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While we're on the topic of very long runs today, an epic new run just got underway last week. Finnish ultrarunner Jukka Vilijanen is attempting to run solo across the Sahara Desert, covering 2000km (1242 miles) in just 35 days. Jukka calls this run the Sahara Challenge 2012 . The run officially began last Friday, with Vilijanen knocking off 50km (31 miles) in his first day. Since then, he's been maintaining a steady pace in widely varying conditions, and allowing us to track his progress as he goes. Jukka
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The 2012 edition of the Sahara Race is scheduled to get underway this Sunday, when 160 runners from 40 different countries will set off on a week-long race through the hottest desert on Earth. The course, which is 250km (155 miles) in length, will take them directly into the heart of the Sahara in Egypt, where daytime temperatures are expected to hit roughly50°C / 122°F. This is the seventh running of the event, which is part of the 4 Deserts series of ultra-runs. The format for this race is well ...
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I didn't really have the opportunity to share my thoughts following last weeks premiere of the new ABC reality television show Expedition Impossible . Prior to its debut, I had been writing about the program with some regularity, and even posted videos from the start. Before seeing the show, I noted that it appeared to be a mix of adventure racing and the show The Amazing Race . That description holds up to a certain extent, although Expedition Impossible charts its own course as well, sometimes for the
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A new adventure travel company launched this past week that promises to deliver unique travel opportunities to some of the most remote places on the planet, while also delivering cultural immersion and fantastic experiences to adventurous travelers. The site is called Epic Tomato , and comes to us from the folks behind Black Tomato , a company that has been offering amazing trips for some time. Upon surfing over to the Epic Tomato website, the first thing you'll notice after you gawk at the great photos
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We're now a week into the Atacama Extreme , which is an expedition that has been undertaken by explorer Ray Zahab who is attempting to run the length of Chile's Atacama Desert, the driest place on the planet. So far, the pace has been exactly what he expected, as he has covered roughly 70km (43 miles) per day, but that hasn't come without a price. Ray has been suffering with a massive blister, which has rubbed his foot raw, and as a result, yesterday he was forced to take some time off to let it heal. This
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from James Pearson
Hello to you all, I've been a little quiet recently, and for once I have a very good reason... For the last 3 weeks I have been in the middle of the Ennedi desert, amidst a sea of sand and sandstone towers, in north eastern Chad! The expedition was part of The North Face's annual expedition program, which every year sends teams of its athletes to some of the most random and remote places in he world, in search of something magic. This adventure in particular was the brainchild of Mark Synnott and had been
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While I was away last week, ultra-runners Ray Zahab and Kevin Vallely announce their plans for their next adventure as well. The two men have quite a history of traveling for long distances across remote and demanding environments, and their next expedition will be no exception in that department either. Last week, Ray announced on Facebook that the pair would be crossing the Atacama Desert in Chile on foot saying:"I have been promising for weeks to fill you in on whats next...what is the January i2P ...
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Over the past few years I've covered several interesting expeditions that have been organized and conducted by the amazing team from impossible2Possible . For instance, last year they sent a group of five young men and women to Baffin Island, while earlier this year an entirely different team went to the Sahara, where they ran across the desert in Tunisia to raise funds and awareness to pay for several clean water projects in remote areas of the world. Each of these expeditions share a couple of common ...
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While perusing the GreatOutdoors.com website earlier today I came across a great article about a trek I didn't even know was possible. Earlier this year writer Peter Potterfield took a 50-mile, week-long journey through the Dana Biosphere Reserve in Jordan , that culminated with a seldom traveled route to the stunning ancient site of Petra, an archeological wonder that dates back to the 6th century BC. The Dana Biosphere is worth the visit to Jordan itself. The UNESCO World Heritage site stretches along
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With the 2010 Mountainfilm Festival drawing ever nearer, organizers of the event have unveiled an epic line-up of adventure films that will be screened at this year's event, which will be taking place on May 28th-31st in Telluride, Colorado. You can checkout the list of films by clicking here . As you can imagine, there are a number of very intriguing and thought provoking film on the docket for this year, including the much lauded The Cove , which garnered a lot of attention last year. Most of you have
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