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A very talented radio features producer told me last week that cold water being poured sounded different to hot water being poured. I didn't believe him so tested it out and sure enough they do create two very distinct sounds. But can you tell which is hot and which is cold?
For the experiment, I poured the same amount of water from the same kettle into the same jug. The only difference is the water temperature. Tweet your guess.
I've bin told. Not sure what the transgression was.
The new cairn at the top of No 4 Gully on Ben Nevis with ice axe to show the scale of that massive capstone. More on BBC Radio Scotland's Out of Doors on Saturday. Thanks to the man who built the cairn, Martin McCrorie, for the picture.
Elodie Clare, who was born on Friday night in Glasgow's Southern General. She's now home and being well looked after by her two big sisters :)
So while you can find risk-minimising disciplines in climbing, the acceptance and management of a degree of risk is integral to mountaineering. It is what makes the best mountain days so memorable, providing recollections that can be etched for years into the memory, the pleasure of the mountains coming after all the hard work is over.
Peter Beaumont: Our enduring desire to court deadly risk | Comment is free | The Observer
Camping on Good Morning Scotland
Shattered (by Tyler Stableford)
I appear to have ended up with one vegetarian & one meat-eater...
Really enjoyed last week's Adventure Show on Dave MacLeod and Alan Cassidy, but, er, what happened to Wales?
Earlier in the year there were media reports of a guy called David Austin who’d been found dead in a ‘bothy’ on Rannoch Moor. Said to be experienced and well equipped, he’d been two weeks into a year-long sabbatical, planning to ‘live off the land like Bear Grylls.’ I’ve thought about this on and...
...Just a few minor mistakes; misjudging the situation, maybe not keeping up with weather forecasts. There but for the grace of God.
(via Quick Tip: Rig, rap, repeat « Kelly Cordes)
Good post on multipitch abesiling technique.
Good round-up and interesting comments too.
Hopes that a new voluntary scheme for making sure activity providers for children are up to the mark are dashed, as Wales opts to keep the existing scheme. Ed Douglas reports on the growing confusion.
Antarctica Ship Offload Time-Lapse 2012 (by Antzarctica)
Notes on a wild camping donut
I didn't take any notes after the last live donut I did for Good Morning Scotland in September. I'm not sure why, because if I did they would have been numerous.
For those unfamiliar with radio jargon, a donut is when the presenter in the studio hands to you, somewhere in a relevant location, and you interview one or two guests live. There's usually a little intro and some words to wrap up and hand back to the studio as well. You broadcast back to base using a small satellite dish.
It went OK for a first time, but I made a few mistakes:
Stumbled a bit over my intro, which didn't help confidence
Asked the first guest too many questions, which left much less time for the second guest
Totally panicked when I heard the producer in my ear warning me I had one minute to go, and wrapped the whole thing up in about 30 seconds
Tried to predict the course of the discussion too much, and what questions I would ask when
And some extra, non editorial notes:
A colleague who was there to help advised it's really important to keep your guests chatting and warmed up while you're waiting to go on air. I was too busy listening for my cue
I was cold
My throat got really dry
So first preparations for Tuesday's live were:
Lots of warm clothing
Bottle of water
Coincidentally, the topic was the same as September and so was one of the guests.
The approach I took this time was to script my intro quite carefully, and the first question I asked each of the guests. Then I just had a list of possible follow-up questions to ask, depending which way the discussion went. This seemed to work better. I also forced myself to stay calm when the one minute warning came and didn't wrap up till I heard "that's you".
It wasn't perfect. There was definitely one question I should have asked that I missed. But it was better. Thanks again to Huw for setting up the satellite and the advice.
BBC Radio Scotland live on the Loch Lomond camping ban proposal
