91 year old seeking to reclaim his age record for completing the Appalachian Trail.
“Grey Beard”. Love this but won’t be trying it myself. It’s a short video.
Health and fitness
Soccer v. rugby – two views
So who is tough? the games mentioned are from years ago – but nothing has changed. In fact women rugby players are tougher… see below – plus bonus picture – I was a back (scrum half).
NYT: “One-and-Done Heart Disease Prevention?”
A single infusion of an experimental gene-editing drug seemed to reduce LDL long-term in a small trial. The results may point to something “curative,” one expert said. If confirmed in larger studies, researchers hope the findings may lead to a one-and-done way to prevent heart disease in large numbers of people. Most gene therapies target … Read more
YIKES! 11,000 bottles of bourbon stolen!
If they show up in my neighborhood… I did some research, a relatively low cost bourbon, around $32 a bottle. The bottles, worth about $500,000, were taken in what company officials called a “coordinated cargo theft operation carried out in broad daylight.” It was a sunny Friday afternoon in Philadelphia when the driver of a … Read more
Most plausible case for why the 5 divers died in the Maldives
Brigid and I have been following this tragic case since we are both experienced divers, having spent two years living in the Cayman Islands – 1979-81. The deaths were total human error. Even doing such a dive with regular air and without the very high level of training and specific equipment needed for cave diving, … Read more
Friday cocktail – the modern Hunter
I posted the classic Hunter cocktail last Friday. It’s good and easy (two ingredients) to make. Go here if you want to see it. So here is the modern or contemporary version, also shown by Anders as he continues from where I stopped the above video. Our recipe – same as the video – and … Read more
NYT: Surgical error – liver removed instead of spleen.
Hard to believe. Other catastrophic errors during the surgery and patient died on the operating table. You wonder how these mistakes can be made… Hit the link for the full story. Mr. Bryan immediately began hemorrhaging and went into cardiac arrest, with blood pouring out as nurses and other medical staff members attempted to suction … Read more