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• Steps To The Summit - Step 9: Bad Weather
  on Jun 19, 2010 in General Adventure Video Mount Everest Himalaya Mountaineering
  Hanesbrands expedition leader Jaime Clarke has another important message for us today, as we take another step to the summit. This time out, we're talking about "bad weather", which can come in both the literal and figurative sense when you're climbi...
• More Sailing Updates: Two Expeditions Coming To An End
  on Jun 19, 2010 in South America North America Pacific Ocean Atlantic Ocean Arctic Ocean Sailing Indian Ocean Circumnavigation
  With all of this talk about these young girls making their solo circumnavigation attempts, it's sometimes easy to forget that there are some other great sea borne adventures that have been taking place, two of which are coming to an end today. First...
• Teva Pledges $100,000 For Gulf Clean-Up
  on Jun 19, 2010 in General Adventure Environmental
  On the eve of the start of the Teva Mountain Games out in Vail, Colorado, the outdoor gear company announced yesterday that it was committing $100,000 to raise awareness, and to aid in the clean-up efforts in the Gulf of Mexico, an area that continue...
• The Tour Divide Mountain Bike Race Begins Today!
  on Jun 19, 2010 in Mountain Biking Tour Divide
  The 2745 mile long Tour Divide mountain bike race gets underway today in Banff, Alberta, Canada, and will then run the length of the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route through the U.S., before ending in Antelope Wells, New Mexico. Along the way, the ri...
• Bangkok - June 2010 (Redshirt free zone for now)
  on Jun 19, 2010 in Thailand
  So I decided to take a walk around the old red-shirt protest zone today. There is many burnt and destroyed buildings from the riots that followed the rally dispersal by the Army on May 19/20. The local authorities and local people have done a great j...
• Gear Box: Sierra Designs Flex Down Jacket
  on Jun 19, 2010 in Adventure Travel Mount Everest Gear Trekking
  While going through the process of selecting gear for my recent Everest Base Camp trek, I began to notice that a common theme was emerging. It was clear to me that no matter what new items I added to my pack, they each shared a few common elements. E...
• Everest Base Camp Trek: In BC!
  on Jun 19, 2010 in Adventure Travel Mount Everest Nepal Trekking Himalaya
  I posted another story of my trek to Everest Base Camp over at Gadling today. This one offers some thoughts on the final leg of the trek from Gorakshep up to BC itself. That portion of the trail is very rocky, as the Khumbu Glacier drags all kinds of...
• Catlin Arctic Survey: Introduction and Recap of the Expedition, On Video!
  on Jun 19, 2010 in General Adventure North Pole Arctic Ocean Arctic
  The Catlin Arctic Survey may be over for 2010, but the research into their findings is just getting underway. According to the website, the initial findings won't come until some time in the Fall, and they promise to post those findings as soon as th...
• Outside's Gear of the Year (Summer Edition)
  on Jun 19, 2010 in Tents Outside Magazine Packs Mountain Biking Gear Cycling
  Outside Magazine has posted their selections for the 2010 Gear of the Year for summer items, and just in time for the weather to really start warming up. As usual, they pick some really amazing stuff that we'd all love to have, if our pocket books an...
• Everest Base Camp Trek: Lukla's Famous Airport
  on Jun 19, 2010 in Adventure Travel Mount Everest Nepal Trekking Himalaya
  My latest story for Gadling on my trek to Everest Base Camp went up this morning, this time focused on that famous airport in Lukla. As anyone who is familiar with the Khumbu Region knows, that airport is named in honor of Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmu...

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