This is a must know knot for any climber. Used for everything from self belay to crevasse rescue. Try this hitch out. It is real easy but believe me you can be really hooped if you don't know it. On the other hand this will get you out of a bind when nothing else will. Common knot for mountaineers who travel light in the big hills. Used to ascend a rope or self rescue out of a crevasse.
In this How To Video Kurtis Elwell will walk you through how to do a fakie on a BMX. The best place to start learning how to roll a fakie is on a steep hill or incline. As soon as you start to lose momentum on the hill you will stop for a moment then start rolling backwards. If your BMX is equipped with a cassette wheel it will start to force you to pedal backwards. Then, when you are rolling backwards and want to turn around, turn your front wheel to a 45 degree angle. Lean back a bit so all...
Learn how to play "All Summer Long" by Hit Master, an acoustic guitar tutorial. Follow along with this demonstration, tabs and lyrics here:
Finding all of the rare trade objects in Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood can be infuriating, what with random item drops and quests to juggle. Watch this video for a guide to farming trade objects by killing bandits along a particular route.
In this tutorial, we learn how to unlock the FBI Investigator trophy in Heavy Rain. To get this trophy, you have to get all the clues at the crime scene the first time you play it. While you are in the level, you will need to look at the victim and the things that are surrounding them. There are four clues that are in the video, the last one is harder to find than the rest. Look at the person's hand to help find more. There are a couple clues outside and a couple more outside on the hill. Whe...
Short skateboards are more associated with doing tricks than their longboard cousins, but that doesn't mean there aren't gnarly moves that you can do while you're riding downhill on your longboard. This video will show you how to do a stalefish grab on a longboard. You may know this move as an air from shortboarding, but on a longboard you don't even need to jump to do it! Watch this, then get out to your local hill and try it out.
This spring, don't let "The Hills" hottie Lauren Conrad hog up all the black eyeliner! No matter what your eye color, black liner adds smolder to a light daytime look and sultriness to a nighttime smokey eye.
In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to play a recorder. The mouthpiece of the recorder goes onto your bottom lip and in front of your bottom teeth. Do not bite on it. You rest your mouth on it. Only the tip of the mouthpiece goes in your mouth. When you blow on the recorder, blow with a steady air stream with a small amount of air. Squeaking is caused when you blow too hard and if you finger are not covering the holes completely. This video will benefit those viewers who are interested ...
My how-to on Post and Dowel Fencing. My buddy Sven and I, with the help of landowner Rex, installing a massive post & dowel Fence. You need a level, post hill driller, rock bar, and stakes. There are terminator, corner and line posts that have holes specifically for its position in the fence. It's like Lincoln logs that snap together. Lengths of the post vary, but you want 1/3 of the post underground. This is great for lining your property or farm.
If you've ever watched "The Hills" or have seen Lauren Conrad out at a red carpet event, then you're familiar with this hairstyle. Known as the French braided side bang, it's one of the easiest hairstyles you can do and takes minimal time. Take a gander at this hairstyling video to learn how to create this popular celebrity hairstyle.
In this tutorial we learn how to toeside sideslip in snowboarding. Keep your head up and your eyes looking directly uphill. Bend your knees and maintain a straight upper body. Make sure to go slowly and take your time so you are more likely to get the feel of the hill. Apply pressure to your toe edge by driving your knees towards the snow. Also, maintain even weight on both feet with your arms to the side for more balance. Once you have these tips practiced and learned, you will become a bett...
In this video, we learn how to do the invisible board & super jump glitches in THAW. First, turn low gravity on then get onto the roof of a building. From here, jump onto the ramp then jump into the grass down on the bottom. After this, find the invisible wall and jump up it. After this, climb to the top of the mountain right next to it. Then, run down the street and slap the wall while jumping up it until you reach the top of the hill. Then, run down and jump to the bottom on the street. Now...
Please do us a favor and preserve your cupcake's modesty by dressing her nakedness up in a sweet parka of strawberry-flavored royal icing. While we're aware of the challenges that frosting a cupcake produces (we've had plenty of occasions when we've ended up with more frosting on ourselves than on the cupcakes), this video lays it out easily for anyone to follow.
Riding a horse is one of the most fun outdoor activities you can do. They're fast, fun, friendly animals and provide tons of exercise. If you are used to only riding your horse around a farm or riding path, you may not be prepared for rougher terrain. For example, riding a horse on the side of a hill can be new and scary to both the horse and the rider. In this tutorial, Rick Gore will show you how to prepare your horse for riding and feel safe on difficult footing. Follow along with this vid...
Ali Alami with Fit Climb demonstrates how to stop yourself using an ice axe when mountaineering. Arresting yourself is important if you or a partner on a rope team trip or fall when climbing. To practice hold your ice axe across your chest and slide down a hill on your backside. To arrest yourself roll to whatever side the pick is positioned on, digging the pick into the mountain and rolling your body completely on top of it. Keep your feet above the snow until you are almost at a stop and th...
In "How to Make Crepes", a video by Cayley Waldo, she describes one of the methods used at the Baker's Crust restaurant chain to create elegantly designed crepes. She starts by describing how to create the wrap to be used with the crepe as well as demonstrating the way to fold the crepe and also how the contents should be arranged. For the Example given, the crepe is filled with chocolate mousse and strawberries. The video then goes on to show ways that the plate can be decorated so to increa...
Many people will agree that their favorite meal to go out for is crab legs. With this video from Chef Jason Hill from CookingSessions.com, you can learn to cook crab legs at home for a nice dinner that costs a lot less than going out to a fancy seafood restaurant. Instead of the typical boiling method, we see how to cook them on the grill! He also explains how to make homemade garlic butter using butter, garlic, rosemary and thyme.
Are you looking for the perfect Steak sauce but don't feel like using a lot of ingredients? Chef Jason Hill knows how to make a delicious bourbon steak sauce using just 8 ingredients. In this episode of Chef Tips, chef Jason will be showing you how to make the sauce as well as what type of ingredients will be needed to make it taste great. It is one of the easiest kinds of steak sauces to make and is also said to be one of the tastiest as well.
Chef Jason Hill of Cooking Sessions shows you how to make a grilled chicken sandwich in this episode. You will need avocados, pepper jack cheese, fresh sliced tomato and toasted onion-cheese rolls in addition to the prepared marinated grilled chicken and southwest sauce. Place the chicken breast in a zip-lock bag and pound it as shown, thereafter marinade the chicken and grill it, melt the pepper jack cheese on the chicken following the instructions on the video closely. Next put the sandwich...
Farm Town hacks, cheats, glitches. How to hack Farm Town. Watch this video tutorial to learn how to make a waterfall in Farm Town (09/03/09). This could also be made to make hills and such.
If you're a fan of Priscilla Queen of the Desert, this video's for you. Sydney is the Drag Queen capital of Australia. We wanted to find out if any dude (now matter how masculine) could be transformed into a convincing Drag Queen. So we brought hairy alpha male Mitch, out from the desert, to Surrey Hills to meet one of Sydney's most famous Drag Queens; and learn how to be one in just 3 steps...
Watermelon is not only a refreshing treat but is full of nutrients and energy. Prepare for a summer you will never forget by starting a watermelon patch today. From seeding to watching your plants grow, this is a fun project for the whole family.
As a long-distance runner off and on for the past, I absolutely detests hills. While there are many apps that can measure elevation and slope for certain routes, understanding spatial data on a line graph or even an elevation map can be difficult.
In this video, we learn how to do Wizard of Oz Inspired Makeup for MakeupbyTiffanyD's Co. When you are making this design, you will draw the emerald city on your right eye and then green hill around it. From there, you will draw the yellow brick road going down from your eye to the bottom of your face. The green will mimic the Wicked Witch as well. Your lips will be ruby red for Dorothy's red shoes and then create a rainbow on the other side of the face. Just apply mascara to the other side o...
In this video, we learn how to watercolor paint a California barn. To start, you will take a small painted brush and start to paint the outline of the barn. next, you will dip the brush into different colors to create the inside of the barn and the details on the outside of it. Once you're finished painting the barn, start to paint the scenery that is around the barn. Use greens to paint in hills and then paint a fence with animals inside. Continue to add in additional details until you're fi...
Running on natural terrain - we're talking forests, hills, etc. - is nothing at all like running on flat, paved concrete. But despite this fact many runners who switch from concrete to a natural trail don't change their running technique to adapt to the new terrain. This is not a good idea because it can cause serious injury.
Chef Jason Hill teaches us how to make a low fat alfredo sauce. First, take a head of cauliflower and cut it in half, then cut all the florets out of the head. Now, place the cauliflower in rapidly boiling water until it's extremely tender. While this is cooking, melt 1 tbsp butter and Italian seasoning with minced garlic in a saucepan. Then, add in 1/2 c of cream and stir rapidly. Bring the mixture to a simmer for 1 minute, then add 1/2 c fresh grated parmesan cheese and let simmer for anoth...
You know how in art class one of the main principles of drawing realistically is shading an object to establish its shape and contours? The same idea applies to makeup application. While our faces have natural dimension and contours, their hills and valleys can be further emphasized with strategic contouring via highlighters and bronzers.
Scott from Spring Hill Nursery gives advice on caring for clematis, a beautiful plant that is easy to grow. Clematis blooms in late summer or early fall, and thrives in almost any conditions. It does fine in either full sun or a partly shaded location, but you should use mulch around the roots to keep them cool.
This video illustrate how to paint a breezy sky in watercolors.Here are the following steps: Step 1: First of all take sheet of paper,pencil and watercolors.
Scott from Spring Hill Nursery with Step by Step Gardening teaches you some basics about hydrangea plants. He talks about how to take care of the plants, how to ensure blooming, and some planting considerations. Hydrangea plants need at least five hours a day in order to bloom so they should not be planted in very shady locations. The blooms can be pink, blue, green, or white, depending on the variety and soil conditions. The blooms can be used in bouquets, or dried for use in crafts. The pla...
Scott from Spring Hill Nursery with Step by Step Gardening talks about planting fall bulbs. Planting bulbs is very easy. You just need a shovel, good soil, and lots of water. The bulbs he plants are tulips bulbs, lily bulbs, glad corms, and iris rhizomes. All of these must be planted in the fall to bloom in the spring. It's easiest to dig one big hole - about 6-8" deep - and plant all of your bulbs at once. A random pattern yields a natural look. Once you've placed your bulbs, put about 2"-3"...
Learn how to easily make clarified butter at your home in simple steps from Jason Hill. First heat a pan and add some thick butter on it. Let the butter stay on the for sometime until it is completely melted. Now start skimming the surface of the melted butter little by little using a spoon. You will get the clarified butter when its skimmed off completely. You can use it many purposes as it hold a lot heat.
In this video Chef Jason Hill of Cooking Sessions shares his southwest sauce recipe which is used on burgers, sandwiches, salads and dips. For the southwest sauce you will require 1/4 cup of cilantro leaves, 1/2 a tomato, 1/4 onion, 1 Serrano pepper, 1/2 a teaspoon of cumin, 1/2 a teaspoon of kosher salt, 1/4 teaspoon of cayenne pepper, a cup of mayonnaise, a cup of sour cream and a clove of garlic. Add the ingredients into a food processor and grind it to a puree as shown. After that add the...
Garlic mashed potatoes are a delicious side that pairs well with seafood, poultry or beef. Chef Jason Hill shows you how to make a garlic mashed potato recipe that you're sure to enjoy.
It's fun to be out in warm weather cutting big timbers and doing a project that sees quick, upward progress. In this video, you'll find instructions for building a post and plank-style retaining wall. This post-and-plank retaining system is based on the way seawalls (or bulkheads) work. You set posts into the ground, vertically, then plank behind them. This creates a wall with texture and shadow lines with nice hollows between the posts for plantings or grass. And, because there's so much pos...
Active Expert Gale Bernhardt provides helpful tips for cadence and gearing while climbing in this instructional climbing video. When riding uphill, it's very common for riders to want to use a big gear and mash on those gears. That style of riding is hard on your knees and metabolic system. What you want to do is have more of a spinning cadence when you go up the hill. Don't be afraid to shift.
This segment is from the old "Basics" video by Transworld RIDEbmx. From rolling moves to spinning moves, Chad DeGroot and Day Smith teach you some of the building blocks of flatland riding. If you are so used to riding on ramps and hills, you might have forgotten how important it is to learn flatland BMX riding. Well, Chad DeGroot and Day Smith teach you all about flatland BMXing. Just see how to ride on flatland with your BMX bicycle, learning bike tricks and everything else.
Check out this chess game video tutorial from Grandmaster Alexandra Kosteniuk, presented by guest star Almira Skripchenko. Here, you will see the end of the game Robert Fontaine vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, in Aix-les-Bains (2007).
Buffalo chicken dip is spiced blue cheese dressing that is perfect for your chicken wings. This is a great addition to your Super Bowl recipes or an awesome blue cheese dressing for your favorite salad. Chef Tips host Jason Hill also recommends it as a grilled steak sauce. The ingredients are blue cheese, buttermilk, mayonnaise, sour cream, white wine vinegar, salt, pepper, Worcestershire sauce, and garlic. Learn how to make this blue cheese dip, sauce, or dressing by watching this video cook...
