Daniel Randall

Goin for it on the balance beam

Fun stuff!

Getting my new Bobcat 15 next week!  I can’t wait, I’ll get some sick pics up next weekend.

Till then, breathe in the sun.

Been going on some solo recon riding missions, been slacking on the pics & video.  I’ll have some shortly!

Photo: Jojo Rose

My friend Spence Para-tarding it in Twin Falls.  Awesome.

Special thanks to RW & SB!

My friend Joar went back to Norway, and now speedflying in Scotland.  Sweet!

He also just got back from wingsuit BASE jumping the 2000 ft big walls in Norway.  Livin the life!

Heading off for what promises to be an extremely fun day on the secret 300-foot bridge rope swing.  3 seconds of freefall and 3 G’s in the swing.  Updates and pics when we get back!

Keep this in mind…

Disclaimer: You may never look at the food you eat the same way again…

http://www.cbc.ca/poetryfaceoff/poets.html#poet8

Came across this the other day, really liked it.  You might too.

Flying the new Gin Bobcat at Pine Mountain

Video: Here

Thanks Chris!

Sometimes, I get lonely at the top.  Sometimes.

These trails are insane!  Can’t tell you where they are, but I can tell you they’ll be a lot of fun.  Just now hitting… look out for some sick pics coming soon.

Went to the Grotto the other day and had a fun session… going back tomorrow too.

Did a demo this last weekend at the Action Sports Expo.  Fun stuff!

Check out my friend Ted’s site: www.tbvophoto.com, he’s an amazing photographer and a good rider

Saw Justin the other day at the trails, haven’t seen him in a while.  He’s always been super cool and fun to ride with.

Figuring out a bouldering problem… patience

Free climbing this route to the top… scary

Everything on here is happening out there… get to where the action is

Within all of us is a varying amount of space lint and star dust, the residue from our creation.  Most are too busy to notice it, and it is stronger in some than others.  It is strongest in those of us who fly and is responsible for an unconscious, subtle desire to slip into some wings and try for the elusive boundaries of our origin. 

~K.O. Eckland, “Footprints On Clouds”

I went to Beacon Rock State Park to check out this awesome climbing spot about 25 miles west of Hood River. It is actually in Washington State, right on the Columia River. Beacon rock is a natural monolith that once formed the basaltic core of a volcano, which has been eroded away by the river. It is almost as large as Gibraltar. At the top is a commanding view of the surrounding gorge, the river, nearby waterfalls including Multnomah Falls on the Oregon side, and rugged cliffs.

Lewis and Clark first referred to this as “Beaten Rock,” but then everybody started calling it “Beacon Rock”, perhaps because the rock was like a “beacon in the gorge.”  Later on in the 19th century, the rock was called “Castle Rock”, but its name was soon restored to Lewis & Clark’s earlier designation.

I camped out in the campgrounds a mile away from the rock in the state park with the Lawson Hammock! The next morning I hiked up Beacon Rock with my bike and my Camelbak, then rode down. The hike is over a mile long, traversing over approximately 50 switchbacks, and climbs about 850 feet.  

Went riding at the Vancouver, WA skate park yesterday on the way back from Beacon Rock.

Yes, the economy absolutely sucks.  But don’t let it stop you from riding or having fun. It turns out you can spend a weekend in one of the most beautiful places on earth, ride, hike, fly and have a great time without spending hardly any money.  Good times.

I haven’t posted in 3 weeks… Ooops!   Took a hard slam.  Back now.

Time is a paradox, stretching between a “past” and “future” that have no reality except in our own minds.  The idea of time is a convention of thought and language, a social agreement.  Here is the deeper truth: You Have Only This Moment.

We appear on Earth as separate beings with diverse destinies; but as each separate raindrop is a part of the sea, so are we each a part of the ocean of awareness, the Body of God.  Find love and inner peace deep within the highest truth that we are all one family.  Leave behind the baggage of fear, envy, and resentment; fly aloft on the wings of understanding, to enter the boundless land of Compassion.

My friend gave this book to me after my flying accident in June of 2005.  It’s by far the best book I’ve ever read, I recommend it to anybody and everybody.  I recently read it again and can’t say enough good things about it.  They made it into a movie, which is awesome too.  He also wrote a book called Body Mind Mastery, which I also highly recommend.

The world of nature moves in rhythms, patterns, and cycles- the passing of the seasons, the movement of the stars, the ebb and flow of the tides.  The seasons do not push one another; neither do clouds race the wind across the sky.  All things happen in their own good time- rising and falling and rising like the ocean waves, in the circles of time. - Millman