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Post by longbike on Jul 23, 2021 12:06:50 GMT -8
Aloha , Well I was just sitting here and thinking ......... " What any of you have done that was .... Most Extremely Dangerous In your Life time, but still continued to do it or would like to try doing them. I remember doing things that came very ... Close and Dangerously and Near Fatal To Me .... at that time I was doing it. Note : How about you posting ......... " Some Interesting Pictures of what you did and maybe still doing it ". I am interested to know what all of you like doing all over the world. _____________________ I'll Start the Post : I'll post a few that I constantly did and still doing even if I am older now. Even if you are Older or Young doing it please take part in this Posting it could be very interesting from what many are doing. I did this for years and still can do it when wanting to do them. I am older now so this will look from years ago : Drag Racing in the ...... U.S.A. :        Drag Boats  Sky Diving  Jet Cars  Drag Bikes  Aloha and thanks for any participating on this , Louis / Longbike |
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Post by trilo on Jul 26, 2021 21:19:17 GMT -8
Where is that wedding photo of mine... Well, jokes aside. Just bought a box full of watches without telling my wife. AND I have done drifting with one these (photo from wikimedia commons for various reasons):  Photo by Olli-Jukka Paloneva, 2005Source: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Leopard_2A4_Main_Battle_Tank_(Finland).JPGStory behind the drifting is that I was driving flat out and came to a muddy corner on a trail. I tried to brake and turn, but tracks didn't grip so I quickly threw in a lower gear and hit the pedal. Managed to turn it in a sideway slide through the corner. Best feeling I have ever had with my trouser on. |
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Post by scubarob99 on Jul 27, 2021 13:04:48 GMT -8
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Post by longbike on Jul 27, 2021 16:13:11 GMT -8
Aloha , Thanks guy and we should hear about more in this posting. Well I thought ....Thrilling Things by doing things could be done by many out there all over the world too. On my side I still can have a go at many things I have done before. Also might add into this : I have a good Friend that owns his own ........ Glider so I like that too.  |
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Post by cd_god on Jul 27, 2021 19:46:43 GMT -8
I venture out on the Northside every so often.
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Post by russtmurray on Jul 31, 2021 13:17:39 GMT -8
I ice climb, which is fun. Also enjoy having my face frozen in some less than balmy conditions. ( in the photo still two layers, face mask and goggles away from full readiness, due to lower elevation and tree protection. Above the tree line all bets are off Rob     That's awesome Rob. I would imagine it can get pretty sketchy at times. I know a few have perished while ice-climbing in and around Banff and Canmore which is just west of where I hang my hat in Calgary. Like anything, it's a calculated risk where training is a must. Good stuff. |
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Post by SALVO on Jul 31, 2021 13:28:02 GMT -8
I work as a race mechanic, have been doing it for 20 years now. Managed to do Le Mans 24h 6 times, Sebring 12h 3 times, Dubai 24h once, Spa 24h 4 times. Right now in Spa 24hours so will say that the last dangerous activity was the last pitstop 15minutes ago. Refuelling a boiling hot race car from a 200lts drum over my head.
Done pitstops on sprint races changing tyres in 3 seconds, standing 10cm away from a car coming at 80km/h.
Have to say I love my job.
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Post by russtmurray on Jul 31, 2021 13:31:33 GMT -8
Aloha , Well I was just sitting here and thinking ......... " What any of you have done that was .... Most Extremely Dangerous In your Life time, but still continued to do it or would like to try doing them. I remember doing things that came very ... Close and Dangerously and Near Fatal To Me .... at that time I was doing it. Note : How about you posting ......... " Some Interesting Pictures of what you did and maybe still doing it ". I am interested to know what all of you like doing all over the world. _____________________ I'll Start the Post : I'll post a few that I constantly did and still doing even if I am older now. Even if you are Older or Young doing it please take part in this Posting it could be very interesting from what many are doing. I did this for years and still can do it when wanting to do them. I am older now so this will look from years ago : Drag Racing in the ...... U.S.A. : Aloha and thanks for any participating on this , Louis / Longbike A man after my own young heart, Louis. My teenage self would have chased you for an autograph! I was into drag racing big time then. I had subscriptions to Soper Stock & Drag Illustrated, Popular Hotrodding, Hot Rod, Car Craft etc. In fact my bedroom walls were festooned with centerfolds of all the greats; Big Daddy Don Garlits, Bill "Grumpy" Jenkins, "Dyno" Don Nicholson, "Ohio" George Montgomery, "Wild" Willie Borsch, "Gas" Rhonda, Arnie "The Farmer" Beswick, Don "The Snake" Prudhomme, Roland Leong, Gene Snow, Sox & Martin, "Tv" Tommy Ivo, Mickey Thompson, "Fast" Eddie Schwartman, Stone Woods & Cooke, "Dandy" Dick Landy, The Chi-Town Hustler, Bob Gliddon etc, etc......did I miss any?  |
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Post by russtmurray on Jul 31, 2021 14:14:32 GMT -8
As some of you long time members may recall, I used to scuba dive a lot after I got certified in 1977. Back then I lived in Ontario so most of my diving was on shipwrecks in the Great Lakes. As experience grew I and my buddies graduated to some more challenging dives such as those on The Empress of Ireland which sank in 1914 off the Gapse Peninsula in the St Lawrence River. After colliding with the Norweign collier Storstad, The Empress sank in 14 minutes claiming 1012 souls. While not excessively deep, 160ft at the stern and 110 on the port side, it was a tricky dive given the current, visibility and overhead environment when entering the wreck. They were decompression dives and most of us used twin 80's and a pony bottle or two. I had the privilege in participating in 4 such expeditions. It was scary but exhilarating at the same time. My avatar is a side-scan image of the Empress. Fast forward to present, my diving days have ended since moving from Vancouver to Calgary. Had I remained back east, I would probably have got into technical diving like my buddie did, since exploring wrecks was the primry focus. Diving off Vancouvr Island was far more relaxing but just as rewarding given the abundant marine life. I long to return to the water but my drysuit has shrunk Hope to get back to some warm water diving but I got whip my butt back into shape! Here's a shot from one of our Empress Expeditions. That's yours truly with the Tilley Hat on centre left. The two chaps on the right; Dave Bright with the blue tuque and Michell Guerin subsequently perished years later....both on re-rebreathers. Dave died n an Andrea Doris expedition. Both guys extremely experienced in mixed-gas diving by the way.   |
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Post by longbike on Jul 31, 2021 17:24:11 GMT -8
Aloha , Posted by russtmurray, Mr. Murray Sir .........Thanks for the reply back Sir............and yes those and many more I have been with and been around. I started out just watching from the Fence in California for a few week end because I was i the ....U.S. Navy in LongBeach and at The Naval Station there for a while. I stood by the fence and watched this ... Funny Car Racer doing his thing. He looked at me and asked me .......... " Hey Dude where are you from ...? " . I replied back and said ........" Aloha man I am from the Big Island of Hawaii ". He said you know you stand here so far for " 4 ... Weekends just watching and not saying nothing ". I said well some day I want to do all that and be real good ". He goes to the Trailer and then comes to the small gate there and gives me a ... Laminated Pass that says .... PIT CREW ". I said what is that for and he tells me do you know who I am ..... ? I said well your car says on the side ....... Jungle Jim Lieberman then he says yeah that's me man. Then I said ... Jim Who is that good looking Jungle Girl there ". He says oh that's Pam. I said wow she is a good looker and he laughs. He tells me yeah we have a Dude here from Honolulu that has a rail with .... Snake, Black and Greer and they do real good too. I said yeah he is .... Roland Leong and my Cousins know him because they started to Drag Race in Honolulu and Drag Boats too. From then on every week end I'd go to .... The Track in Long Beach called .... Lion's Drag Strip on 223'rd and Alameda Ave. He tells me ..." You show this to the Gate and tell them you with me and just keep coming and we going to make you a Good Wrench and Crew Guy ok ...?? " From then on and after I got out of the Navy I was there everyday while he lived there also. That gave me the opportunity to do all that and get involve with many of the Big Boys that did all that. I became good friends with so many of them all through the years and did a lot of ....Driving and Wrenching for many of them. I became good friends with most of the then top guys and till we quit doing all that years later. I am Good Friends with ....... Snake Prudhomme , Jim Dunn, Ed Iskendarian , Tommy Ivo, Don Cook ,Ed Edelbrock , George Barris and Custom Car Builders and many other Manufacturers that were Drag Racers also Mike Thermos - ( Developer- Nitros Oxide Systems ), because I lived four house from his shop in .... San Pedro , California before and so many, many more yet. I still am in touch with many of them yet and saw some of them few years ago when I went up to California. My Wife's Cousin was also a Top Gas Pro many years also.    Aloha Louis |
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Post by longbike on Jul 31, 2021 17:34:22 GMT -8
As some of you long time members may recall, I used to scuba dive a lot after I got certified in 1977. Back then I lived in Ontario so most of my diving was on shipwrecks in the Great Lakes. As experience grew I and my buddies graduated to some more challenging dives such as those on The Empress of Ireland which sank in 1914 off the Gapse Peninsula in the St Lawrence River. After colliding with the Norweign collier Storstad, The Empress sank in 14 minutes claiming 1012 souls. While not excessively deep, 160ft at the stern and 110 on the port side, it was a tricky dive given the current, visibility and overhead environment when entering the wreck. They were decompression dives and most of us used twin 80's and a pony bottle or two. I had the privilege in participating in 4 such expeditions. It was scary but exhilarating at the same time. My avatar is a side-scan image of the Empress. Fast forward to present, my diving days have ended since moving from Vancouver to Calgary. Had I remained back east, I would probably have got into technical diving like my buddie did, since exploring wrecks was the primry focus. Diving off Vancouvr Island was far more relaxing but just as rewarding given the abundant marine life. I long to return to the water but my drysuit has shrunk Hope to get back to some warm water diving but I got whip my butt back into shape! Here's a shot from one of our Empress Expeditions. That's yours truly with the Tilley Hat on centre left. The two chaps on the right; Dave Bright with the blue tuque and Michell Guerin subsequently perished years later....both on re-rebreathers. Dave died n an Andrea Doris expedition. Both guys extremely experienced in mixed-gas diving by the way. Aloha Russ , Well good to know your are a fellow Diver also and have done a lot. I am a firm Guy with Dual Tanks for safety reasons also. I have most of the time use Duals so long and still do and ... Extra Safety Bottles also for partners use too. Being Navy I am also a Diver from way back and did some employment with .... Chevron California long ago as a ..... Certified Welder / Diver. The years have past but ...... The Ocean is still my home for much ..... Activities and Doings yet. Louis |
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Post by meanoldmanning on Jul 31, 2021 17:44:03 GMT -8
I unfortunately don’t have any photos, but a college friend’s mom was really into this self help guy called Tony Robbins back in the mid 80s and somehow I got to go to one of his weird seminars in Atlanta in 1985. One of the gimmicks of the whole deal was you had to do a fire walk. So yeah, I did a fire walk over 8’ of red hot oak embers.
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Post by russtmurray on Aug 1, 2021 7:56:27 GMT -8
Aloha , Posted by russtmurray, Mr. Murray Sir .........Thanks for the reply back Sir............and yes those and many more I have been with and been around. I started out just watching from the Fence in California for a few week end because I was i the ....U.S. Navy in LongBeach and at The Naval Station there for a while. I stood by the fence and watched this ... Funny Car Racer doing his thing. He looked at me and asked me .......... " Hey Dude where are you from ...? " . I replied back and said ........" Aloha man I am from the Big Island of Hawaii ". He said you know you stand here so far for " 4 ... Weekends just watching and not saying nothing ". I said well some day I want to do all that and be real good ". He goes to the Trailer and then comes to the small gate there and gives me a ... Laminated Pass that says .... PIT CREW ". I said what is that for and he tells me do you know who I am ..... ? I said well your car says on the side ....... Jungle Jim Lieberman then he says yeah that's me man. Then I said ... Jim Who is that good looking Jungle Girl there ". He says oh that's Pam. I said wow she is a good looker and he laughs. He tells me yeah we have a Dude here from Honolulu that has a rail with .... Snake, Black and Greer and they do real good too. I said yeah he is .... Roland Leong and my Cousins know him because they started to Drag Race in Honolulu and Drag Boats too. From then on every week end I'd go to .... The Track in Long Beach called .... Lion's Drag Strip on 223'rd and Alameda Ave. He tells me ..." You show this to the Gate and tell them you with me and just keep coming and we going to make you a Good Wrench and Crew Guy ok ...?? " From then on and after I got out of the Navy I was there everyday while he lived there also. That gave me the opportunity to do all that and get involve with many of the Big Boys that did all that. I became good friends with so many of them all through the years and did a lot of ....Driving and Wrenching for many of them. I became good friends with most of the then top guys and till we quit doing all that years later. I am Good Friends with ....... Snake Prudhomme , Jim Dunn, Ed Iskendarian , Tommy Ivo, Don Cook ,Ed Edelbrock , George Barris and Custom Car Builders and many other Manufacturers that were Drag Racers also Mike Thermos - ( Developer- Nitros Oxide Systems ), because I lived four house from his shop in .... San Pedro , California before and so many, many more yet. I still am in touch with many of them yet and saw some of them few years ago when I went up to California. My Wife's Cousin was also a Top Gas Pro many years also. Aloha Louis That sounds like a great indoctrination Louis and I definitely remember Jungle Jim. Have to say that his partner Pam did not go unnoticed either |
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Post by longbike on Aug 1, 2021 9:52:00 GMT -8
Aloha Sir,
You know Russ we we the best of Friends for so long and we still communicate yet.
After Jim got killed she started a Memorial thing at Events for his remembrance and still does it.
Jim introduced me to many and then it all went from there. Been mainly in California that was where
most of the action was during the .... late 1960's all the way till the 1990's. It all started up north in California
at those Tracks there but it was a hard time for many too. We worked out of Truck Beds and made all
kind of Trailers from what we could find and do and most of the work was just on the open asphalt all the time.
Many just did not have proper equipment so most of every thing was done manually with just a few people.
We changed Motors with .... 4x4 Beams and make shift Engine Lifts that we built and could take down later.
Those used .... Coca Cola Trucks came in handy with all their compartments on them. then later
we stripped down Trucks and made Flat Beds on them with winch's. The Money Guys well they always
made out with the Sponsorship people too. But eventually with very hard work and Strong Efforts
many got things going good. We lived out of ...... Brown Paper Bags for food and Laundry Mats when found.
You slept in Cars or on the back Bed of a Pick Up Truck a lot. Many bought Small Surplus Military Tents
just to have them around for some use.
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Now that ....Avatar you use......... I also really thought it was a .... Sunken Ship but could never enlarge the
Picture to see it. It always looked like a Ship Bow then the top like a Deck.
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Now Diving I can do that all week long but one has to be careful also. Diving can cause extreme problems
when it is not taken seriously. Here we are most of the time at ..... The 100 -110 Foot Depth Mark so that comes with
being very carful with .... One's Diving Experiences.
Here Many Tourist like to go Snorkeling all over then a lot of them go
.......... Diving also but they get some problems too.
I have been Diving from a very young age and a lot of it .... Free Diving and Spearing. When I got
to the navy I just cruised through all there tests then they told me how come you are good at that,
then ... The Instructor asked me where I was from and I told him then he says..... " Oh well all of you are Naturals ".
I have always been a ....... Challenger Type of Guy but never to ... Press The Extreme of any of it.
A always carry and little Bag on my Weight Belt .....Two Knives on Both Legs , A Inflatable Floater Ball ,
A Mini Bottle of Air , A length of Nylon Rope for a Tourniquet if needed. When diving of a boat I always have
... A Spare Single Tank half way down on the ... Anchor Line and also at the bottom a ... Mini Tanks also that is because
we have a few Women that go with us and ...... Women Do Get Panicky a lot too. I love my Friends and don not
want any thing to happen to them.
My Good Friend here he own's his own Diving Shop and he also requires very much safety with everyone here with us.
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Post by leffemonster on Aug 1, 2021 13:45:49 GMT -8
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Post by cd_god on Aug 1, 2021 20:30:10 GMT -8
My alcohol consumption is probably pretty dangerous
Wanna play Big Bank take Little Bank? 
A lot more trips to the scrapyard were not documented.
I'm sure Peter would give his blessing 
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Post by cd_god on Apr 10, 2022 17:50:59 GMT -8
I unfortunately don’t have any photos, but a college friend’s mom was really into this self help guy called Tony Robbins back in the mid 80s and somehow I got to go to one of his weird seminars in Atlanta in 1985. One of the gimmicks of the whole deal was you had to do a fire walk. So yeah, I did a fire walk over 8’ of red hot oak embers.
He did help Shallow Hal out.
Jus' Sayin'
I'm curious how I would appear 
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