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While we're on the topic of very long runs today, an epic new run just got underway last week. Finnish ultrarunner Jukka Vilijanen is attempting to run solo across the Sahara Desert, covering 2000km (1242 miles) in just 35 days. Jukka calls this run the Sahara Challenge 2012 . The run officially began last Friday, with Vilijanen knocking off 50km (31 miles) in his first day. Since then, he's been maintaining a steady pace in widely varying conditions, and allowing us to track his progress as he goes. Jukka
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Want to win some free gear? Can you write a simple blog post? Then I have just the contest for you! The folks over at 511Tactical.com are celebrating a few additions to their line-up of gear and are giving us a chance to take some of it home. Details on the contest can be found by clicking here , but in a nutshell, they're asking all entrants to submit a 500-word blog post that falls into one of seven different topic categories. Those topics include such things as your favorite trail, highlights from a ...
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After posting my previous story last night on the unusual happenings at the Explorers Club ,I've now had a second source come forward to fill in more of the details and I've also spoken with an official from the Club itself.This is definitely an evolving story right now, with two very different perspectives of this situation. I'll try to best relate the details as they have been conveyed to me from both sides. First, I'll tell you what I heard back from the Club itself after I placed a phone call yesterday
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from The Adventure Blog
Last week I shared links to Outside Magazine's picks for their favorite Gear, Bike, Environmental, and Adventure blogs , the latter of which I was fortunate enough to earn a spot on. Since then, the editors at Outside Online have also posted their top picks for their favorite climbing, running, and fitness blogs as well. Making the list of the top climbing blogs on the Internet were sites such as Climberism and PlanetMountain , both of which I enjoy reading regularly. But Outside's top pick in this ...
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from The Adventure Blog
For the past year you've heard me mention FEAT on multiple occasions. It's the adventure version of TED Talks during which speakers get just seven minutes to share some aspect of their expeditions, giving them a limited time to convey their message. To date, there have been three editions of FEAT, all of which have taken place in South Africa. That's about to change however, as FEAT Canada is scheduled to take place at the Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival . FEAT Canada will take place on ...
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from The Adventure Blog
While we're on the topic of ocean rowing today, here's another story of interest. Australian Ben Turner hopes to become the youngest person to row solo and non-stop across the Pacific Ocean when he sets out from Peru next year. He'll also undertake the journey to raise funds and awareness for a cure forCystic Fibrosis as well. Ben expects his voyage to take approximately 275 days to complete, covering 13,000 km (8077 miles) in the process. He'll start at Lima Peru and make is way towards theMarquesas ...
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from Matthew Dieumegard-Thornton
Peak Lenin It’s now the beginning of September and after a highly eventful and emotional past 4 weeks, I have another long overdue blog to write, whilst I try my upmost to avoid getting burnt in this scorcher of a British summer. It does seem I have been slightly unlucky with the weather, missing the ‘real’ summer this April with a long revision period, however my luck changed during late July and early August as I ventured to Kyrgyzstan, a country famous for..?! What followed was the trip of a ...
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from gravsports
Keywords:
Stewart,
risk,
reflections,
images,
friend Stewart,
1,000 feet,
writing,
sum,
head,
assistant rock guide exam
I'm finding it hard to finish off the writing about my flying trip from Vernon home. The basic reason is simple: A week after that trip my friend Stewart crashed his glider on Lady Mac as I watched impotently from 1,000 feet over his head. He would not likely have been there if I hadn't stated that I was going to walk up, and walked with him when he wanted to go. Stewart's now recovering, but the starting point for that recovery is a broken neck with currently serious spinal cord issues. The battle back is
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from 2010 Mountaineering Season
Keywords:
Combat,
Vets,
14,200 on Sunday,
extreme eating competitions,
13,500 today,
topic of discussion,
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Guide Tim Hewett e for Combat Wounded Vets just checked in, they made it to 13,500 today and weather permitting will go to 14,200 on Sunday. All is well, a topic of discussion seems to be extreme eating competitions.
Bobbi
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from The Adventure Blog
This story was the topic of my daily post at Gadling.com today, but it is an important one, so I wanted to share it here as well. Yesterday, the National Parks Conservation Association released a report that examines the biggest threats to America's national parks and assesses what can be done to address those threats. They found that climate change, invasive species, increased development, and a number of other forces are all causing major issues in the parks now, and will only continue to do so in the
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