Archive for the ‘General Travel’ Category

Kilian Jornet is easily amongst the best endurance athletes in the world. He is a prolific ultra-runner and mountaineer who has set speed records on numerous peaks, including Kilimanjaro and Mt. Olympus, and has even won the Western States 100. All of...

My favorite pack company, Osprey, is sponsoring the 13th annual Climb Against The Odds expedition which will take place June 17-23. The project will send 27 women, all of whom have been touched by cancer, on a challenging climb up Mt. Shasta, a 4321...

Back in January I posted a story about Andy Campbell, an inspiring young man from the U.K. who had lost the use of his legs following a climbing accident. At the time, Andy was sharing the details of a new project he was planning that he called the...

Base jumper Valery Rozov spent a month in the Indian Himalaya preparing for a climb up the 6543 meter (21,466 ft) Mt. Shivling. It took him six days to complete the ascent, but just 90 seconds to return to the base. While at the summit, Rozov stepped out...

British adventurer Sarah Outen has run into a bit of trouble on her London2London Expedition. As you might recall, Sarah is attempting to circumnavigate the globe completely under her own power and has already paddled across the English Channel and...

It has been over a month since I posted an update on the progress of Audun Tholfsen and Timo Palo, the two Norwegian explorers who were dropped off at the North Pole back in April and have been making their way south ever since. The boys have had...

While we're on the topic of bike rides today, here's a story for those of us who won't be riding the Tour Divide, even if we'd really like to. Bike manufacturer Schwinn has announced its Ride of a Lifetime promotion during which the company is giving...

The Tour Divide, one of the toughest mountain bike races on the planet, gets underway on Friday when riders set out from Banff, Canada and begin heading south along the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route. Over the next few weeks, they'll cover 4418km...

It has been a long time since I mentioned the 7 Rivers 7 Continents Project. In fact, I haven't mentioned it much since it was first announced back in August of 2010. The idea is for adventurer Mark Kalch to paddle the length of the longest river...

The Adventure Journal has published an interesting little top ten list today, giving us their picks for the ten deadliest mountains. Their selections range from the Alps to the Himalaya and beyond. In once case, way beyond. I'm sure the list was...