Bill's Blog (Web Log)

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I just installed private messageing so if you get a pop up, go to the PM menu and click on the blinking icon to view your messages. Enjoy!

New Forum Thread - Pablos Road Trip

Check out the new forum thread entitled Pablo's Road Trip . Pablo has decided to use the forums as a trip log. It is a great idea. I think we chould all use diaries or logs. It keeps us all atune to each others lives and also more importantly with oursselves. Sometimes I have to write something out to undersatand something about myself or what I had done. Just ramblings...Oh well, check it out. LINK GOOD LUCK PABLO!

New Photos

The latest photos are now ready for viewing in the digital photography area. These pictures include the hell hike - Blake and Colvin. The hike was 12 1/2 hours long and included 18 miles. Looking back, we took the wrong trail and ended up doing all the mountains in the ridge leading up to Blake and Colvin. This is the reason for the lack of pictures ... with the mishap ... not to many taken.

Picture Tops Charts

A new photo now tops the charts in the digital photography section. This is a beautiful springtime picture of some flowers that I took during a recent hike. I have it as my desktop and I have received requests for the print. I love this one and it is quickly becoming one of my favorites of all time. Check it out in the section digital photography.

Dehydration - A Important Reminder, an Important Lesson

Recently I went hiking and thought that I could extend my hike without water. The effects were very bad and I am lucky to have that behind me. I should know the dangers as I have raced mountain bikes for ten plus years. Once and a while we must remind ourselves the basics. Below is from some research I did on the net.

Dehydration is a condition in with the body's water output exceeds water input. Dehydration may develop from either an inadequate water intake or from excessive water loss. Dehydration resulting from as little as a 1% to 2% loss of body weight can impair physiological and performance responses. Symptoms can include thirst, fatigue, weakness, and loss of appetite. Dehydration resulting from a 3% to 4% loss of body weight can further impair physical performance. Symptoms can include dry mouth, reduced urine output, flushed skin, impatience, and apathy. Dehydration resulting from a 5% to 6% loss of body weight can result in heat exhaustion. Symptoms may include difficulty in concentrating, headache, irritability and sleepiness. Dehydration resulting from a 7% to 10% loss of body weight can result in heat stroke and death. Symptoms may include dizziness, spastic muscles, loss of balance, delirium, exhaustion, and collapse. Symptoms of dehydration can progress rapidly from thirst, to weakness, to exhaustion and delirium and end in death if not corrected.

Film Crews Make WPB Comanche

Discovery Channel film crews visited West Palm Beach last week to gather footage for upcoming television shows featuring Comanche. Left photo, the film team from "Ultimate Machines" conducts an interview with CW4 Bill Fell. Right photo Paul Jr., on the Comanche Bike while the real McCoy flies overhead. Two separate Discovery Channel film crews visited West Palm Beach last week to gather footage for upcoming television shows featuring Comanche. Both shows will include interviews with U.S. Army and Comanche team members as well as air-to-ground footage shot on site at the Development Flight Center. Two separate Discovery Channel film crews visited West Palm Beach last week to gather footage for upcoming television shows featuring Comanche. Both shows will include interviews with U.S. Army and Comanche team members as well as air-to-ground footage shot on site at the Development Flight Center. ”American Chopper“ will tell the tale behind the making of Comanche Bike. Orange County Choppers, led by the father- and-son team of Paul Sr. and Paul Teutel Jr., will custom-make Comanche Bike on episodes set to air on Discovery Channel in July at a date to be determined. The show ”Ultimate Machines“ will feature Comanche in a 12-minute segment during a one-hour documentary about high-tech helicopters. The episode airs on Discovery some time in October. Each week ”American Chopper“ documents the making of theme motorcycles by Orange County Choppers (OCC) of Rock Tavern, N.Y. Since its spring 2003 debut the show has become an instant hit among motorcycle enthusiasts and fans who enjoy the fiery interplay between Paul Jr., Paul Sr., and the OCC bike-making team. Read more about the show at (http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/amchopper/amchopper.html). U.S. Army LTC (Ret.) Mike Landers met the Teutels at a motorcycle show earlier this year. The Teutels had already made Jet Bike patterned after an F-18. Being a retired