Gone fishin' ... for bikes

"If you worried about falling off the bike, you'd never get on." 5/24/17 Fishing for Bicycles in Amsterdam's Canals File this under "only in Amsterdam": fishing for BIKES. As one of the world's most bicycle-friendly cities, there are, in fact, more bikes than humans in the Dutch capital. And with some 60 miles of canals winding through the city, odds are that a missing bike met its fate at the bottom of one. That's where skipper Jan de Jonge and his crew come in. Keeping the Flame Alight With the Last of the Lampists Jim Woodward is a lampist. A what, you ask? A lampist's main job is to keep the enormous, delicate glass lenses of lighthouse lights in tip-top shape so that ships at sea stay safe. Over the years, glass lenses have fallen out of vogue. Yet Woodward, one of the country's last lampists, soldiers on. This Great Big Story was inspired by Genesis. Livin' the Dream With YouTube's Most Popular Treasure Hunter Jake Koehler is a pretty regular dude. He loves surfing, fishing, freediving and hanging out at the Chattahoochee River in Columbus, Georgia. Jake's found a lot of cool stuff on his dives, from GoPros and iPhones lost by rafters to knives and pistols, and his 1.4 million YouTube subscribers seem to think it's pretty neat.  Copyright © 2017 Great Big Story, LLC, All rights reserved.You are receiving this message because you subscribed to the Great Big Story newsletter. Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list