretty good picture of the city. Of course, the reruns of Friends or Seinfeld are also excellent for getting in the mood.

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READING With a bagel, a mochaccino and the New York pages from the New York Times in front of you, your day in the Big Apple can’t go wrong. Grab The Great Gatsby (1925) if you want to polish up your literary skill. This American classic takes place largely in New York.

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No briDgE Too FAr During the TD Bank Five Boro Bike Tour you have to pass five bridges. Here is a short description of these ‘city mountains’. Third Avenue Bridge The Third Avenue Bridge stems from 1898. More than 50,000 New Yorkers use this bridge (91 meters long) between the Bronx and Manhattan on a daily basis. Queensboro Bridge This 2270 meter long steel monster over the Queens River was built 1909 and is an indispensible link between Queens and Manhattan. The bridge was immortalized by The 59th Street Bridge Song by Simon Garfunkel.

Madison Avenue Bridge The Madison Avenue Bridge is a hundred years old and connects the Bronx to Manhattan at 138th Street. The swing bridge over the Harlem River is 576 meters long. Pulaski Bridge The Pulaski Bridge was opened to the traffic in 1954 and connects Greenpoint (Brooklyn) with Long Island City (Queens). For the participants of the New York marathon, the bridge is a sign that they’re about half-way. Verrazano-Narrows Bridge The VerrazanoNarrows Bridge (1964) is a double-decker, 1298 meters long suspension bridge between Staten Island and Brooklyn across The Nar-

LISTENING Of course, Empire State of Mind by Alicia Keys and Jay-Z has got to be on your iPod. If you want da real thing, then go to Harlem and the Bronx on the Hush Hip Tour (hushhiphoptours. com), the birthplace of hip hop.

rows. The bridge was named after Giovanni da Verrazzano, who ‘discovered’ the island in 1524. Brooklyn Bridge The suspension bridge dating from 1883, is probably the best-known bridge in New York, thanks to its performances in innumerable films. Although you will not be the only one, an evening walk across the 1825 meter long bridge is a must. From the Brooklyn side you have an amazing view of the night time skyline.

More info + mucho kudos: nycgo.com, bikenewyork.org, bikeandroll.com, iceandair.nl, Gild Hall (wallstreetdistrict.com)

FOOD & DRINK Although in the New York melting pot your can literally eat dishes from every part of the world, there is nothing like a hot dog with ketchup, mustard, sauerkraut and slices of pickle, which you can get for about three dollars at every street corner. Of course, a visit to New York is not complete without tasting one of the ales in the Brooklyn Brewery (brooklynbrewery.com).

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Sleeping in the hand crafted sphere-shaped tree houses by the Canadian Tom Chudleigh guarantees a stay in higher spheres. The spheres, which are suspended under the green canopy of the Canadian forests on Vancouver Island (West-Canada) look like they’re straight out of a fairytale. Because the spheres are connected to the surrounding trees with ropes, you can feel every movement of nature. The idea is that you find peace by becoming one with Mother Earth. Have you had enough of the ‘being above it all’? The kitchen, bathroom, terrace and sauna are available to you on the ground. freespiritspheres.com

ThE big SEcrETS Whether or not you’re in a mid-life crisis, everyone is occasionally plagued by questions about life. What’s it all about? Why are we doing all this? Am I a link in a larger chain? In Big Secrets, spiritual leader Deepak Chopra takes you on a treasure hunt for answers. With the help of 15 mysteries, the book unveils how we can into the depth where freedom, happiness and love are waiting for us. One tip from the veil? We don’t have to look very far. You can say goodbye to despair and uncertainty! Available in several languages. 286 pages, chopra.com

ThE biology oF chANgE

Dr. Joseph Dispenza was a renowned scientist until he was almost killed when he was run over. Since then he has been a figurehead in what the brain is capable of. Despite serious fractures in his spine, he refused to be operated on and literally thought himself better. Thanks to his knowledge of neuropsychology, he was able to reprogram his brain in this trailblazing way. The scientist has been speaking about his powerful way of thinking all over the world ever since. During these gatherings, he explains how you can create new connections in your brain and thereby break through a destructive thinking pattern. If you’d like to find out where and when Joseph Dispenza is giving a talk, check drjoedispenza.com

high TEMpErATurES In the north-west of Finland they take high temperature very literally. Here you can step into the world’s first gondola sauna, along with up to 4 other people, and enjoy 20 minutes of delicious heat and a magnificent view of the Lapse Ylläs Mountain, which passes along beside you. Thanks to one-way double windows, you will not be bothered by any curious onlookers. visitfinland.com, yllasravintolat.com (look at Café Gondol 718).

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"i ENjoy ThE poWEr AND bEAuTy oF ThE ThicK boMbS ThAT roll Through"

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Art of the ocean What once started as taking ‘a picture’ of a wave with a waterproof camera - because my wife wanted to have a photo of a wave on our bedroom wall – has grown into a profession that is getting him attention world-wide. Like no other, the Hawaiian surfer Clark Little has an amazing knack of capturing the natural power of the ocean in the most beautiful way.

text rosanne Vriend. Fotos: clark little photography

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01 Window 02 Explosion 03 Electric 04 Off The Wall (Sector 9 skateboard)

"i WANT My phoToS To hElp pEoplE To DEvElop MorE ApprEciATioN For ThE NATurAl bEAuTy ArouND ThEM. bEcAuSE iF you lovE SoMEThiNg, you Will TAKE gooD cArE oF iT.”

he sea has always played a major role in Clark Little’s (42) life. He grew up on the north coast of Oahu, Hawaii and as a child he spent every free moment in the waves with his board. Three years ago he traded in his board for a camera. His photos of waves did so well, he even quit his job as a botanist. And for the two years since then, he’s been spending all his time on the art form of ocean art, which he has been developing. When the weather is cooperative – on the average about five days a week in Hawaii - Clark is in the water, capturing sensitive images of the overwhelming beauty of the ocean. The way he does this is unequalled. His surfing skills are largely responsible for Clark’s success. Because of his experience on the board, he is often at just the right place at the right time. “I know exactly, down to the second, when a wave is going to break and how I can escape from a monster wave. Plus, surfing taught me to be able to hold my breath for a long time. Without that experience it’s impossible to take good photos in a wave; in fact it would be very dangerous.” Still, Clark does not go

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without taking any risks. When he first started doing photography, he sometimes took waves that were too high. They threw him onto the beach or almost drowned him. “I’m a little more careful now. Although I still refuse the wellintentioned advice from my wife to wear a helmet. Ha-ha, really, a surfer with a helmet? No way!” Through his photos, Clarks wants to show a side of his beloved ocean that is usually hidden from most people. “When I was still surfing, I used to try to explain to people what it looks like when you’re in the middle of an enormous wave. I could never describe it that well in words. These photos speak for themselves. They don’t only show it, they allow the viewer to experience it. The wave just about sucks you up.” He also likes to show his love for Hawaii. “Now that I’ve been travelling all over the world for my work, I realize how privileged I am. Hawaii’s nature is largely unspoilt. I want my photos to show that the ocean can be as clean as it is here. I hope it will help others to develop more appreciation

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for the natural beauty around them. Because if you love something, you will take good care of it.” Although Clark takes photos only of waves, his work is anything but monotonous. “That’s why waves are such a fascinating photo subject. They’re beautiful, magical, mysterious, and above all, each wave is different. I can be in the water for hours on end without ever getting bored. In fact, after five hours, I usually don’t want to come out yet. It’s addicting!” During the last three years, his extraordinary art has not gone unnoticed. World-wide, the press paid attention to the fluid photography of the American. He spoke about his work on countless TV talk shows and his photos can be found in renowned magazines, such as National Geographic and Surfer Magazine. Brand names, like Sector 9 (skateboards) and Hurley (T-shirts) fell for his photography and use his images on their products. Even VISA credit cards are available with a wave photo by Clark.

Want to See more? In his photo book The Shorebreak Art of Clark Little you can find 70 incredible photo spreads and the stories behind the waves. The foreword is by surf legends Kelly Slater and Jack Johnson. ISBN 978-0-615-31199-9 You can buy it at clarklittlephotography.com

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