Ice climbing: Tim Emmett

Tim Emmett - one of the world's best ice climbers and deep water soloists as well as part time surfer, flying suit jumper and adventure junkie is seen photographed below on the 450ft Helmcken Halls. Tim spent four hours battling temperatures as low as -25c to become the first men ever to ascend the 450ft Helmcken Falls in British Colombia.


This is one of my favourite photographs...ever. The ice is 'spray ice' formed from the splash black of the waterfall.

                                 

To Infinity and beyond...

To Infinity and beyond so said Buzz to Woody...but it looks like a new form of extreme adventure tourism and science is about to begin 70years after Don Walsh made his monumental dive!

The BBC, as ever, has created a very informative link with good video links and excellent summaries:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17013285

But does the race to the bottom also herald a new form of extreme and elite adventure tourism?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17013029

The age of energy and the Green economy

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sponsored/earth/the-age-of-energy/9057351/Richard-Branson-Green-Economy.html?WT.ac=8841781

Will the environment ever prominently feature in economic designs?