Entries from 2019-04-01 to 1 month

Guiding Antarctic Kayak Trips Will Teach You All About Fear and Beauty

The blade pulled firm as it sliced, then caught. Energy swept through my body. I was in that moment, acutely aware of being alive. As the blade completed its arc, darkness engulfed it. In the foreseeable distance, ice didn’t seem to pose a…

Video: The Race – Sled Dogs, History, and Culture in Greenland

For some, dog sledding is a controversial topic. There are those who argue that the dogs are mistreated or abused when they are used to pull a sled. But in some parts of the world, dog sledding is a part of the history and culture of the p…

Federica Mingolla and Marcello Bombardi win the rock climbing competition at Valgrisenche

When the speaker mentions your name and says that the winner 30 years ago was called Alberto Gnerro, it’s then that you understand that time inexorably passes. But Sunday we certainly weren’t there to celebrate the past. One lives for the …

How to hike your biggest mile day yet

However you define “big miles,” here are tips to do your first 10, 20, 30 or 50-mile day hike. A few weeks ago, I posted a story on Instagram about re-hiking Cactus to the Clouds, a dayhike called “one of America’s hardest and deadliest” b…

Coffee on the Road: Putting 3 Methods to the Test

I never drank coffee in the morning. I would have a few sips, get super shaky and feel my heart beating in my ankles, and reach for green tea instead. Then I met Ben. When we met, Ben drank coffee every morning, and then some in the aftern…

Can You Surf a Board Made Out of Ice? - This film trailer is pretty much the most Norwegian thing ever

“A completely ridiculous project,” is how an unnamed man describes the concept outlined in the trailer above…and the guy has a point. The project in question, “Ice Edge”, is a film about a group of Norwegian surfers committed to shaping a …

The howl and death of wolf 926F

926F, the alpha female of the Lamar Canyon Pack, stands at edge of the Lamar River during the winter of 2016.Melissa DiNino Two shadows slipped across the frozen landscape and away from a freshly killed elk. Their movements quick and light…

Filip Babicz ustanawia nowy rekord na Orlej Perci!

6 sierpnia Filip Babicz ustanowił nowy rekord przebiegnięcia Orlej Perci w Tatrach. Ten bardzo doświadczony wspinacz i biegacz pokonał słynny szlak w 1h 04′ 23″. Filip Babicz startuje z Zawratu do rekordowego biegu po Orlej Perci Filip pob…