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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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While the rest of us have enjoyed a relaxing holiday season, the Antarctic skiers continue their long march to the South Pole. The season has already been a long one for many of the explorers, but it isn't over yet, and there are still many miles to go, with time starting to run short. South African solo-skier Howard Fairbank reached the Pole on Tuesday of this week, reaching the bottom of the world on his 35th day out on the ice. That is a very quick and respectable time for ski journey to the Bottom of
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Two famous Sherpa mountain guides are preparing to embark on another epic adventure in mid-January, when they set off to hike the entire length of the 1700km (1056 mile) Great Himalayan Trail . Starting on January 15th, Apa Sherpa and Dawa Steven Sherpa will begin the trek , which is expected to take roughly 120 days to complete. Touted as the highest altitude long distance trail in the world, the GHT isn't likely to pose much of a problem for these two men. Apa has reached the summit of Everest an ...
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Introduction This blog is to mark the expedition to climb Mera Peak and Baruntse and all the events that subsequently unfolded. Since making a crazy return from the Himalayas on the 17 th November, the last few weeks have been nothing short of hectic. I have struggled to completely piece this blog together, since how do explain the euphoria of reaching a summit such as Baruntse, or even Mera Peak and the Amphu Labtsa, when I can’t totally understand the feelings myself. Ironically, I found writing the
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One of the last big adventure races on the calendar for 2011 got underway today in Australia, where the Mark Webber Tasmania Challenge is taking place. The 350km (217 mile) stage-based event will run for the next five days, culminating with a final leg to crown the champion on Sunday. As the name implies, the race will take place in the wilds of Tasmania, one of the more remote and untamed places on the planet. Each of the five stages will feature mountain biking, trekking, and paddling sections that will
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One of the top adventure races in the U.S., the Checkpoint Tracker Championship , got underway today in the Land Between The Lakes, Kentucky. The non-stop, 24-hour race, offers a course that is over 100 miles in length, and mixes in plenty of trekking, paddling, and mountain biking for some of the top AR teams in North America to contend with. In all, more than 60 teams, in several categories, will be racing throughout today and tomorrow, with an overall Checkpoint Tracker champion being crowned. The race
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When you want to build a house, you hire an architect. When you want to design an airplane, you get an aeronautical engineer. It only makes sense that if you want the best backpack possible for adventure racing, you go to the best adventure racer ever. With three Eco-Challenge wins, five Primal Quest titles, and four world championships to his name, Mike Kloser has an adventure racing resume that few can match. He has years of experience in races of various lengths and in various environments, and he has
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Ben Clark and Jon Miller are back in Episode 2 of Season 3 from Ski The Himalayas which is behind the scenes, never before seen footage from their second expedition to climb and ski in the big mountains. In this episode, Ben and Jon leave Kathmandu behind and fly out to Jomsom, a tiny little village in Nepal that marks the start of their trek. As is often the case with these kinds of expeditions, not all goes as planned, and the team isn't happy to discover that they don't have porters and their ...
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The GR 20 is a 180km (110 mile) trail in Corsica that is considered by many to be one of the toughest trekking routes in all of Europe. The route wanders north-to-south for nearly the entire length of the Mediterranean island, passing through remote and mountainous regions along the way. The combination of scenery and challenge have led some to name this the best trek in the entire world, edging out a number of more famous hikes. This past June, Rick McCharles, the editor at Best Hike , traveled to Corsica
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The gang over at CheapTents.com have posted another one of their excellent interviews today, this time with adventurer Leon McCarron . If that name sounds familiar to you, it may be because he is one of the two men who are planning to walk from Mongolia to Hong Kong , a journey of 3500km (2175 miles) that will commence in November. In the interview Leon discusses a previous cycling adventure, during which he rode more than 22,500km (14,000 miles) from New York to Hong Kong, passing through a number of ...
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