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A new Everest documentary entitled 40 Days at Base Camp , made its debut at the Vancouver International Film Festival last week, and will headline the Banff Mountain Film Festival next week. By all accounts, it is a gripping look at what happens on the mountain during a typical climbing season. Evidently, the film must be something special, as filmmaker Dianne Whelan has already been commissioned to return to Everest next spring to shoot an 8-part reality series on the North Side of the mountain. The show
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If you're a fan of adventure racing, or have always wondered what the sport is all about, then I have great news for you. The full version of the film The Last Wild Race is now available for streaming online, giving you the opportunity to watch this year's Patagonian Expedition Race in all of its glory. My friend Brian Leitten, who made the documentary, sent me the following information about how you can not only watch this great film, but win some swag in the process: The Last Wild Race , the documentary
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I've written about the Mongol Rally numerous times on this blog. It's the annual road rally that begins in London, and various other European cities, and covers 10,000+ miles, before ending in Ulaanbaatar, the capitol of Mongolia. Along the way, the teams cross vast deserts, snowcapped mountain ranges, and miles of lonely road. One of the teams involved in the 2011 edition of the race blogged their experience at ReturnOfTheYak.com , and is now in the process of making a documentary of their travels. You'll
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from Jon Glassberg
Louder Than 11 is proud to present, Threat Level Colombia, a documentary about climbing in Colombia, South America, a cultural trip and climbing tour. A team of seven Americans consisting of Kara Caputo, Jon Glassberg, Jonny Hork, Ben Hoyt, Nic Sherman, Jordan Shipman, and Carlo Traversi spent two weeks around ...
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We have been working like mad over at the Louder Than 11 studio getting ready for the Monday release of Threat Level Colombia, a documentary about our cultural trip and tour of Colombia, South America. We have grown very attached to this little movie and it is our hope that ...
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Anyone who follows climbing in the Himalaya knows the name of Miss Elizabeth Hawley, the woman who keeps the definitive record of who climbed what mountain and who actually reached the summit. But not everyone knows Miss Hawley's story, which is why plans are in the works to create a documentary of her life. A new film called Keeper of the Mountains is in the early stages of production and will chronicle Miss Hawley's journey around the world, eventually settling in Nepal, where she began her career ...
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Belgian adventurer Louis-Philippe Loncke is preparing for his first kayak expedition, during which he'll cover more than 600km (373 miles) of rivers in his home country. The project will begin this month and run through September, with most of the travel being done on the weekends. The project, which has been dubbed the Belgikayak , has three goals in mind. First, to paddle the 600km of waterways between Brussels and Ostend. Secondly, to document the beauty of Belgium, as seen from the rivers, in photos
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Have you ever wanted to take an epic road trip that covered thousands of miles and offered you an opportunity to truly explore the region you were traveling through? That's exactly what Rupert Grey hopes to do in September, when he and his wife willset out to drive from Bangladesh back to their home in England. But Rupert doesn't just want to just go on a road trip, he wants to do it in style . Which is why he is making the journey in his classic 1936 Rolls Royce. Independent film company Rover Films is
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Up north, in the frozen environs of the Arctic, the Catlin Arctic Survey team continues to plug away at their mission, despite incredibly bad weather and sub-zero temperatures. While the Ice Base Team conducts their research and takes readings of the environmental conditions there, the Explorers Team is heading south towards Greenland, checking the health of the ice on the Arctic Ocean as they go. One of the members of the squad, Explorer Team leader Ann Daniels, has just passed a significant milestone.
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The Universal Sports television network, which is owned and operated by NBC , has declared April Adventure Month, and has scheduled a whole host of great outdoor oriented programing to celebrate. If you're luck enough to live in a market that gets the channel, you'll have plenty of great television to enjoy over the next few weeks. Amongst the great shows that you can enjoy throughout the month of April are a series of documentaries from our friend Jon Bowermaster . In fact, the entire collection of Jon's
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