About Gary King

I’m a writer, speaker and lover of all things that raise the heartbeat and tickle the senses. If there is one thing that I’ve learnt from my years of extreme sport and adventure travel is that life is for living - not spectating.

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Vertigo Fan Descender

by Gary King on 04-May-10 10:57

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Vertigo is a giant descender fan bolted onto the side of the Bodyflight Wind Tunnel in Bedfordshire. You strap yourself on and leap off and it's ace. Check out the gallery and the video.

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Oakley Jib Vid 2010

by Gary King on 29-Apr-10 18:39

Brilliant.

There's nothing more to say.

Oakley Jib Vid 2010 2nd place

Oakley Jib Vid 1st Place

For the other videos in the competition visit www.jib-vid.com

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Carve Surfing Magazine

by Gary King on 28-Apr-10 12:39

Check out Cornish based surf mag Carve. Brimming with news, views, features and loads of stunning pics.

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Keiths Hut

by Gary King on 28-Apr-10 09:35

In the backcountry surrounding Pemberton in the Canadian Rockies is one the most welcoming mountain huts that you'll ever have the good fortune to visit. Erected as a memorial to to Keith Flavelle, a local mountaineer who perished in the an avalanche on Mount Hogan, the hut welcomes people looking for shelter all the year round. I went there after a day's hike on a split snowboard and spent a warm and comfortable night with about a dozen others. Click on the image to view the picture gallery of my trip.

For coordinates and more information about Keith's Hut visit www.bivouac.com

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Ray Mears Interview

by Gary King on 27-Apr-10 11:56

I interviewed Ray Mears last week and he told me about his love of tracking animals both in the UK and abroad. Click through the picture above to read the article in The Daily Telegraph.

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South West England Outdoor Adventures

by Gary King on 24-Apr-10 08:03

I recently had the pleasure of spending a couple of days in the South West coasteering and mountain biking with Breathing Space and The Mount Batten Centre. The weather was wet but it didn't dampen my spirits.

My report was made into a video and published in The Daly Telegraph.

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Talk to the Chartered Institute of Marketing

by Gary King on 22-Apr-10 15:59

I joined forces with Insight to Impact and Kukimedia today to address the Chartered Institute of Marketing at a special web clinic designed to make marketeers take a fresh look at their website design, development and marketing. I was talking about the need for compelling and effective copy to push websites up search engines page rankings. I used my own site to show how I have achieved first page status on Google searches for 'Extreme Sports Blogs' and for 'Gary King'.