Snow! Finally.
Had a great time this weekend over at the Brule River (After Hours Ski Trails). On Saturday I skied 40 kilometers (Birkie training), but today was the day to play in the sun! Hope you enjoy some of my GoPro photos / movies from the Northwoods. I even captured the aftermath of a wipeout!
At 3:18 the video switches from videos of Galen to me! The movie has some outtakes after the credits at 5:06.
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What a great way to slide into Friday evening! We received 3 inches of fresh snow today, and at dusk the sun exploded on the scene. I live in northern Minnesota on the edge of a pine forest (and across from a waterfall). I took these photos using HDR photography (see prior post: HDR for the Amateur Photographer).
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Post update: Amity Meltdown added on March 16th
Amity Snow Pine River
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Amity Snow Pine Gazebo
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Amity Meltdown
How do you describe the frozen northland where 30,000 people descend upon Lake Nakomis on three cold days in January to watch teams vie for the Golden Shovel Award? Fantastic!
Welcome to the USA Pond Hockey Championships.
Take a moment to watch my animated slide show (with music). I spent the afternoon over at the championships taking photos (after first skiing 25 kilometers this morning). This is Winter in Minnesota!
2012 finds teams competing from all over the United States and Canada (even a team from Latvia)! Players range from old rink rats to former NHL players. The final aerial photo in my slide show is courtesy of the local CBS affiliate (story). Enjoy!
Finally, if you're on this page, I assume it's because you like hockey being played outdoors! Link to a previous post of mine and watch the movie trailer for Pond Hockey!
USA Pond Hockey on PhotoPeach (click in bottom right to expand)
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I'll return to technology focused posts next week, but for the moment … Happy New Year! from the Northstar Nerd. Enjoy a short Nordic Ski in the Northern Minnesota Lake Superior Wilderness (Sugarbush Trails). The video was taken at the end of a 32+ kilometer ski (20 miles). I was tired and wearing a GoPro camera mounted on my head. The day was kind of dark. GoPro's do better in sunlight.
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As we start 2012, here in America we owe great thanks to those individuals who fought to preserve our freedom and way of life. Two days ago, Mike Colalillo, a home town hero and Medal of Honor recipient in World War II died. Thank you, Mike.
An interview with Mike Colalillo in his own words:
From Wikipedia: (official citation)
Private First Class Mike Colalillo, 2d Squad, 2d Platoon, Co. C, 1st Battalion, 398th Infantry, 100th Infantry Division was pinned down with other members of his company during an attack against strong enemy positions on 7 April 1945 in the vicinity of Untergriesheim, Germany. Heavy artillery, mortar, and machine gun fire made any move hazardous when he stood up, shouted to his company to follow, and ran forward in the wake of a supporting tank, firing his machine pistol. Inspired by his example, his comrades advanced in the face of savage enemy fire. When his weapon was struck by shrapnel and rendered useless, he climbed to the deck of a friendly tank, manned an exposed machine gun on the turret of the vehicle, and, while bullets rattled around him, fired at an enemy emplacement with such devastating accuracy that he killed or wounded at least 10 hostile soldiers and destroyed their machine gun. Maintaining his extremely dangerous post as the tank forged ahead, he blasted three more positions, destroyed another machine gun emplacement and silenced all resistance in this area, killing at least three and wounding an undetermined number of riflemen as they fled. His machine gun eventually jammed; so he secured a submachine gun from the tank crew to continue his attack on foot. When our armored forces exhausted their ammunition and the order to withdraw was given, he remained behind to help a seriously wounded comrade over several hundred yards of open terrain rocked by an intense enemy artillery and mortar barrage. By his intrepidity and inspiring courage Private First Class Colalillo gave tremendous impetus to his company's attack, killed or wounded 25 of the enemy in bitter fighting, and assisted a wounded soldier in reaching the American lines at great risk to his own life.