News from the world of exploration and adventure
Remember the South Pole Quest Team, which consisted of Ray Zahib, Kevin Vallely, and Richard Weber I followed them fairly extensively during the Antarctic season that has just passed as they made their record breaking run from Patriot Hills to the Pole in just 34 days time. Well, a new video has been released highlighting … Read more
Just starting to dig out on all the things that have been going on since I left, but I didn’t notice that Olly Hicks, who was attempting to circumnavigate around Antarctica in a row boat has decided to abandon the attempt once he reaches New Zealand. Olly made a post to his blog over at … Read more
By now you’re probably already getting tired of hearing me reference the First Ascent Team, the all-star mountaineering group with Ed Viesturs, Dave Hahn, Melissa Arnot, and a host of others. Yesterday I mentioned that they had their own YouTube channel, which already has some great footage of the approach to base camp, and today … Read more
The Chinese have announced that they will reopen the borders to Tibet on April 5th, just ahead of the high season for tourism and mountaineering in the country. You may recall that they shut down the borders in early March for fear that there would be violent protests in the country to mark the anniversary … Read more
A couple of months back I posted a story on the Chocolate Sherpa Project, in which Belgian adventurer Louis-Philippe Loncke would be trekking to Everest Base Camp, along with some others, carrying more than 100kg (220 pounds) of chocolate to distribute there. The plan is to also distribute chocolate en route, pushing the total distribution … Read more
Check out this amazing panoramic photograph taken from summit of Everest found at Panoramas.dk. The stunning 360º photo rotates around giving us a great view in all directions from the top of the highest mountain on Earth, a view that few of us will ever have the opportunity to see in person. I sat and … Read more
The latest episode of The Rest of Everest is out, and now available for all of us to enjoy, continuing our virtual expedition up Annapurna IV with climbers Ben Clark, Josh Butson, and Tim Clarke, who hope to not only summit the 24,688 foot peak, but also make the first ski descent of the mountain … Read more
A couple of quick updates today on the two major ongoing ocean rows that I’ve reported on recently. First, the big news is about Sarah Outen, who is hoping to become the first woman to row solo across the Indian Ocean. She set off a week or so back from Fremantle, Australia with her sights … Read more
Anyone who reads my blog regularly knows that I’m a big fan of Wend Magazine. It’s a top notch publication that seamlessly mixes outdoor adventure, activism, and the green living movement both in their online efforts and the traditional magazine. The writing happens to be excellent as well, with sometimes serious and sometimes silly approaches … Read more
We’ve had a slight change in schedule for Primal Quest Badlands presented by SPOT this year. I posted an announcement to the PQ website this morning that the start of the race has actually been moved up one day to Friday, August 14th to help better facilitate the event. That also means that the race … Read more
