Archive for March, 2008
Man apparently survives 24 days in state of hibernation
Mar 6th
A while ago I blogged about how long people can survive without water (max about 5 days). However, I have come across this article from the BBC about a Japanese man survived 24 days without food or water!
In 2006 while mountain climbing it seems he tripped and lost consciousness. Apparently “he fell into a hypothermic state at a very early stage, which is similar to hibernation”. When he was found “he had almost no pulse, his organs had shut down and his body temperature dropped to 22C”.
After being rescued he was “treated for severe hypothermia, multiple organ failure and blood loss” but made a full recovery despite his ordeal.
Pretty amazing story if it is true. Amazing things do happen.
Before and after satellite photos of our impact on the environment
Mar 5th
This is an interesting gallery before and after satellite photos of mankind’s impact on the environment. They come from a new book called Fragile Earth and are pretty interesting. It can be quite sobering to see what a real impact we are having on our environments
This one shows a rainforest ecosystem around the Iguacu falls in South America getting nailed. Feb 1973 to May 2003
This is Lake Chad in Africa disappearing between 1972 and 1987 – largely due to irrigation projects. Things have actually gotten worse since the second photo was taken… I have blogged on this one before.
Finally, this is jungle in Bolivia getting turned into a major agricultural area.
Symonds drops a streaker
Mar 4th
Today Australia lost another cricket final when they were beaten by India. That’s pretty pleasing, but what I really enjoyed was a moment when a streaker running past Andrew Symonds was dropped by a deadly shoulder charge.
The force of Symonds’ shoulder sent the man to the ground and security and police swarmed before taking him from the field.
The Aussie cricketers are often extremely annoying but this incident has given me an excuse to like a great player like Symonds. Here is a report from Cricinfo.
Update: I saw this series showing the incident which I liked. The second image is awesome – the guy is flying!
Pipe track photos
Mar 3rd
Jules and I went for a quick walk on the Pipe Track last night to have a little wine and watch the sun go down on a fun weekend.
We got a couple of nice photos too. This is Table Mountain viewed from the side – the Pipe Track passes above the Camps Bay area so you get interesting angles on Table Mountain.
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