from The Adventure Blog
If you don't read Mikael Strandberg's blog on a regular basis, you really do need to add it to your list. Not only does he share plenty of insights into the world of exploration and adventure, he also posts some excellent stories on his own expeditions to the far flung corners of the globe. If you're not aware of Mikael's resume, he has traveled by bike from Chile to Alaska and Norway to South Africa. He has also explored over 3000km (1864 miles) of Patagonia by horseback and traveled down the remote ...
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from Arc'teryx Latest News
***This race report was written under intense jet lag, after way too many hours of travel and intense post race fatigue & sleep deprivation!. "Remember to smile out there!" This message, posted to my Facebook wall by Peter Watson, was my mantra for almost 10.5 hours last Friday. It was good advice that dramatically changed my perception of a rather uncomfortable experience. I was running the Courmayer-Champex-Chamonix (CCC) race at the Ultra Trail de Mont Blanc (UTMB) race festival. Starting in Italy, this
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from The Adventure Blog
Great news for mountaineers today, as National Geographic is reporting that Mt. Noshaq, the tallest peak in Afghanistan, has reopened to climbers . The mountain has been off limits for decades due to its location inside an unstable region of the country, but over the past few years, the area has once again became safe for travelers. Noshaq is located in the Hindu Kush mountains along the border with Pakistan. It towers7492 meters (24,580 ft) above theWakhan Corridor, a strip of land that has been a ...
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from Outdoor Habit
Jamie Emerson recently had an interesting post on steroids and climbing and Andrew Bisharat (the editor of RI ) recently posted a related article called " Climbers Who Cheat " discussing the advantage in climbing given by being thin. I just couldn't bite my tongue and hold off on responding to this most recent article. Since the R&I site doesn't allow comments, here are my thoughts. First, I think Jamie's article on steroids is good mainly for asking questions about steroid use in climbing in a public ...
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from The Adventure Blog
We are living in an amazing age. Technology continues to evolve at an astounding rate, and our methods of communications, even from remote places, has turned the planet into one giant global neighborhood. The ability to share our adventures, even while in the field, has changed our perception of exploration, as we are now able to stay in constant contact with explorers that are pushing the boundaries of what we thought was possible.Now days, it seems strange when an expedition sets off without having some
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from The Mountain Blogspot
The bold way and the old way... © Alex Messenger There's definitely something in the saying; there's bold climbers and old climbers but not old bold climbers. A number of recent events, like Franco Cookson decking from 20m , and finding the Malham video , got me thinking quite a lot about how my climbing's changed over the last 15 years and how the UK (or perhaps UKC) perceives trad climbing. The UK has something that much of the rest of the world doesn't have, that isn't trad climbing, you can see plenty
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from UKClimbing.com News
The Schengen files is the story of Paul Robinson's extended Eurotrip, featuring bouldering at Fontainebleau and Ticino.
This video is about the purity of climbing, the high level of psyche that I have for climbing at my limit, as well as the amazing rock that these areas have. This film was shot to document some of the hardest climbs I have ever done and to show my perceptions of the truly magnificent climbing within the confines of the Schengen Union.
The list of climbs to be included in...
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from Climb with kids
Disclaimer: This post does not constitute medical advise but is a summary of information gathered from the EPA, The American Associate of Pediatrics, CDC, and the National Pesticide Information Center. This information was gathered through publically available information (referenced below) on the topic of DEET as it pertains to application both on adults and children. Each year, as I gather my camping, hiking, and climbing supplies, I struggle with the question of whether or not I should bring along ...
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from gravsports
A friend of mine calls any situation where the space between your ears stops working a "helmet fire." I love that expression; it's so descriptive of the times when we just stop thinking about the exterior world or "reality" and burn up in a mental paroxysm of self-fueled mental combustion. Every sport has it's "helmet fire" situations; pro athletes choke, skiers crash getting off the chairlift, novice climbers turn into jello and cling to the rock like terrified children, good leaders suddenly can't do a
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from Mountains and Water
There has been a lot of buzz about the public launching of a new professional climber's advocacy group, especially with its website now available. Professional Climbers International is the first organization of its kind that I am aware of specifically formed to speak on behalf of and provide resources for climbers who are receiving compensation from climbing companies. This development has not been received entirely positively by all.A media partnership announcement posted by the Climbingnarc caused some
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