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| Animus |
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 |  Parkour is a beautiful thing, but the landscapes we use are public domain, and they are not only there for us. Where I train in Hamilton, it is a city renowned for its pollution and smog. One particular training spot is in the heart of downtown, and is some of the worst areas in terms of broken glass, random crap sprawled around, and just a general and unpleasant view. Even the nearby parks are in terrible shape. These aren't areas that are secluded. Our training ground is also the practice ground for skaters, bikers, rollerbladers, runners, the homes of the homeless, shopping centres for the middle class, a place to leisurely walk for the elderly.As I'm leaving Hamilton soon, I want to leave it in a better state than it was in when I walked into it. I want the Parkour community here remembered for not just being some kids who fucked around on the structures, or even dedicated athletes, but also a positive force in the city; a positive force for the youth and an asset to Hamilton's culture. What I propose is that sometime during the month of April, since more people, traceurs or otherwise, get outside and enjoy the weather and enjoy the environment, we should try to make it a better place for all of these people. One weekend in April, I will be getting together the Hamilton traceurs, ready with gloves and a whole lot of garbage bags, we're going to pick up all the litter in our downtown training spot, from the mall to the library to the city hall, court of justice, and park. We will go so far as to pick up individual shards of glass, because they're simply dangerous. And once every trace has been cleaned, then we'll jam and have a great time. I want April to be the month that traceurs all over the world make their communities a better place for everyone. I would love to hear stories from each of your communities, see pictures, watch videos. With no reward of recognition, no acknowledge for what we have done, let us go in and help our communities out. Let us be useful. Let us use our abilities to climb to the lesser scene corners of our cities, and even clean those up, because they collect garbage like magnets! And for a month, let us unite in this initiative, and be a global community, and make the entire world a better place for all who would enjoy the outdoors this spring and summer. [ Edited Apr 06 '08, 10:31PM ] | ||
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| J. Hai |
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 | Two thumbs way, way up! | ||
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| Spok |
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 | A "parkour" filled purpose with training involved afterward. Sounds fun, I will be organizing it in the little city that I live in lol. | ||
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| Muse_of_Fire |
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| | Awesome. :D \"On ne voit bien qu\'avec le coeur. L\'essentiel est invisible aux yeux.\" --Antoine de Saint-Exupery madparkour.com, a place for traceurs in the Madison, WI and Dane County area. | ||
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| Amir |
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 | I'll try to do this in my hometown! Unfortunately in Jacksonville, FL, where I used to train, the things to clean up would be feces and urine stains (we trained in unsavory parts of the city), which probably wouldn't work out well :( | ||
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| Stev0 |
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 | That's actually a great thing to do/to have done.... I think I'll start doing this with our group here in Edmonton as well! Hello Everybody. | ||
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| MatthewLWillis |
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| | Are there any videos being made while doing all the work?  | ||
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| Animus |
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| | Hopefully, there will be some. | ||
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| Spok |
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| | I have a video camera, so I will try and film the festivities of that day as well as participate. | ||
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| MatthewLWillis |
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| | Great. We are going to try an make one ourselves here in Texas. But ours is going to be a little different. We are going to be working with high pressure washers for the day!!! | ||
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| Muse_of_Fire |
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| | Awesome, MLW! I have been thinking about how to do that in Madison; trying to contact some people in the city to offer Madpk's time as volunteers to help clean up graffiti, pick up litter in parks/public areas downtown, etc. Can you be more specific about what you're doing? \"On ne voit bien qu\'avec le coeur. L\'essentiel est invisible aux yeux.\" --Antoine de Saint-Exupery madparkour.com, a place for traceurs in the Madison, WI and Dane County area. | ||
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| Pkdanno |
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| | I've signed pkto up for tree planting... funny enough I'm posting this here before I even tell them! =P | ||
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| J. Hai |
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| | On April 12th, UMass Parkour will be combing through the woodlands surrounding campus and picking up the trash that's accumulated there. It's fantastic to see so many communities from all over stepping up to this initiative! I'm really pumped for this coming month and the future of our movement. | ||
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| timothy |
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| | As this looks like something that a-lot of people have a heart for, then I encourage that this kind of thing should be an anuall thing that happens, and not something we do just this one time. I f we can make a big enough impact in the future people will start noticing what we are doing for the comunity, and thuss we would be furthuring parkour in the comunitys eyes. So great job guys keep it up! I don't aimlessly run, just like you don't aimlessly breathe. I don't climb "just for the heck of it", just like you don't eat "for the heck of it". I don't just arbitrarily jump just as you don't arbitrarily live. | ||
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| kaos |
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| | Can I get a woodlands/campus cleanup video montage? | ||
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