from The Adventure Blog
For the past couple of years we've been following endurance runner Jesper Olsen on his World Run II , which began back 2008, when Jesper set out from the northernmost point in Norway and started running south. He ran across Europe and into Africa, crossing more than a dozen countries in the process. And when he hit South Africa, and ran out of land, he simply hopped across the Atlantic to South America, and started running north instead. After running through Chile, Argentina, Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia,
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from Dave MacLeod Climbing
Paul Diffley captures the action from an airy filming position on the Longhope route. Photo: Lukasz Warzecha On February 8th, myself, Andy Turner and filmmaker Paul Diffley will be speaking at the Royal Geographical Society in London about the Longhope route. Mountain Equipment and Gore-Tex have helped us arrange an evening of entertainment at the RGS to share with you what was pretty memorable adventure for us, both in terms of the climbers involved in attempting to climb this cliff over 40 years, and in
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from The Adventure Blog
If you don't read Mikael Strandberg's blog on a regular basis, you really do need to add it to your list. Not only does he share plenty of insights into the world of exploration and adventure, he also posts some excellent stories on his own expeditions to the far flung corners of the globe. If you're not aware of Mikael's resume, he has traveled by bike from Chile to Alaska and Norway to South Africa. He has also explored over 3000km (1864 miles) of Patagonia by horseback and traveled down the remote ...
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from The Adventure Blog
A good looking new travel website launched recently, bringing good coverage to adventure destinations across the globe. The new site, entitled Switchback Travel , is already rich with content and offers articles on several destinations which will no doubt be of interest to readers of this blog as well. Amongst the stories already posted on the site are an article about hiking in the French Pyrenees , exploring the backroads of Maui , and the climbing, paddling, and backpacking options on the Norway's ...
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from Rock Climbing UK
Keywords:
Dry Tooling,
Foundry,
ice,
mixed climbing,
Sheffield,
Water Ice in Norway,
seasons ice,
years, ,
plenty of seasons ice,
Lakeland Classic
I’ve done plenty of seasons ice climbing over the last 13 years, I’ve done gully’s and ridges in Scotland and the Lakes, climbed Water Ice in Norway and in the Alps, but so far I’ve never done any of serious mixed climbing, sure I’ve torqued an icy crack on a buttress when the ice has [...] Dry Tooling At The Foundry, Sheffield is a post from: Rock Climbing UK , an online UK climbing magazine, written BY UK climbers FOR UK climbers. If you liked this post, you might also like: FigFour Training
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from The Adventure Blog
Earlier today, National Geographic announced the launch of its new Global Exploration Fund. The initiative is designed to research funding for conservation and exploration efforts in regional centers around the planet. The first of those regional programs will be in Stockholm, Sweden, where an advisory board consisting of a group of explorers and scientists will review projects to receive possible funding. The new Stockholm office will be led by Executive DirectorStefan Nerpin, who, along with his team,
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from Climber's Blog
Are Ice Tool Leashes As Archaic as Gaiters, Screamers and Third Tools?The picture above is the last one I could find in my photo collection where I have a leash on a tool--Norway 2005.This is another blog post inspired by a question from a reader. The ...
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from The Alpinist - newswire
On August 22, 2011, an expedition to India's Karakoram led by Spanish mountaineer Jonas Cruces completed the first ascent of Junai Kangri (6017 m), establishing their new route Sin Permiso (IV AD+, 750 m). Junai Kangri is located in the remote Rimo Muztagh subrange of the Karakoram, which sees few visitors due to the delicate political relationships between Pakistan, China and India, all of whom border the area. Cruces, accompanied by Juan G. Hernandez, Francisco Ferrero, Jose C. Llamas and two Indian ...
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from daniel jung
Markus made a short movie about our trip to Norway. "..the Norwegian Rockmaster, some bouldering at the sea, our restdays and the first ascent of "Leck Crag" by Daniel. Unfortunately we had no video camera on "Hoca Hey"." Here and small: Or big on youtube
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from Rock Climbing UK
Andy Kirkpatrick is a man who’s not afraid to look unflinchingly at himself in the mirror, and he’s not afraid to write about what he finds. Even as this book was being published, he was making a solo attempt on the Troll Wall in Norway, getting his fill of the “cold and suffering” in which [...] Cold Wars – Andy Kirkpatrick is a post from: Rock Climbing UK , an online UK climbing magazine, written BY UK climbers FOR UK climbers. If you liked this post, you might also like: Andy Kirkpatricks talk
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