News from the world of exploration and adventure
I subscribe to a number of adventure travel newsletters as I’m always keeping my eyes peeled for interesting new opportunities to visit far off places. They also are sources of good information and stories from time to time as well. Take this one from Adventures Within Reach entitled Debunking the $1000 Kilimanjaro Trek which was … Read more
Outside Magazine has put together the most comprehensive look at the August 1st K2 tragedy that I’ve seen yet. They uncover more details on what happened on the slopes of the second highest mountain in the world and compare it to the events of Everest 1996, finding some similarities and major differences as well. Back … Read more
A few weeks back there was a lot of buzz on the Internet regarding the latest climb by rock star Chris Sharma. The route was dubbed Jumbo Love and Sharma rated it a 5.15b after completing it. If that rating stands, it’ll be one of only four in the world, and the only one in … Read more
I caught this scary story earlier today while browsing the Guardian’s website. It seems a group of masked bandits have grabbed a group of tourist that were visiting a remote area of the desert in southern Egypt yesterday. They then moved across the border into the Sudan and notified the Egyptian authorities that they would … Read more
Last week ExWeb posted their Fall 2008 Himalaya Expedition List, and now they’ve put up their 2008 Antarctic Expedition List as well. 2008 looks to be another busy year at the bottom of the world, with plenty of expeditions already announced. Amongst those of interest are John Wilton Davies‘ return to the Antarctic where he’ll … Read more
The Times Online has a really interesting story today on Trekking the Atacama Desert in South America, the driest place on Earth. Author Nicholas Roe sets off to explore this remote and desolate region of the Andes. Starting in Chile, he would trek overland to Argentina, as part of a tourist group. The adventure travelers … Read more
ExWeb has done a great job, as usual, listing off the pending expeditions for the Fall 2008 Himalaya season. As is typical for the Fall, there are fewer teams on the mountains, which is often part of the appeal. Many climbers by-pass the Spring Season to avoid the crowds and to soak in the solitude. … Read more
Checkout the new Bushnell Backtrack, a GPS device that does away with all the color touchscreen, MP3 playing, XM satellite receiving madness we’ve seen in other GPS units recently. This is minimalist technology at it’s finest. Powered by two AAA batteries, the Backtrack operates as a self calibrating digital compass, along with it’s ability to … Read more
Forbes Traveler is back with yet another list of adventure travel ideas. This time the theme is Awesome Animal Adventures , which of course means that each of these trips will involve animals in some way. Amongst their suggestions for critter-centric travel, is Camel Trekking in Africa which will see you off into the sahara, … Read more
Our friend the Gear Junkie AKA Stephen Regenold has puts together a great list of New High Tech Travel Gear for Forbes Traveler. The list is the latest and greatest of the must have new gadget and gizmos for our next travel adventure. The list of gear starts off with a travel bag that charges … Read more
