from Jon Glassberg
Louder Than 11 has been working hard for NE2C productions to help finish our the UBC Pro Tour season with a bang! September 23-25th the NorEaster is going down in Burlington, Vermont. This is the big one, the finale to the season and its going to be a great event. ...
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from The Adventure Blog
The International Rogaining Federation has announced that the2014 World Rogaining Championship will be held in the Black Hills of South Dakota. The event will run August 16-17 and will attract hundreds of elite navigators from around the globe to the area, where they'll compete across South Dakota's unique and challenging backcountry. For those who aren't aware, rogaining, which is also known as orienteering, is a long-distance cross-country race, usually held in wilderness settings. Teams compete against
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from The Adventure Blog
While we're on the subject of adventure racing, there is another great event taking place this weekend in Colorado that really puts a great spin on the sport. It's called the Adventure TEAM Challenge , and on the surface it appears like many other AR events. It is a 3-day long race, held along the Colorado River, not far from Eagle, Colorado, that features teams competing in the usual disciplines of trekking, biking, and paddling. As in all good adventure races, navigation will play a role as well, as the
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from The Adventure Blog
Over the weekend, the 2011 Teva Mountain Games took place in Vail, Colorado. The 10th annual event saw some of the top outdoor athletes in the world going head to head in a 23 different competitions that included mountain biking, road cycling, trail running, bouldering, paddling, and more. As usual, it looks like this was a great event, that combined outdoor adventure, music, and art into one big party. One of the highlights of the event was the paddle down the whitewater of Steep Creek, which challenged
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from The Adventure Blog
The 2011 Mountainfilm Festival is now just a week and a half away, and organizers for the event, which goes down annually in Telluride, Colorado, have posted the complete line-up of films and guests that will be on hand to celebrate. Over the past 30+ years, the festival has earned itself a reputation for being one of the best events around, and that is reflected in the diversity of films and guests that will make an appearance there this year. You can check out the complete list of films by clicking here
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from The MountainWorld™ Blog
As I mentioned recently, this weekend I'll be a judge for the 5Point Film Festival in beautiful Carbondale, Colorado. The weekend will be a great event, full of amazing films and great company. Check out the program below, and read...
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from The Adventure Blog
Adventure racing fans have a lot to look forward to in 2011 as the calendar of big international races is as full as it has been in several years. One of the top events for the year is scheduled to take place beginning on August 14th, when Expedition Idaho 2011 gets underway at the Silver Mountain Resort in that state. Organizers of the event have begun to leak some details of what teams can expect with a lot of exciting things on the horizon. For starters, they've announced a cooperative program with the
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from The Adventure Blog
In my Antarctic update that I posted earlier today I briefly mentioned that the 2010 Antarctic Ice Marathon took place today way down south on the frozen continent. Reportedly there were 40 competitors from 19 different countries taking part in the event, which saw them running a full 26.2 miles near the Union Glacier base. In preparation for the run, large trucks smoothed out a course, and competitors ran two laps on that course, which was mostly made up of hard packed snow. The official website for the
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from Hot Aches Productions
Since I made my first film in 2004 the Edinburgh Mountain Film Festival has heralded the start of the film festival season. Over the years the EMFF has hosted the world premieres of several of my films: Fools With Tools (2004), Cavewoman (2005), E11 (2006), Committed (2007), Grit Kids (2008) and Single-Handed (2009). This year is no exception, with the world premier of one of my new films 'The Architect': The Architect (2010) HD 16 mins One of the great pioneers of Scottish mountaineering, Jimmy Marshall,
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from The Adventure Blog
The Adventure Racing World Championships are set to get underway this weekend at the Bimbache Extrem in Spain. The race officially gets underway on Sunday, Oct. 3rd and will run until next Friday, October 8th. 53 of the best teams in the world, including the newly renamed Team Nike, who now race under the Team Blackwater moniker, will be competing to be crowned world champs. The international teams are expected to begin arriving tomorrow, and over the next two days they'll have some free time and mandatory
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