Adventure
ArchiveYou never know who you’re going to run into in the lobby of the Hotel Yak & Yeti. The former royal palace, with its scarlet lobby chairs, baby grand piano, and bar that serves a cold Tuburg beer, is the…
Team Jordan is resting at advanced base camp, where Jordan woke to find himself covered in a light snow. The team also managed…
A pair of snow leopards and two bear cubs were among the exotic animals discovered in the private zoo of ousted Kyrgyzstan President Kurmanbek Bakiyev, according to BBC News. Also found: a golden eagle, two falcons, four African peacocks and Indian ducks. Investigators found…
The Colorado Division of Wildlife has found higher numbers of mountain lions passing through urban areas, according to backcountry.com. Using city greenbelts, mountain lions mostly feed…
What pocket digital camera takes the best quality photos both in and out of water?—MichelleMadison, WI
We set off on our journey on April 7, starting with a paddle across the Alenuihaha channel, which separates the Big Island and Maui. Having delayed our departure due to gale force winds earlier in the week, we were not sure what to expect of the notorious…
Ready for a hike? According to topix.com, one should consider these three things when packing for a day on the trail: Healthy Carbohydrates such a as granola, apples, celery and carrots or pita with hummus. Good-for-you-fats like peanut butter and jelly or a low-sugar…
I’m going to do Rainier this summer. I’ve done a few mountains in Canada and Kili, but wore rental boots...blisters galore. So I want to find a good boot to do Rainier. Any suggestions?—EvanDenver, CO
There was a large avalanche near the North Col on Monday, Tibettime. Before going further, remember that breaking news of accidentsfrom Everest, especially from the north side, in almost every case isinaccurate. However, many teams are posting updates on their websitesto inform family members of the status of their…
The weather on both sides is proving difficult even stopping theSherpas from fixing the route above camp 3 on the Lhotse Face. So mostclimbers are resting in their -40F sleeping bags, reading or playingcards in the dining tents. The Sherpas continue to carry oxygen bottlesto camp 2 in anticipation of…
Kazakhstan's Alexandre Vinokourov, the Astana teammate of Tour de France champion Alberto Contador, just released a statement about the negative reactions to his win in yesterday's Liège-Bastone-Liège (LBL) race. Full text of his statement is below. Vinokourov is the former Tour de France contender who was kicked out of…
For most Everest climbers this is week three or four away from home.They are making good on their acclimatization efforts with over 100climbers now having spent a night or two as high as camp 2 on the southhowever significantly fewer even touching the North Col on the north. The…
Everest's north face (photo by Carsten.nebel, used under CC 3.0) Team Jordan is preparing to climb to the North Col, marking their…
Jordan Romero appeared on the Today Show yesterday. Video above. For those of you not familiar with Jordan, he is 13 years old…
Team Jordan reached advanced base camp yesterday, according to the Team's Facebook page. The team reached 21,000 feet and experienced sub-zero temperatures and 37 mph winds. Jordan experienced a slight headache at that…
In January, Dubai celebrated the opening of the tallest building in the world, the 2,716-foot Burj Khalifa, by allowing two men from the United Arab Emirates to leap from it, setting the record for the highest BASE jump from a building. But they weren’t the first. The Burj had been…
The conservationists fighting renewable-energy development need to wake up and smell the wind and solar power. Now.
Remember the climate bill? The one that the House passed last year, before all eyes in DC turned to health care reform? Well, it's inching back into the legislative spotlight. A new (and, based on the looks of things today, very weakened) version of the bill could be heard…
Our favorite New Mexico llama/wilderness guide is coming to L.A. Stuart Wilde will lead his team of llamas–of the animal variety–around the city to extol the virtues of walking, in honor of…
Progressive hub Portland, Oregon, is a kaleidoscopic smorgasbord of all things cycling. Our wheelman in New York (a certain anonymous blogger) makes a sub-rosa descent upon the fabled Velo City.
It's hard to be disappointed about a rookie year in which you defeat the defending ASP world champion at one of surfing's premier events.
Festival organizers enlisted the Olympic half-pipe builder, Steve Petrie, and his team to create the ultimate venue at this year’s TELUS World Ski & Snowboard Festival. The best male and female skiers in the world — including 2010 X-Games gold medalist…
In the age of social media, a group of celebrities demonstrate that "raising awareness" isn't always code for self-congratulation.
By Stephen Regenold For three weeks in April, I put my entire life on hold to trek in the Khumbu Region of Nepal. As a part of Expedition Hanesbrands, a major mountaineering initiative led bythe Canadian climber…
Like many inventors, Graham Hawkes rides the line between revolutionary and cash-strapped dreamer. But if his new "flying" submersible works, he may be the first man to go 36,000 feet below the ocean's surface alone. That's deep.
The only paddler to appear on a Wheaties box loves Richmond, Virginia. Jon Lugbill is widely considered the greatest whitewater canoeist ever. He's a five-time world champion in C-1 slalom and has 12…
Climbers are making great progress with their acclimatizationrotations on both sides of Everest. The Sherpas are now starting to fixthe ropes to camp 3 high on the Lhotse Face – a great sign. On thenorth, Adventure Peaks is looking to move to the North Col For some teams, the…
The lush peaks of Iraqi Kurdistan are irresistible to a certain breed of bold backpacker: They're exotic, beautiful, and way off the beaten track. But when three young Americans were arrested by Iranian border guards in July 2009 after straying too far down a waterfall trail, the costs of adventure travel got a lot higher. As the hikers languished in their cell
How does a guy go from hardcore adventurer to (mega-famous) television hero without losing his head? By playing himself.
Coincidence or high-minded planning? Free National Park week now coincides with 4/20, the counterculture holiday devoted to all things cannabis, according to backcountry.com. So, if you're one to grab the…
Colorado's House Bill 1188, which will determine the rights of commercial rafting outfitters to paddle sections of state water where landowners don't want them, has stalled, according to paddlinglife.net. In an issue pitting private landowners againstcommercial rafting companies…
Right around the time I started working at Outside, the editor Mark Bryant assigned Jon Krakauer a story that required climbing Mount Everest. The office was always supercharged, but in the weeks leading up to Krakauer’s May 1996 summit, the intensity at…
Team Romero remains at base camp, according to their most recent blog (sorry, no phlog today). But they did talk about life at the base of the mountain. Temperatures range from 48°F to single…
An agricultural revolution is in the works in Cuba, aided in part by the scientist and biodiversity researcher Humberto Ríos Labrada. The standard sugarcane monoculture has proven unsustainable, and Labrada saw an alternative: local farms thriving via pre-industrial farming techniques, such as crop…
Jordan Romero, the 13-year-old attempting to become the youngest person to summit Everest, checked in…
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Another good week on Everest with teams settling into base camp onboth sides of the mountain. Alpine Ascents was the last large team toarrive at south BC on Wednesday. They spent their time adjusting to thehigh altitudes of over 17,000'. Teams conducted their Pujas and evenpracticed some ladder walking…
President Obama began a drive today to both conserve more of America's wild lands, and get Americans to get outside and enjoy it more. It's called the Great Outdoors Initiative. Here is a full transcript of the President's remarks from the conference where…
Team Jordan's view of Everest's north face (photo by Carsten.nebel, used under CC 3.0) Jordan Romero is now at Chinese base camp. He and…
On Friday, President Obama will be speaking at a conference on the status of America's outdoors—addressing “the challenges, opportunities and innovations surrounding modern-day land conservation and the importance of reconnecting Americans and American families to the outdoors.” You can watch live Friday morning at 9 am. Eastern time, on the…
In honor of the Sea Otter Classic, which starts today and runs through April 18 in Monterey, California, I caught up with a three-time champion of the event, Ty Kady. He's traded in his moto for the self-propelled two-wheeler…
If you left the satellite phone at home and never got around to buying a GPS, YankoDesign's rescue balloon may be your key to rescue, according to backcountry.com. The “Rescue Balloon Kit” contains a helium gas cylinder and long string…
Jordan Romero got his first glance at Mount Everest from Tingri, Tibet – just a six hour drive from north side base camp, according to the team's Facebook page.They will rest for another…
Right on schedule, the second week of April, camps 1 and 2 arealready in according to this email I revived from Phil Crampton ofAltitude Junkies: My Sherpas have already established camp one and camptwo so we plan to continue to stock camp two in anticipation of theclimbers sleeping there.
When it comes to training, the key is to find what works best for you. Whetherpreparing for a short-distance race or an endurance paddle, we focus on strengthening our bodies. As important as technique is, we believe physical and mental toughness is even more important. In preparing…
The Sea Otter Classic gets underway this week in Monterey,California. The multiday race/festival/trade-show hybrid has become anincreasingly important stage for new product announcements, falling as it doeshalfway between the bike industry’s major fall trade shows. My guess is that this year, Chicago-based…
Watch CBS News Videos Online Jordan Romero and his team are two days into their journey to Everest's north side base camp.
Eighteen-year-old Mike Perham, who at age 14 became the youngest person to sail solo around the world, was forced to drop out of the Talisker Bounty Boat Expedition last…
Eighteen-year-old Mike Perham, who at age 14 became the youngest person to sail solo around the world, was forced to drop out of the Talisker Bounty Boat Expedition last…
For the past 15 years, early April in the Khumbu welcomes the soundof footsteps, yak bells, hushed conversations and dreams seeping fromaspiring climbers. This past week, the dirt trails were quite busy. Expedition after expedition made their way to Lukla then Namche andon up the Khumbu towards base camp.
Elite alpinist Steve House reportedly fell 80 feet while climbing in the Canadian Rockies March 25, and was evacuated with life-threatening injuries, according to a blog post by Global Rescue, the company that provided medical transport. He was flown to a hospital in…
Jordan Romero and the rest of his team acquired their Chinese visas earlier today, according to Jordan's website. The team is set to leave Kathmandu for Tibet this weekend. Once in China, the…
RMI and Peak Freaks have arrived in Everest Base Camp in Nepal. The first of many. It is critical to take your time getting to BC. Tim Rippel explainsthat two of his climbers are going lower, not higher, due to the impactof altitude. He does an excellent job of…
This spring I’ll be at Everest Base Camp for a month as theexpedition journalist for Expedition Hanesbrands, a team led by Jamie Clarke, a Canadianmountaineer who will attempt his second summit of the world’s highestmountain. (You can follow the expedition…
Kathmandu ; photo by Wonderlane Jordan Romero, the 13-year-old attempting to become the youngest to summit Everest, landed in Kathmandu late Wednesday, around midnight local time. Team Romero is staying in the city to organize their gear and work with sherpas before…
In a startling discovery, scientists havestumbled upon the first animal that can survive without oxygen, a featthat until now was thought only possible in bacteria, according to treehugger.com. This has a number ofimplications: both regarding the possibility that life may yet adapt tomore severe conditions…
A unique adventure has launched this week from the Big Island of Hawaii. The dynamic duo of Morgan Hoesterey and Jenny Kalmbach–that's us in the photo above!–will stand-up paddleboard our way through the…
A man recently had an intense lift experience with a rope tow in Alta, according to backcountry.com. Let this video as a weekend warning for all you spring skiers. For more “Holy *$@!” moments,…
A stomach-related illness has forced Lance Armstrong to pull out of the 2010 Circuit de la Sarthe, according to roadcycling.com After competing Tuesday, Armstrong was unable to continue due to a flu-like intestinal infection. The cyclist tweeted that he was “sicker…
Bruce Barcott profiled Jordan Romero in our April issue. Romero is 13 an attempting to become the youngest person to climb both Everest and the Seven Summits. While…
As regular followers of Everest climbs know, the weather is themake/break factor for all expeditions. And the forecasts are criticalfor the safety of teams. While it may seem straightforward given thesuccess rate we see in modern times, predicting the weather is far froma science as this interview with Michale…
Defending champion Kelly Clark of Vermont won the third annual CoverGirl Snow Angels Invitational superpipe competition, held last weekend in Snowmass, Colorado. Gretchen Bleiler, Aspen's hometown hero and…
Some Utah ski hubs are not too happy with congressman Jim Matheson's plan to extend the Wasatch wilderness by 26,000 acres, thereby blocking potential expansion plans. According to The Salt Lake Tribune, Snowbird would have to relinquish plans to develop White Pine Canyon…
This week, the majority of the 2010 expeditions are working theirway up the Khumbu towards Everest Base Camp on the south side. Permitsand visas have now been issued for north teams and they have leftKathmandu, crossed the boarder and are already in Tingri and otherTibetan villages. We can expect…
The Eyjafjallajokull volcano, dormant for 200 years, began erupting in Iceland last week. While those living nearby have been allowed back into their homes, there's still enough action to…
photo by hermanusbackpackers; used under CC license A great white shark near New Zealand has set the world record for deepest known dive for a shark, according to…
This past week saw Everest 2010 come alive; and real for theclimbers and families back home. Teams came and left Kathmandu asweather lifted enough for more flights to Lukla. Multiple dispatchesspoke of uneventful landings at the dangerous airstrip and then themore peaceful start to the trek to base camp.
I tore a ligament in the ankle area last August and it still gives me a bit of grief at times, though a recent ultrasound showed nothing. I'm walking around the house wearing an ASO Ankle Brace but worry that I won’t have enough flexibility in my ankle area to cross-country ski; do you have any thoughts here?—MarilynToronto, Ontario
I live in Las Vegas and I spend a lot of time rock scrambling at Red Rock Canyon and I need a durable backpack. It seems that most packs are designed with weight over durability in mind. Unfortunately, Red Rock Canyon presents many "tight" spots which tend to damage these lighter-weight materials when they inevitably "drag" on the sandstone. Any suggestions?—BrianLas Vegas, NV
U2 may or may not like bikes, but they certainly don't like anyone making claims about their cycling predilections. Case in point: The band threatens to sue the organizers of the 2010 Singlespeed World Mountain…
This post resulted from a press release sent in March, that claimed to be an April Fools joke. You can read the full story here, including the possible lawsuit. Besides recording, touring the world, and trying to save the planet,…
Five cyclists who say they were harassed by police during a March 2007 Critical Mass ride were paid a total of $98,000 by New York City on Tuesday, according to The New…
British pro cyclist Alan Bate took off from Bangkok, Thailand today in his attempt to circumnavigate the Earth by bike in under 100 days. A detailed route map shows if he's coming through your town, just incase you want…
President Obama’s decision to open up the Southeast Atlantic coast to offshore oil drilling begs the question of how significantly, if at all, ocean tourism and activities like surfing and fishing will be affected. Not surprisingly, environmental groups such as Surfrider oppose the plans, citing the…