News from the world of exploration and adventure
Yesterday I posted a story on Mark Beaumont, a long distance cyclist who once completed a ride of 18,297 miles that circumnavigated the globe, finishing in an impressive 195 days no less. Mark is now in the final stages of preparation to ride from Alaska to the southern tip of South America, with a final … Read more
My second post on Gadling covering my trip to the Amazon is up this morning and available for your reading pleasure. Today I write about a trip to an outdoor market that we visited in the Belen District. If you’ve ever visited an outdoor, open air market in a foreign country, you’ve probably seen some … Read more
It was a very busy day on Everest, as you probably noticed if you were following my Twitter feed. The Adventure Consultants topped out and have made their way back to the South Col, as have the First Ascent Team, which put Ed Viesturs, Peter Wittaker, Jake Norton, John Griber, and Gerry Moffat on the … Read more
Lots of action today on Everest as winds have abated enough to allow the climbers to make the first mass push to the summit of the season, with the big teams already making their bids. Updates have been coming fast and furious in the past few hours and I expect them to continue into the … Read more
While the climbers in the Himalaya wait for the opportunity to go up, the rest of us sit and watch with them, waiting for word on their successful summits and thinking about our own opportunities to explore high places. It turns out there are plenty of great mountains that even us mortals can tackle, and … Read more
The Daily Dirt Blog over at Backpacker.com has a great post today in which members of the First Ascent Team answer reader questions directly from the mountain. After all, what else do they have to do while they sit and wait for the weather window to open? The questions sent in by Backpacker readers include … Read more
Adventure racing and Primal Quest fans will dig this one. I’m happy to announce that Inside Primal Quest is now live at EcoPrimalQuest.tv with a great line-up of video from previous PQ events, with much more video to come soon. The site is a collaboration between Primal Quest and Race Day Films, who have a … Read more
A few weeks back John Huston and Tyler Fish became the first Americans to complete an unsupported expedition to the North Pole, reaching that point just hours before the last flight out of Barneo Station was set to depart for the season. At the time, we knew that it was a dramatic race to beat … Read more
Last Friday I posted about a hiker who has been missing on the Appalachian Trail since Sunday, April 26th after complaining of not feeling well. The hiker in question, Ken Knight, happens to be a contributor to Backpacking Light, who happened to put out an alert for their friend when he hadn’t turned up for … Read more
When I started to write this review, I debated on how to open it. I wrote several paragraphs, deleting them all and starting over. Finally, I settled on this: If you’re only going to buy one outdoor survival guide, make sure it is the Complete Survival Manual from National Geographic. It’s a bit cliched sure, … Read more
