Thursday, June 26, 2008

Fourth Show Delivered

I've just gotten back from the Philadelphia Inquirer headquarters at 400 North Broad Street to drop off my latest episode. This episode is an orienteering expedition in French Creek State Park, and it's definitely my farvorite one so far. The episode should go live tonight. For this episode, I met up with the only major adventure club in Philadelphia, TerraMar Adventures (www.terramaradventures.com). There are about 1,000 total members of TerraMar, and groups of them get together several times a week. They've been kind enough to let me join them on several upcoming explorations.

This weekend I am heading out to shoot a 24-hour adventure race for an upcoming episode going live in two weeks! I'm really looking forward to this one. I met the owner of GOALS ARA (www.goalsara.org) at the taping of this latest French Creek episode. He told me about the adventure race and invited me to come along to shoot it. An adventure race involves teams competing over a rugged course consisting of mountain biking, running, hiking and canoeing, all while carrying everything they need, such as food, water and tools.

I'll be out on the water on a boat with them, riding along with them on the trail and generally popping up everywhere I can. I've got a night vision camera to follow the race during the night as well.

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

The First Three Episodes are Live on philly.com

EPISODES 1-3 ARE NOW LIVE ON PHILLY.COM

Episode One:
Outdoor Philadelphia: Valley Forge
I'll guide you along the bike path that runs from downtown Philadelphia to Valley Forge. It's about a 40 mile bike ride round trip.
WATCH NOW

Episode Two:
Outdoor Philadelphia, Wissahickon
Check out some of the best mountain biking terrain in this part of the state, right here in Philadelphia's own Fairmount Park.
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Episode Three:
Outdoor Philadelphia, Pennypack Park
This is the best place to go if you want to get out of the city to a more remote, wilderness-style atmosphere.
WATCH NOW

SHOW PROMOTIONS:
The Philadelphia Inquirer has also placed some of my episodes on more visible areas of the site.
The mountain biking episode has been placed on the main Health page.
SEE THE HEALTH PAGE

The newest Outdoor Philadelphia episode is also placed in the main video player on the homepage of philly.com. If the video is not visible without scrolling, you can scroll down through the videos until you see the Outdoor Philadelphia episode.
SEE THE PHILLY.COM HOMEPAGE


ABOUT THE SHOW:
My name is Kurt Sensenig and I have just started a job producing and hosting an outdoor adventure show called "Outdoor Philadelphia". It's a weekly show that airs on The Philadelphia Inquirer's website, www.philly.com.

I'm fortunate enough to have all the creative decisions about the show left up to me, but that also means that I have to write, produce, shoot, host, edit, and even sometimes write the music for each episode. If I can't hold the camera while I talk on camera, I'll often have my buddy Brian Donathan hold the camera for me while do the "standup". Brian is a great cameraman, and he's also very good at carrying equipment up mountains and through creeks without complaining :-).

I'll be exploring Philly and the surrounding areas looking for adventure every week. If you know of a good place to explore, let me know by sending me an email: ksensenig [at] gmail [dot] com.

I'll be posting regular updates here showing pictures and videos from my adventures, so you can get a sneak preview of what I've got going on before the show goes live.