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NBC Today Show - February 13th 2010
NBC Today Show - February 13th 2010 Previous Shows & Recaps February 13, 2010 NBC Today's guests were: Alan Abrahamson - one of professional sports most recognized authorities, NBC Sports anchor Dave Zinczenko - Editor in Chief of Men's Health Magazine, the biggest men's lifestyle and wellness publication in North America, who also serves as Editorial Director of sister publication, Women's
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World-renowned Fly-In at Grouse Mountain
meet, fly and enjoy the spectacular scenery from Grouse Mountain. The time-honoured tradition demands the pilots demonstrate their flying skills over the two-day period. Pilots are required to stay in the air for a minimum of two hours and are rated on aerial form, take off and landing skills. The participants will launch from the Peak, 1,250 metres (4,100 feet) above sea level, before landing at
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10th Annual Snowshoe Classic
10th Annual Snowshoe Classic March 19th, 2008, North Vancouver BC – This Saturday, March 22nd, Grouse Mountain presents the 10th Annual Snowshoe Classic. This race is Canada’s oldest snowshoe race and attracts recreational participants of all ages and abilities. The 6 kilometre race takes participants through undulating terrain with a blend of heart pumping elevations and gentle plateaus. For
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Artists For Conservation Festival
Grouse Mountain Welcomes Artists For Conservation World renowned wildlife and nature artists, including Robert Bateman, to attend first annual Artists for Conservation Festival from November 5 to 13, 2011 For the first time, Grouse Mountain is teaming up with Artists for Conservation to bring some of the world's best nature and wildlife art to the Peak of Vancouver. From November 5 to 13, nature
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Profess Your Love from the Mountain
Profess Your Love from the Mountain Make your reservation at Grouse Mountain's Observatory Restaurant for an evening of decadent dining. February 1, 2008, North Vancouver: Make your reservation at Grouse Mountain's Observatory Restaurant for an evening of decadent dining. Our 5 course, love-inspired menu created by Executive Chef Dino L. Gazzola will quicken your Valentine's pulse. With the upper
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Grinding it Out
only requires your quads to concentrically contract. Also because you are stepping up rather than down, the impact of gravity is softened. One important point about this is that you are going to want take extra care of those quads so make sure you give them a good stretch while enjoying the view and try and do some foam rolling as soon as you can. Training, as always occurred on a Wednesday, so how
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Birds Enjoying some Nice Flying Weather!
birds of prey that work together and hunt in a group. They are known to have one bird chase the prey towards the others that are waiting to pounce. Here is a compilation shot of one of the Harris' Hawks going after a piece of food in mid-air - note the aerobatics! While the Harris' Hawks put on a great demonstration of concentration and maneuverability, the top aerodynamic abilities have to go to
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The Eye of the Wind - Overview
large wind turbine – so large that you are able to ascend the 20-storey high tower via an elevator contained within its supporting shaft. You exit into a 36-person viewPOD™ atop the tower, suspended directly below the hub of the massive 125-foot (38-metre) long blades. The viewPOD is encased in glass, including a segment of the floor. The closest corresponding experience would be flying in the clear
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Seek the Peak: Halfway There!
uphill from here on out, let's keep attacking the training so that when the day comes, it will be a breeze. Our most recent training event took us back to Ambleside Park on what turned out to be a perfect end to a beautiful day. City Sport Physio stopped by before our run to talk about the importance of injury prevention. As we had indicated in an earlier blog, the best way to avoid injury is to
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Grouse Mountain Moment Contest - Aug. 7
little did we know when we started the climb, but his shoes were just too small for him. By the 1/4 mark he was complaining about sore ankles, but we couldn't quite figure out what was up with him - both my kids are pretty tough cookies. About another third of the way up, we realized what the problem was. He had big blisters from his too-tight shoes! It seemed like we were stuck between a rock and a
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