Freespirit Magazine

We may still be locked into winter here in the northern hemisphere, especially considering that there was snow on the ground in all 50 U.S. states this past weekend, but that doesn't mean we can't look ahead to spring, and warmer weather, when we can get on our bikes once again. To help us through this long drought, Adventure World Magazine has posted this mountain biking video that is fast and furious.

Wherever you are, pausing for a time with a cup of tea has the power of bringing you a sweet calming moment – even if you are squashed between backpackers in a crowded medina. A daily tea ritual can become an exercise in combating stress. No matter where you are, you can enjoy the sensual pleasure it brings to your palette and the resulting calm it brings to your senses.

“Pilgrimage seems to be a means of reinforcing certainties of faith. Independent travel can be about challenging one’s idea of living.”
–Rory MacLean, Magic Bus: On the Hippie Trail From Istanbul to India (2006)

It’s one of the most interesting books I’ve read recently, the impact of the ‘beauty and terror’ of science on the romantic age, from the late 1700s through the early 1800s. I’ve always been fascinated by Joseph Banks, the young, rich and endlessly inquisitive gentleman scientist on Captain Cook’s first great voyage of discovery.

This weeks winner of our Everest [the other side] DVD is Steffi Lomp of Herne, Germany. Congrats Steffi! I hope you enjoy the disc. :)