THERE'S a new fad that’s giving its aficionados a high. And that’s taking a "ride” on a zipline: up in the air, slicing through it with a zip, feeling [the wind] whiz by. It’s a ride available in many parts of the world and the best thing is it’s a ride available right here in the city, up in Malubog just above Busay, at the Doce Pares Zipline (DPZ).
According to one of its owners, Dionisio Cañete, the place started out as a Doce Pares Academy of Eskrima. It still is.
It was developed in March last year with a jungle swing, a bamboo bridge from where you can jump on a trampoline or where you can practice eskrima, kickboxing, and taekwondo moves alone or with a sparring partner.

 

 

 

The altitude and the sloping terrain are ideal for the training of eskrima enthusiasts. The zipline started out as a way of building confidence and guts, as it can be intimidating for first-time users, and a challenge for those ... Read more »

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Breakthroughs

 

 

PHYSICIAN-POET Oliver Wendell Holmes advised [the reader]: "Take a music bath once or twice a week for a few seasons. You will find it is to the soul what a water bath is to the body.”
Who would have thought that such an advice would bear well in people who have Parkinson’s disease (PD)?