Following ERTH’s acquisition of The SPi Group we all dressed up in this new “gear” from ERTH. Check us out 
SPi-ers in ERTH-wear
CN Tower Climb Pics
Based on the principle “better late than never” I have uploaded some of the pictures from the climb.
I don’t know why but these guys were running and not climbing the CN Tower 
Please see the SPi Gallery for more pictures.
Climbing Tips
I thought I would share a few tips on climbing the tower.
- Wear gloves. The best kind are light gloves with grips on the palms and fingers. Cycling gloves are good for this - you can get a decent pair at Mountain Equipment Coop for about $20. They will help you grip the railings as you go up. This is really helpful because you can use your hands/arms/upper body to help climb (and not just your legs).
- Pace yourself, especially at the bottom of the tower (early in the climb). If you get winded early, then you’ll have to stop many more times along the way to catch your breath.
- Wear light clothing and good athletic shoes. A headband is also useful to keep perspiration out of your eyes. Don’t carry anything unnecessary up with you. Note that they enforce a “hands-free climb” - you’re only allowed to take keys and ID up with you (no water bottles). They give you water at the top.
Ven.
WWF CN Tower Climb
graphics credit: WWF.ca
Following the tradition (participants from last year) of SPi is participating in this year’s WWF CN Tower Climb on April 16th, 2009.
We currently have 2 teams registered with a total of 10 people. Allen and Ven are our team captains and here is the list of participants:
- Allen’s team
- Allen “slow poke” Valerio
- Frances Angeles (York Uni)
- Vincent Lee
- John Kuo
- Anthony Dias (ex-SPi)
- Daryl Hellewell
- Allen “slow poke” Valerio
- Ven’s team
- Ven Seshadri
- Howard Wong
- Ron Clark(Aird&Berlis)
- Helen Platis (ERA)
- Jeremy Schlichter
To help participants’ fundraising efforts, SPi will donate $25 per participant.
Now, does anybody have any ideas on team names? “Ven’s team” and “Allen’s team” are the best I could do Oh, and we have a new T-shirt design. I hope you like it We will be handing out T-shirts to participants prior to the event.
Quick Tutorial - Writing Articles
Here’s a quick tutorial on logging in and writing your first post.
Log in to the SPi Blog:
- Navigate to http://blog (for now) and click on Login at the top
- Type your username and password and click Log In (don’t have access?)
- That’s it. You can write posts(left side) now and check your profile (on the left)
To write a post:
- Click the Write tab.
- Type in your title and content
- As needed, select a category and add tags - more overly explained information here
- To add images see where it says Add Media and click on the button. This will open a dialog box and you can upload your image(or enter image URL if it is on another webpage) and insert it into a post - and again, explained here with a lot more details
- When you are ready, click Publish.
That’s it, easy enough.
Happy blogging
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