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Cycle Across Canada - Lightning Encounter
June 30, 2009
Have you cycled in the open during a thunderstorm, and wondered how to avoid being struck by lightning?
The most common advice is to “remain in your car with the windows closed”! Useless advice for cyclists! We asked an expert, Dr William Burrows, PhD Research Scientist at the Cloud Physics and Severe Weather Research Section - Downsview, Ontario. Click here for his advice: Lightning
Prairie Lightning photo courtesy Andrea Schneider @ PrairieAngels
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Cycle Across Canada on YouTube
March 29, 2009
Well I guess it is long past the time we joined the YouTube generation, and yes, we are now on YouTube!!
Click here to watch our animated slide show of our two trips across Canada and Dave's Icefield Parkway ride:
Dave & Maxine Cycle Across Canada for the Lung AssociationIf you have fast download and the "HQ" tab at bottom right is black, click on it to watch in High Quality (If the "HQ" is red, you are already watching high quality!)
The more you and your friends watch, the higher rankings we get which is good for potential future donors!!
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Cycle Across Canada? Not for a while!
March 23, 2009
For the past 6 months Dave has been out of action with an injured shoulder. And, "no" not due to something exciting such as being knocked off his bike, or crashing down a black ski run, but a simple fall on the ice on our deck resulted in tearing 3 rotator cuff tendons, and also partially ripping 2 of them off the bone! So after waiting a few months, here is the result:
Yes - Dave needed a couple of hours surgery to fix the problem!!
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Newfoundland | Cycle Across Canada
August 20, 2008
For most of Atlantic Canada, this was the view seen by passing motorists - my home-made Volkswagon advert!!
Nice jacket, but unfortunately so much rain, it lost all its waterproof characteristics before Newfoundland, and I had to buy another!
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In the news - Cape Breton - Cycle Across Canada
August 12, 2008
Click this link to hear Dave on CBC radio and scroll down to Tuesday, August 12, 2008. "Cycling Canada. We meet Dave Livingstone, a 66 year-old B.C. man, who is cycling across Canada to campaign for clean air and also raising money for the Lung Association. Livingstone (runs 7:48)"
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