from The Adventure Blog
Here's your "What century is again?" story of the day. A 40-year old German sailor, named Stefan Ramin, has gone missing in French Polynesia, and is believed to have been eaten by cannibals . Ramin and his girlfriendHeike Dorsch, have been sailing around the world over the past three years, and stopped on the island of Nuku Hiva, where they planned to spends some time off the ocean. A few weeks back, Ramin went for a hike on the island with a local goat hunter by the name of Henri Haiti. Later in the day,
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from The Adventure Blog
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National Geographic has announced the 2011 list of Emerging Explorers , a distinction they bestow upon young adventurers, scientists, photographers, and storytellers who are already making a significant contribution to their field, even at a particularly young age or early stages of their profession. These are men and women who are on the cutting edge of science and exploration, with the potential to do great things. In support of these individuals, Nat Geo awards them a $10,000 grant to continue pursuing
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from The Adventure Blog
The latest issue of Wend Magazine is available online with the usual great adventure content from excellent outdoor and travel writers. A few of the stories that are packed into this issue include an article on hiking Africa's Voo Doo Trail, a very personal account of competing in the Patagonia Expedition Adventure Race , and surfing in Haiti. As is typical with Wend , the magazine is filled from cover to cover with interesting stories and very good writing, but this is a very special issue in that it ...
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from The Adventure Blog
While we're on the subject of long distance endurance events done for a cause today, I want to mention one more adventurer who is in the midst of his own active endeavor. Back on March 16th, 25-year old cyclist Cole Starkey set out on a 3000 mile long Ride for Haiti that he hopes will continue to raise awareness of the ongoing relief efforts that are taking place in that country. Cole is peddling down much of the Atlantic Coast of the U.S., beginning in Glenside, Pennsylvania and continuing on to St. ...
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from The Adventure Blog
I know you've been patiently waiting to hear who won the fancy Peak XV down jacket from First Ascent and Summit on the Summit , so I don't want to keep you in suspense any longer. The winner is: Katelyn Michaud of Gorham, Maine! Congratulations Katelyn. Coming from Maine, I can imagine that you can put that jacket to good use. I want to thank the folks at First Ascent for providing the price and the Summit on the Summit team for inviting me to play a role in their amazing efforts to educate us all about
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from INCLINED
Mark Richey, past AAC president, and his wife, Teresa, are planning a second shipment of tents to Haitians left homeless by this months earthquake. The first big load of tents and other equipment will leave the Richeys Massachusetts woodworking business, en route to Haiti, this week. The new deadline for sending good-quality tents (new or [...]
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from Climber's Blog
Mark Richey, a past president of the AAC, is helping to organize a collection drive for tents and sleeping bags to send to Haiti to aid the hundreds of thousands (perhaps millions) of people left homeless by the recent earthquake. “Used tents, as long as they are functional, and sleeping bags are fine, and of [...]
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from The Alpinist - newswire
I n recent days the international community has descended on Haiti to support rescue and relief efforts following the catastrophic earthquake that took tens of thousands of lives last week. While an outpouring of donations and good will has come in across the country from everyday Americans to assist authorities and relief organizations on the ground, a member of the climbing community has taken a major step forward to help the people of Haiti. Mark Richey is a veteran climber with notable first ascents in
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from UKClimbing.com News
The Depot bouldering centre in Leeds is donating all money from wall entries on Thursday 21st January 2010 (this Thursday) to the victims of the Haiti earthquake.
Steve Dunning from The Depot said:
"We are pledging to donate all our climbing entry fees from the day to the appeal, as well as collecting donations."
For more info contact The Depot.
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from Sonnie Trotter
The news about Haiti still devastates me, all of us Im sure. But it seems (at least) as though action is being taken and I find some peace in knowing that. For every crushing tale there is always a positive one to follow it. The world is a cruel place no doubt, the weather, the [...]
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