Amp It Up! Vox 2008-05-09T02:04:22Z Amp It Up! http://ampitup.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00d09e47c089be2b/tags/risk/ Turn Your Possibilities into Reality The Possibility of Hearing After Being Deaf All Your Life tag:vox.com,2008-05-09:asset-6a00d09e47c089be2b00e398f7d8120005 2008-05-09T01:53:13Z 2008-05-09T02:04:22Z Amp It Up! http://ampitup.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom I just watched a documentary about a long-married couple, who, having both been deaf since birth, decided to get cochlear implants at the age of 65. Talk about amplifying possibility into reality. The husband adapted more readily than the wife,...

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]]> Overcoming Challenges: Band & Bar Brings Folks to Shabbat tag:vox.com,2008-03-25:asset-6a00d09e47c089be2b00e398e955ef0004 2008-03-25T02:33:25Z 2008-03-25T02:33:25Z Amp It Up! http://ampitup.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom I am not Jewish, and perhaps that's why I was amazed to find an article in my Easter paper about a local temple adding a few not-particularly-religious incentives to their Friday ritual: a band and a bar. They call it Schmooz'N Shabbat, and it hap...

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]]> Opening the Kimono on Self Expression tag:vox.com,2008-01-23:asset-6a00d09e47c089be2b00e398d575880003 2008-01-23T20:56:46Z 2008-02-08T20:36:40Z Amp It Up! http://ampitup.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom When I was 12, I lived in a commune. One of our housemates was a woman who held a black belt in karate and gave us self-defense lessons. Back then her name was Pat, but she later changed it to Banshee and appeared on the cover of Ms. Magazine in...

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]]> The SkyJump Video tag:vox.com,2007-09-30:asset-6a00d09e47c089be2b00e398ade1b80004 2007-09-30T05:28:06Z 2007-09-30T20:49:43Z Amp It Up! http://ampitup.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Skyjump

Okay, guys, here it is: the live video of jumping off the tallest building in New Zealand. The ride down is at about 85 mph. BIG fun. :) This jump was a risk that I opted to take, and that my boyfriend Michael opted out of. Most everyone e...

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]]> 630 Feet Above New Zealand, and 300 Feet Below tag:vox.com,2007-09-29:asset-6a00d09e47c089be2b00e398ad6afe0001 2007-09-29T00:52:25Z 2007-09-29T00:52:25Z Amp It Up! http://ampitup.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

LostWorldAbseil Lost World 2

Our last adventure in New Zealand was spelunking! Which is caving. We abseiled (rappelled) 300 feet down into the Lost World caves of Waitomo. Here we are at the top of the abseil: That's my fabulous boyfriend Michael on the right. As you c...

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]]> 630-Foot Base Jump By Wire tag:vox.com,2007-09-28:asset-6a00d09e47c089be2b00e398ad415a0004 2007-09-28T03:52:36Z 2007-09-28T14:43:10Z Amp It Up! http://ampitup.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Raglanporchview RaglanPointView SkyJumpPreJump SkyJumpPhoto

I wanted to post info about my jump right after I did it. Well, as might be expected, in the little coastal surfer town of Raglan, NZ, there wasn't any Internet access. But there WERE beautiful views: SO. Here's a picture of me prior to jumpin...

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]]> From Auckland, New Zealand: Risk Taking Down Under tag:vox.com,2007-09-19:asset-6a00d09e47c089be2b00e398aa0e390002 2007-09-19T05:01:22Z 2007-09-19T05:27:24Z Amp It Up! http://ampitup.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Auckland Skytowernewzealand

Hello my friends, from Down Under! Visiting the beautiful country of New Zealand again, and absolutely adoring it. Here's a picture from last year at dinner at the SkyTower, the southern hemisphere's tallest building at 1076 feet: Pictured ar...

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