from The Adventure Blog
We seem to have a bit of an aquatic theme going today, but the kayakers amongst us will be happy to see this one. Below is a video of the winners of "Rider of the Year" awards courtesy of Tribe , a company that specializes in making active clothing for whitewater kayakers. For the second year in a row, they've handed out awards to their picks for the top paddlers around in categories such as "Best Male," "Best Female," and the always popular "Best Drop." The video below highlights those winners in grand
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from Mountains and Water
For only the second time in my life, I got up too early Saturday morning and caught a plane (which left two hours late for a one hour flight)from Denver to Salt Lake City. A quick bus ride into town (no expense account for a taxi) left me blinking in the bright sun outside the Salt Palace, a sprawling building surrounded by vendor tents and athletic people on cell phones. With no time to waste, I picked up my media badge and strode in, more or less beelining it to the climbing ghetto in the farthest corner
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from The Adventure Blog
As mentioned last week , Sunday marked the 100th anniversary of the re-discovery of Machu Picchu by explorer Hiram Bingham. And while that amazing place continues to inspire travelers from across the globe, what I found even more interesting is that according to this story , there are still uncontacted tribes living less than 100km from the famous site. Worse yet, those tribes are now facing encroachment from the outside world that could threaten their way of life. I wrote about the threats to uncontacted
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from The Adventure Blog
Yesterday I posted a story about another uncontacted tribe being discovered in a remote region of the Amazon Rainforest in Brazil. In that post, I mentioned that there are a number of such tribes in the Amazon, and that the Brazilian government has been taking steps to protect them and their environment from outside threats. It turns out, the BBC documentary Human Planet filmed a piece on those tribes, which you can watch below. The video does a good job of explaining the situation while offering up some
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from The Adventure Blog
Brazil's National Indian Foundation, better known as Funai , has announced that it has discovered a new, uncontacted tribe in a very remote region of the Amazon Rainforest. The organization first spotted a clearing on satellite images, then used airplanes to fly over the region. According to this story from The Guardian , those flyovers spotted four small huts built next to banana trees and surrounded by very dense jungle. The tribe is said to live in an area close to the border between Brazil, Peru, and
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from The Adventure Blog
So I've been home from South Africa for nearly a week, and I haven't had much of a chance to share my experiences from while I was there. You'll definitely be hearing a lot more about my time in SA in the days ahead, as I will be writing a number of stories about what I did there. Of course, I visited Kruger National Park, one of the greatest places in the world to spot wild animals, and while we did go on game drives, I wasn't there to go on safari per se. In fact, I was actually there to learn how safari
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from The Adventure Blog
I'm sure many of you have seen the story about the lone surviving member of an uncontacted tribe in the Amazon who has been living alone for years. It has been making the rounds on the Internet ever since it was posted by Slate late last week, and it certainly is a fascinating piece. For those who haven't read it yet, here's a brief summary. The Brazilian government has taken steps to declare a 31-square mile area as protected forest in order to protect a single indigenous man who lives in that section of
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from UKClimbing.com News
Stoney Middleton in the Peak District. The wood shed, windy ledge, home to cutting edge limestone routes of the 70's and 80's and training ground for some of the world's best climbers. The Camp 4 of British climbing.
This September there will be a reunion, a gathering of the tribe that lived and loved Stoney Middleton.
There will be climbing, breakfast, a BMC barbecue, climbing, talking, photographing, a night in the Moon, a walk down memory lane.
Phil Kelly, The Rock Archivist explains.
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from The Adventure Blog
Online adventure mag Wide World has a cool article up about exploring Cambodia's backcountry by motorcycle , with author Michael Guy giving us the details on his ten day right through one of the poorest countries on Earth. The ride begins in Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia, and proceeds out into the countryside, which as been inundated with rain in recent days, and looks more like a lake than actual land. Guy and his companions set off on Honda XR250's, which are very capable motorcycles that can go
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from gravsports
I spent the weekend cheering/coaching my wife, Kim Csizmazia, and all the other athltes at the Canada Crossfit Regional Games, which are a sort of athletic torture festival. Athletes at the Regionals have already qualified through a "Sectional," and a top six result at the regionals will send them to the Games finals in California. The competition is fierce, the events nasty, and the effort level high. I wrote most of the following as notes on my phone during the event, so it's a bit rough, quick sort and
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