Rob Dyke

September 19th, 2005, 08:28 AM

Rob Dyke will have completed his swim around vancouver island soon! What a feat!

http://www.islandaquathon.ca/home/

October 10th, 2005, 03:31 PM

Thanks...

Robbie Dyke

October 10th, 2005, 09:53 PM

ya right :P

October 11th, 2005, 12:05 PM

Yo! my peaple!!!!!!! we gots the man his self at our board!!!! omg! omg! hang on I gots to go fluff my hair

We gots Rob Dyke himself here, I am so excited!!!! our first real live islander hero at the board!!! Whoa!!!! Rob please please! post of some pics of your accomplishment!!!!

this otta get me the excecutive key to the washroom around here

October 11th, 2005, 12:28 PM

http://www.ktyd.com/earlyshow.html

Just an interview that was taped yesterday down in the States...had a very different flavour to it.

seeing as though I am a newb ... a small tutorial on how to post photos would help.

cheers

October 11th, 2005, 12:45 PM

Heya rob, I just fixed your link, makes it easier for people to click on. I think andem the head wizard around here can explain the pic posting better than I.
So..ehm..rob...hang on while I get my peapod around town mike...so ehm..rob what does it feel like to have swam around the entire island???? what a feat!!! but tell me did you happen upon any whales??

October 11th, 2005, 12:45 PM

You have to open an account at a free place like photobucket, then post the url.

October 11th, 2005, 01:08 PM

Ring....ring....ring...

galaniomama: helllllllllllllloooooooooooooo!

Peapod: OMG! OMG! Rob Dyke, the guy who swam around the island is at our board!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

galaniomama: Are you serious!!!!!!! That is so funny. I like that guy, he is so unassuming……I will go there as soon as I can.

Peapod: alrighty than...later....click!

October 12th, 2005, 12:43 AM

Thanks for the over the top welcome as it were:

Just so you all know aside from time spent at Everest and swimming, when I attended university my roomate was a Comp Sci major. The fall-out is I am a bit of a hardware geek and I do enjoy some relax time on the computer...though forums are fairly new to me.

Being done is somewhat surreal. It has not sunk in for me however the red cross has got my dance card full and I am suffering from swim withdrawel and the amazing time with my friends. Off to a wedding in Squamish B.C., best man for a friend of 12 years, then back into the mix

I think I will drop in from time to time and meet, greet, share and definately learn from you all. As i get more savy the photos will come as well as some vid clips... yes me with orcas is definately on film and it was the most amazing moment this life has held for me so far.

Cheers

rob

October 12th, 2005, 01:07 AM

Amazing truly You must have some really great stories! When you get back, bring the photo with you Still can't believe you did it

October 12th, 2005, 07:46 AM

Hey, we could get him into the Shared House game and he could swin around in our beer-bottle shaped swimming pool. No orcas, but Zeke likes to paddle around.

October 14th, 2005, 05:15 PM

Quit messing around rev this is a real accomplishment! Don't make me come after you! :P

October 14th, 2005, 05:49 PM

Of course it's an accomplishment. That's why I think he deserves to be invited into our little dysfunctional commune to swim in our oddly built pool.

October 21st, 2005, 11:45 AM

Well friends...

Back from a wedding with about a week till I fly out to Ottawa for some meetings with higher ups. So I could post some photos on here.
I someone could suggest a service for sharing or can Ipost a few just directly here.

My buddy has a web page that I can share photos on or there are a whole bunch attached to the journal entries on the swim web page

www.islandaquathon.ca

suggestons?

p.s they are all 1 - 2 meg files

October 21st, 2005, 11:51 AM

Check your Private Messages, Rob.

October 22nd, 2005, 08:53 AM

Here they are! The picture we've been waiting for!



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October 22nd, 2005, 08:59 AM

Awesome But where are whale pics??

October 22nd, 2005, 12:35 PM

Orcas are very tough to catch photo wise while the crew handled the boat. Timing was near impossible to get angles and when they surface to breathe.

Video is king on this one and we have some of both orcas and porpoises and of course the memories.

There is a quicktime clip in the media section of the swim site or I can send some clips when I figure out how.

rob

ps thanks for posting the photos hope you enjoy