Browsing all articles from October, 2010
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Did the BBC really ‘discover’ tigers in Bhutan?

Author Mark Pawlak    Category ash     Tags , , , ,

Adventure sports holidays are different from your average beach holiday. To sit on a beach and get brown you’ll need sun and sand, but to wander the mountains of Bhutan needs planning.

So when the BBC revealed the evidence of tigers in Bhutan, anyone with an idea to visit the mountain kingdom sat up and took note. But note: A quick look at local media reveals that the existence of these tigers has been known for years.

So was the story overblown hype? Did the film crew deliberately ignore local knowledge to help amplify its footage? read more

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Can extreme sports prove Olympic success starts in school?

Author Mark Pawlak    Category Adventure Sports & Travel Thoughts     Tags , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Everyone remembers school sports. And unless you were very lucky, there was the very familiar list of ‘choices’ which then filled our Wednesday and Friday afternoons. Only recently have schools started to lighten the curriculum and include a new range of sports – some have gone further still and brought extreme sports to sports afternoon.

Now, there must be a correlation between which sports are taught in schools and the Olympic medal tables? We’ve long seen the summer Olympic tallies dominated by the larger countries. But will this remain true with the integration of extreme sports events?

It’s about support: How much do governments support emerging sports; do they invest in training programs and do they even insist that children take part in sport at all? read more

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