from The Adventure Blog
Afghanistan has the potential to be an amazing destination for adventure travel. The country has some of the most spectacular and remote mountains on the planet, and there are numerous spectacular opportunities to trek and climb there. Unfortunately, the country has also been plagued with war for decades, making certain areas less than safe to visit. The video below gives us a glimpse of just how beautiful Afghanistan is, showing off scenes of the breathtaking landscapes there. It also shows us the ...
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from The Adventure Blog
I've said it before, and I'll say it again. Mt. Everest has always captivated the public's attention and spurred our sense of adventure. The mountain isn't just the tallest peak on the planet, it is also a physical manifestation of our need to explore and add a little danger and excitement to our lives. Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory and the Conquest of Everest by Wade Davis, helps to hammer home this point by tracing the early history of the mountain, how it came to rise to prominence in the ...
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from Upskill Climbing
You thought we'd wrapped? How wrong you are! Gird your loins dear readers and prepare yourself for another gripping six-part series of Upskillery on the isle of Kalymnos. Despite imminent Grecian economic collapse, general strikes, aircraft groundings and a run-in with pirates, our first team of Upskill players managed to leave the island and make their way home. This left a void that only a group of boisterous Aussies could fill, so we imported some. Allow me to introduce the new players. Upskill Kalymnos
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from Arc'teryx Latest News
Am Mittwoch den 27. September 2011 gelang Ihnen erneut eine der klassischen Routen in der Nordwand des Matterhorns in einer Top Zeit. Die von Walter Bonatti 1965 im Winter während 6 Tagen im Solo eröffnete Neuroute welche mit dem Schwierigkeitsgrad AS (äusserst schwierig), Kletterpassagen bis 6 bewertet wurde, erregte damals grosses Aufsehen, damit setzte Bonatti seiner aussergewöhnlichen Karriere ein Ende und hinterlies der Bergsteigerwelt ein Meisterstück! Erst 1994 wiederholte Katrine Destivelle im
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from Stevie Haston
Walter is the last Grivel to work with Iron, actually he is iron, and always has been made of iron. So I have known him for a long time but Walter goes back a few years before me and used to work with the forge and the hammer. We were talking the other day about my first pair of crampons, that I had in 1973 and the chances are that he made them. It was he or his mate, working side by side sometimes. Anyway when I said they were a very good pair very stiff, he claimed responsibility, Walter is like me in
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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 The Alpinist - newswire
Jim Goodwin died on April 7. To the modern rock and ice climbing community, he was a legendary pioneer. But to the hundreds who joined him as children to hike the Adirondack trails, Jimmy Goodwin was so much more. Jim Goodwin saw himself principally as a guide, a status he treasured not for the money but for the shared joy. Good thing his career began before the AMGA policies manual: Jimmy tacked a notice on the bulletin board at the Interbrook Lodge when he was eleven years old. At fifty cents a day for
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from The Adventure Blog
Way back in January I posted a story about Britain's Prince Harry possibly making a trek to the North Pole. At the time, he was training to do so as part of a fund raising effort for the Walking with the Wounded organization, but it was unclear whether or not his military obligations, not to mention his brother's impeding nuptials, would allow him to join the expedition. Yesterday, the team set out on their journey at last, and with Harry in tow, but the Prince won't make it to the Pole after all. Four of
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from INCLINED
In less than a week, 12 injured soliders and 10 Everest climbers will attempt two Himalayan summits as part of Soldiers to the Summit: Among the many tragedies of war are the serious injuries inflicted upon our soldiers. When they return home, these heroes often have disabilities that may seem insurmountable. The goal of the [...]
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from Happiegrrrl Climbing
Living on a nature preserve is certainly different than residing within a municipality such as Chelsea in Manhattan, but it's not without it's own society. At first I wasn't really conscious of the connection that the preserve created between myself and the many others who come to this land, whether for only a portion of one day out of their entire life, or as a regular user here on a frequent or even near daily basis. Sure, I noticed others about me, and interacted with them on a variety of levels, but I
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