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Have you heard of Terragen?
It’s software for generating real looking landscapes. This is not an actual mountain, but a generated image.

More terragen images by artist Luc Bianco.
Terragen™ still offers a free beta version if you want to try it.
George recommends these sites:
http://www.digitalblasphemy.com/userg/user1.shtml
http://swaroop.deviantart.com/gallery/
http://www.begann.de/start.html
http://www.terradreams.de/
http://gallery.artofgregmartin.com/wallpapers/
http://www.inganielsen.de.tc/
http://www.moodflow.com/

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Did you happen to see Darren Berrecloth’s uninterrupted ride down a steep arid mountain ridge in Utah?
Very cool!
It first aired on Discovery Channel’s Stunt Junkies Feb. 1st, 2006. But I notice they are replaying that episode frequently where I live.

Berrecloth is widely considered to be the top mountain bike freerider on extremely steep and […]

Blue Nile Falls — also known as Tis Issat or Tissasat Falls. (Ethiopia)
The flow has been greatly reduced since a hydro-electric station started diverting the river in 2003.

More of Kirkby’s favourite photos
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The ultimate trekker’s wheelchair!

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Have you heard of the Chang Tang?
A part of the world half the size of the continental USA?
Me neither.
George Schaller made 11 trips between 1985 and 2001. I read a couple of his books so perhaps I did hear of the region.

The photographer is Galen Rowell, who’s work was admired by Ansel Adams. This was […]

Inspired by Chris Bonnington’s Quest for Adventure, a regular Canadian kid became an Adventurer.

cycling the Karakoram Highway
hiking the CANOL trail
paddling the Blue Nile
guiding paddling tours in the Arctic
kayaking in Belize
Kirkby hooked up with Jamie Clarke, Calgary’s most famous adventurer for:

Mt. Everest 1997 (Kirkby was communications man)
Empty Quarter of Arabia
His greatest claim to fame (or greatest […]

February 2, 2006 Rainbow at Elam Bend (McFall, Missouri)

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1. CAPTAIN JAMES COOK
2. XUANZANG
3. SIR RICHARD BURTON
4. IBN BATTUTA
5. CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
6. CHARLES DARWIN
7. FRIDTJOF NANSEN
8. YURI GAGARIN
9. MICHAEL PALIN
10. APHRA BEHN
There is no doubt Cook is the greatest of them all. His 3 voyages of discovery are unmatched.
The rest of the top 10 can be argued.
Certainly Michael had it a little easier than […]

In 2003, 665 million international tourist trips were made. … Western Europe is the most popular destination for international tourists: 46% of world tourist trips. At the other extreme 0.1% of world tourist trips are made to Central African territories.
Size shows proportion of world international tourist trips to that territory.

Worldmapper: maps you have never […]

I am a big fan of wikipedia. There is no better example of what can happen if you simply get out of the way. Let people do what they want.
The much publicized problems with the site? I’ve never had a glitch. The few minor mistakes that irked me, I corrected.
Wikipedia is the encyclopedia that […]