my . heart . is . so far . from my . body

B.S.M.

T.V.Z.

To: Mum

Here's a photo of me in December 2010 coming out of the ocean after swimming with pregnant turtles. It was a little startling when it was murky and a turtle would bump into you or swim by your face really close. You can't see them all but there were probably 1000 on the beach and an equal amount in the ocean popping their heads up once in a while, waiting to come ashore.

Silver

In November Silver was 27 dollars a troy ounce. Today, 5 months later, it is 37 dollars and still climbing. Why is it climbing? Many reasons. It is real, useful and a standard, much older, form of money/trade, 1 bar of silver = one cow and vise versa. Unlike today's credits and fiat currency -meaning not backed by anything, or fake - paper or plastic, this metal for whatever historic reason holds agreed upon value. Silver is so cheap these days for many reasons but the main one is the cheap source of fuel (oil) we HAD to mine the metal.

-In earlier times, silver has commanded much higher prices. In the early 15th century, the price of silver is estimated to have surpassed $800 per ounce, based on 1998 dollars.- wiki

If you had left the same amount of "cash" in the bank for five months you would have accrued approx. 5 dollars (which only 1/3rd of will actually BE at the bank). Im just saying...As our government prints whatever it needs the rest of the world gets poorer and more oppressed as do those below extreme wealth. And if you have been forced to go hungry, eating nothing for 1 day, you will know your extremities, how your self-ascribed positive attitude is based mainly on a full belly and the knowledge of a forth-coming meal, not to mention a hot shower, hot water, a rarely empty fridge. Eureka! We reach real value; health, food, clean water. We used to go by silver standard, then gold, then we turned it to oil standard but the FOOD STANDARD was there before silver or gold and is always the first naturally re-instated after a major crisis. This is the real currency that matters. The base of our control, whether we realize it or not, is food/health, not money, in making us happy productive citizens that are full and comfortable all the time. It is agri-corporations, business and politics that all profit from this induced state and we the citizens can hardly complain, I mean, who doesn't like chocolate peanut butter cheesecake in the middle of the night?. All Im saying is that The cultural gorge between our food and us is dangerously wide, and our vain sense of entitlement will only get one so far. How much is clean water worth? Clean soil? Clean air? With nuclear explosions, tar sand development and gigantic oil spills is the price rising in your mind?

When I lived in the Philippines for those two months and now believe was close to dying a few times including almost being burned to death (totally different story), I saw first hand the value of food. There were no restaurants or food stores. The town had the minimum amount of dry and canned product and all fresh meat was brought in once a day from the ocean, if that often. In luck the elder lady of my little bedhouse was a wealthy lady indeed. She had the most fields of coconut and rice. She mentioned to me that people are constantly asking her for rice and she "sometimes gives it but cannot give it all". As I'm sure you've heard commodities like wheat, rice and flour are all going up, some close to doubling their price per kilo from last year at this time. And these prices, I predict, will rise to the top of the peak before it is clear we are heading down for a swift swift bump? and like everything else, return to worthless numbers on a screen. But just before that vital moment if you have the things of real value and worth by your side...well, then you've chosen wisely.

So I mention silver as an investment only if your other bases are covered and you are doing nothing more with those numbers on the computer than watching them rack up penny's you will never spend or are worthless due to inflation. Plus a giant bar of silver makes a great paper weight.

Of course, This coming from a guy who lives predominately a nomadic life may seem strange. But let me assure you I am watching the face of this wave form, watching it section and curl, getting in the barrel...
I guess we can only watch and wait and see...and slowly poison the planet. Which brings me to my next topic: Activists - Are they working in vain? Lets get Extreme!

Thanks for reading.

White Water Wafting

Yup...I almost died...again.

8 stitches bitches

If you are walking to the bathroom in the middle of a moonless and starless night and step on someones face and need to save yourself from falling down a 10 foot hole and crushing that persons face to a pulp and lean to far to the right and slice open your forearm and need 8 stitches then it's nice to have a beautiful doctor on hand to help you fix yourself up.

No photos please...

Sick fool hungry
chances choices chilvalry
planting protecting suffocating dying
on a boat
in a spaceship
blowing breezes dissapearing
mind outside stretching
shining star being
delicate flower potted
ether
heart
stopping
Energy riding
embracing cold
forgotten.

Costa Rica - Nicaragua

It has been a while and so Im just going to write little memorabilia for myself. This winter I turned thirty And as a gift to myself I took off south to Mexico and beyond for 6 months of surfing and exploring. Of course Mexico was a blast and La Ticla was as peaceful and uncrossed as ever mainly due to the gang war to control the marijauna and turf war to keep foriegn investment out. Many young and kind people died in this war and it had the affect of scaring people away. Again I rested by the river surfin the days away, reading and watching the birds feed in the river.
I travelled up and down the Mexican 200 more than I would have hoped this season but it turned out alright in the end. The search for swell follws wierd and twisted paths. My last voyage was a five day 24 hour a day bus extravaganza all the way to costa rica. It started on the 28th of December and ended on the 2nd of January. I stopped for two days in San jaun to give my nerves a break and enjoy my birthday just a little.
The last month was completely consumed by beachtravellers and touring the country and surf lessons. As well as a damaging gash to my scalp from a surf fin and a virus or cold or infection that had me feeling I'll at least half of the time. I'm glad it happened and I'm glad it's over. I have a bunch of new friends and as always, or maybe even more now, an appreciation for every moment I have in this life and all the wonderful experiences I am constantly a part of. When you are a part of a life changing thought or moment it affects you even I you are not the primary subject. So now I move back to Nicaragua to live and revisit, this time longer than a day, my ol' friends from San jaun del sur who have aged four years like myself but are all the better for it and excited to share their lives. I would love to set up and write for a long while but i suppose it will have to wait until the ride comes to a complete stop and I am free to exit the vehicle.

Love you all even if I'm not there. Alan, you've inspired me to get real and go to the dentist, though it'll probably be third world. Ben, your photos are amazing, keep shooting and sharing. Lynn, thanks for being in Vancouver, even it's it's just a couple years, it's so nice to have you there when I get back to Canada. And mom, cause you're probably the first one to read this...I can't wait to spend some time with you eating pot cookies and playing crib ( ;

This was last week. My first time whitewater rafting. In this picture I was in the raft behind but on this rapid I came close to going overboard. Major fun!

Surfing

Almost 30 frikken years old and playing around in the waves...when will i ever find a real career eh ma?

This was taken by a nice young lady who happen to be shooting some whale tails yesterday. Zoomed in these pictures are more fantastic.

M E X I C O

I am in my paradise now. The whales are migrating south and they greet me every morning with there distant exhalations, breech´s and dorsal exposures that are so very beautiful and timeless to witness that I am struck thoughtless and free everytime the event takes place in the otherwise flat ocean. Flat that is except for the perfect peeling waves that shoot left and right with amazing form and grace. And in the refreshing water schools of fish ball up and jump away from unseen predators while spotted stingrays glide underfoot and ocassionally do their own breeching. Flying fish show evolution in kind and endow wonders and imaginations of the otherworldly. I am reading in my hammock and eating coconuts for breakfast, fish for dinner and fruit for lunch mixed in of course with treats of the refined sugar kind and beer, tequila, mezcal, and marijauna.
The other day I held a baby greenback turtle and then witnessed as they instinctively made their way to the breaking surf. I filmed the event but have yet to find a computer to upload the images, the last images my camera ever took before it died in the elements it claimed to be able to handle. Goodbye Olympus, you took shitty pictures and broke too soon.

I will spend christmas here in La Ticla and hope everyone is warm and cozy where they want to be. Take care, Love to all.

http://www.postcarbon.org/video/175694-the-ultimate-roller-coaster-ride-a

http://www.postcarbon.org/video/175694-the-ultimate-roller-coaster-ride-a

This is a simple 5 minute video of the history of oil. If I could eat and stay warm witout losing my soul, humanity, pride and freedom I would. But until we slay this illustrious statue we have erected I will avert to peace and avoid a battle with the damned masses of the lost.

Backpack

1 Backpack

10 t-shirts

1 pair of socks

1 pair of sandals

5 pairs of shorts

7 pairs of underpants

1 sweater

1 pair of jeans

binoculars

goggles

snorkel

fins*

mini stove (gas)

gas canister*

Sleeping pad 1" thick self-inflatable

camera/recharger

extra earphones

deodorant

headlamp w/extra batteries

Sharp knife

Leatherman Knife

itouch

surfboard w/bag

pair of shoes

fin key and wax scraper

soap/shaver/scissors/toothbrush/paste

tylenol

cold efx

sewing kit

Wallet

pen

cash

hat*

sunglasses*

Sunblock*

UV shirt*

Everything I am bringing with me to Mexico and beyond.

*need to get

No matter the fineness of the line, you must always stay balanced.

Listen.

Don't have a conversation with someone while listening to this. Find an hour where you are doing stationary work or just wanting to listen, and listen. I will be back, hopefully, in the spring. Survival is on my mind. And laughing in the face of death is just my way of keeping things light. Love ya's.

www.pantedmonkey.org

go to Micheal Ruppert- Susie Gruber Taped on 11/08/10

The future;

Peak Oil and Tar Sands. They have come to full light in my conscious and the shock and massive amount of thought one must give them is consuming. I have always thought resources were the real value in the equation, I was not clear on how much there was or what exactly was the most important, but I have recently been enlightened. Please realize the dire situation we are in. Stop believing the newscorps and start listening to your gut. Oil is a non-renewable resource that has helped fuel a growing world we all grew up in and were conditioned relative to that paradigm. We are going to be forced to change because we (the world) are demanding more of what we have less of everyday. So we might as well start NOW! People if you haven't heard or don't know about peak oil, the laws of thermodynamics or the tar sands I recommend you google these things. Or watch the documentary "Collapse" with Micheal Ruppert. Basically we are out of what makes our world grow so fast and keeps food in our bellies. Oil. No more. There is no higher culture we will see from oil. We have reached the crescendo of our civilization. We are entering into another dark age. I'm going surfing. Please go with your eyes open and forward. P.S. For family that want to start a farm please contact me via email. Love you all.

Costa Rica 2010

If life wasn't good enough or as amazing...I got a gig taking people on tour in Costa Rica. Check and Mark.

Fires 2010

Hey all,

So here's my first fire in B.C. this year. It grew to over 5000 hectares. Awesome.

GOLD, THE BRIDGE BETWEEN THE OLD ... AND A NEW PARADIGM OF BALANCE (GOLD FOR DUMMIES) | COLLAPSENET

GOLD, THE BRIDGE BETWEEN THE OLD ... AND A NEW PARADIGM OF BALANCE (GOLD FOR DUMMIES) | COLLAPSENET