Entries by Joel

Saturday, September 22. 2012

Cycle commute - alternative route

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Sunday, September 16. 2012

Powderface Trail

The Powderface trail is a narrow, winding gravel road that runs from the end of Highway 66 in the south to Highway 68 in the north. It is almost 35km long. This is a small segment of it, heading north, driving a Buick Lacrosse hire car.

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K-country hike

The hike started at Forgetmenot Pond, at the end of Highway 66 in Kananaskis Country.

The pond lies next to the Elbow River, and on a bank in the middle of a bend stood this Inukshuk.

From there, the Powder Ridge Trail climbs a little over 500m to 2107m above sea level at an average slope of 19%, or 1 in 5.

The first half of the climb is in thick forest, which then gives way to Alpine meadows.

From the top you could see Forgenmenot Pond

And through the haze you could just make out the tall buildings of downtown Calgary. Just...

And a full 360 view from the top

This is what Google Earth though of the route

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Saturday, September 15. 2012

Timelapse

Back in Calgary, and my first attempt at a timelapse video from my apartment window. Using my Nikon compact camera, which can be set to shoot continuously at 30 second intervals, and a suction mount on the window in the living room, the photos were then stitched together into a video. There are a couple of small bumps where I knocked the camera alignment slightly while changing the battery.

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Tuesday, September 4. 2012

Nurburgring Touristenfahrten, 04.09.12

My final day at the Nurburgring, and my final lap in the Elise. The lap was going well until Pflanzgarten 3, where a yellow flag for a broken down Ferrari caused a narrow miss with a motorbike. The passenger was another guest from the hotel.

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Monday, September 3. 2012

Nurburgring Touristenfahrten, 03.09.12

The Monday after Rad am Ring, Michaela kindly lent me the keys to the guesthouse minibus. This is isn't the first time this has been on the track. Mark from one of the Rad am Ring teams jumped in the passenger seat alongside me for a slightly quicker lap than he had managed all weekend.

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Sunday, September 2. 2012

Nordschleife by night (again)

The 24 hour bike race gave the perfect excuse to try out some more night-time photography around the track.

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Rad am Ring

So after I had to extend my trip by another week I got an extra long weekend at the Nurburgring. It happened that this weekend was Rad am Ring, a 24 hour bike race around the full circuit, most entrants being in teams running in a relay format. It also happens that some people I know from the Northloop forum had entered a few teams of riders. I am now inspired for next year...

In amongst the serious riders were a few taking part just for fun

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Sunday, August 26. 2012

Lamborghini

Remember that yellow Lamborghini that appeared in one of my night photographs? Unfortunately there wasn't enough time left to go for a lap after I'd taken its owner for a lap in the Elise, so a short trip to the petrol station had to suffice.