from The Adventure Blog
In October of 1996, Lance Armstrong was diagnosed with testicular cancer. Shortly there after he would undergo treatment for the disease, and his subsequent recovery was nothing short of spectacular. The pro-cyclist who was all but unknown outside of his sport at the time, but he would go on to win seven consecutive Tour de France titles and become one of the most well known athletes on the planet. In January of 1997, the Lance Armstrong Foundation was formed, with the hope of rallying people together ...
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from The Adventure Blog
Looking for your daily dose of inspiration? Then look no further than this interview with Andy Campbell from the Adventure Journal . Campbell, who broke his back in a climbing accident eight years ago, has big plans for 2012, as he plans to circle the globe in his wheelchair, covering more than 30,000 miles in the process. In the AJ interview, Andy says that he intends to travel from the U.K. to China via "arm-powered" transport, then skip across the Pacific to Alaska, and proceed south to Chile. He'll ...
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from The Adventure Blog
R.A. Dickey , a pitcher for the New York Mets baseball team, will set off tomorrow to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro in Africa, despite the wishes of the ball club. Dickey will be making the climb as part of a fundraiser for Bombay Teen Challenge , organization dedicated to rescuing and saving young sex slaves that are put to work in brothels in India. He will be joined on the trek byDave Racaniello, abullpen catcher for the Mets,and Colorado Rockies pitcher Kevin Slowey, who is a former teammate. When the Mets got
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from Vertical Carnival Dispatches
Hey Vertical Carnival audience!!! First of all... Thanks a lot for tuning!! Over a quarter of a million of you have watched a video here... pretty amazing...
After managing to climb the unclimbed north Dragons's Horn, we rested for a few days and then headed up for a new route on the steeper and more impressive South Dragon's Horn. Follow Lucho and I as we establish one of the Best Climbs of
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from Climbing Narcissist
The adidas Group is set to buy up shoe maker Five Ten for $25 million in cash Adidas Group To Buy Five Ten For $25 Million from Climbing Narcissist Become a fan of ClimbingNarc.com on Facebook Related posts: Black Diamond Equipment Gregory Mountain Products Acquired By Clarus Corp. Climbing Magazine Urban Climber Magazine Sold Competitive Bouldering Coming To Central Park With The UBC Eastern Mountain Sports Pro UBC Pro Tour At 2010 ORSM Streaming Live Online, Live Blogged Here Outdoor Retailer Show Kicks
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from The Adventure Blog
Like me, I know that a lot of you are aspiring photographers who love to take photos of your outdoor and travel adventures. Over the years I've come to appreciate well shot images of some of the amazing places that I've either been to personally or hope to visit in my travels at some point, and many of them end up gracing the screens of my various devices, such as laptops, iPad, smartphone, and so on. Now, you have the opportunity to get some of your best photos on the screens of millions of others, thanks
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from Matthew Dieumegard-Thornton
It’s now under a month till I leave for my pre-Everest expedition to climb Baruntse. At 7,129m Baruntse in the Khumbu region of Nepal is a huge undertaking, and hence perfect preparation for Everest in the spring of 2012. I have been working with Global Angels now for a year whilst in the build up to the Baruntse and Everest expeditions, and as such, have now launched my Global Angels fundraiser page in the lead up to my Baruntse climb. Global Angels, fronted by Molly Bedingfield, mother to singers ...
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from The MountainWorld™ Blog
Alfred Gregory is not exactly a household name, but his work in 1953 was seen by millions around the world. In that year, he was the photographer for the historic expedition which, on May 29, 1953, saw Edmund Hillary and...
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from The Adventure Blog
The 2011 spring climbing season on Everest may be long over, but there are still some interesting facts about the various climbs on the mountain that are coming to light. This article , from The Economic Times , shares some of the numbers from this past spring as passed along to them from Ang Tshering Sherpa, the outgoing president of the Nepal Mountaineering Association. According to the article, there were 156 climbers who went to the summit from the South Side of the mountain this past spring. Of those,
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from The Adventure Blog
A month ago I wrote about the fourth stage of Dave Cornthwaite's Expedition 1000, which was just about to get underway. This stage of his journey has Dave traveling from source-to-mouth along the Mississippi River on a stand-up paddleboard, a distance of 2400 miles (3862km) that began in Lake Itasca, located in northern Minnesota, and ends when the river enters the the Gulf of Mexico, of the coast of Louisiana. Since getting underway, Dave has been making great progress, and has already covered more than
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