Denver Post (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
For many people, competing in the Ironman World Championship in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, sounds like the challenge of a lifetime.
SeaKayakPhoto.com (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Over the last 10 days I have sea-kayaked, windsurfed and mountain biked across Scotland from Galloway to the Grampians. It has been a fantastic outdoor experience. Today we mountain biked deep into the heart of the Cairngorm mountains making our way to high ground through stands of the ancient Caledonian forest. It is a high plateau with deep glacial valleys radiating out from its heart.
Scotland on Sunday (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
WITH reference to the article 'Climbers call for removal of Ben Nevis path' (September 28), the Mountaineering Council of Scotland (MCofS) has not had
Scotland on Sunday (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
SCOTS were among the brave and hardy pioneers who gave the sport of rock climbing to the world.
Scotsman.com Living - Books (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
John le Carré's new novel updates his classic themes of betrayal for the 'war on terror'. But was our panel convinced?
HarbourLiving.ca (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
Courtenay: In the first quarter of the 20th century, the Plateau was home to trappers, prospectors and, during WW I, a few draft evaders. By the 1930s, it had become a playground for tourists and locals alike.
New York Times (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
Three Japanese climbers were killed while on an expedition to reach the summit of a sacred mountain in Tibet, a mountaineering official said on Friday.
IOL (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
Tibetan search-and-rescue teams have located the bodies of three Japanese climbers who died in an avalanche while trying to reach Mount Kulagangri.
Educated Guesswork (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
I'm one of these people that runs cold (even more true now that I have no hair ), so I tend to get cold on camping trips, especially as I tend to get up ahead of my backpacking partners and have to sit around outside the tent waiting for them to wake up. After a pair of trips last fall and this spring where I made the mistake of underestimating how could it would be—and in the spring trip failing to...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
Three Japanese mountaineers were found dead after an avalanche at Kula Kangri, said an official of the Tibetan mountaineering association on Thursday. The victims included cameraman Susumu Nakamura, 62, Japan's first Alpinist to reach the North and South Poles and Mt. Zhumolangma. He was famous in Japan for broadcasting live of the 1988 adventure. Others are Yoshinobu Kato, 32 and Satoshi Arimura,...
Facewest Adventure Sports (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
We now have the excellent Marmot La Grave softshell jacket in stock. I tested it out last season and here is a brief run down taken from our website. I used a La Grave jacket on holiday last season and was very pleased with it. The first thing I noticed was how warm it was for [...]
Reno Gazette Journal (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
MAMMOTH LAKES, Calif. -- With aircraft and dogs, the search for Steve Fossett is to resume at dawn today near whgere wreckage was seen on a steep mountain ridge on the Nevada border after a hiker found the missing millionaire's pilot's license and other belongings on Monday.
billingsgazette.com top headlines (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
JACKSON - Courtney Campbell's fingers ached with cold. As she jammed them through the snow against the rock, unable to feel them curl, she willed them to grip. Her feet slipped over the slick snow. Her shoes weren't supposed to get wet. ...
SeaKayakPhoto.com (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
We emerged from the darkness and enclosure of the caves of Dun and found ourselves once more with the empty Atlantic horizon to the south west. We paddled under Dun's sheer cliffs and made for the stack of Sgeir Cul an Rudha. Above us thickening cirrus clouds announced the arrival of a front and the promise of wind by morning. We were still in awe of the sheer scale of the rock
GearFlogger (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
Don't just sit there: get off your duff and get on over to GearJunkie for their Choose Your Own Adventure Sweepstakes. In addition to airfare and the all-expenses paid trip, the winner will be outfitted head-to-toe with all the essential...
