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The Adventure Blogger went to Kilimanjaro, inspired by the 2002 IMAX film by David Breashears.

Kilimanjaro - To the Roof of Africa (Large Format)
I finally saw the film myself.
Fantastic.
When can I go?
There’s a terrific, funny review of the film on Amazon posted by Archimedes Tritium:
… The narrator (mountain guide Jacob Kyungai) intones that climbers of […]

Kraig posted a link to the Sheffield Adventure Film Festival in England on The Adventure Blog.
He must have been too busy (for some reason) to look for the trailer on YouTube.

I’ve got your back, buddy.

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My favourite travelogue over the past few months has been Erin McKittrick and Bretwood (Hig) Higman’s Journey on the Wild Coast:
“From the Puget Sound to the Bering Sea: Four thousand miles along the edge of the Pacific, by foot, raft, and skis.”

After 8 months, they are only half way finished. (The original plan was 9 […]

Outdoorsies can get schooled by a new film being released Feb 1st.
(I don’t think it’s by National Geographic, though.)
Click PLAY or watch the Strange Wilderness trailer on YouTube.

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by Rick McCharles
I was critical of off-road enthusiasts out of Moab, Utah. Clearly they do a lot of damage to the environment.
Related post: motorized vehicles ruin the Utah desert
But I’ve driven off-road myself in Huacachina, Peru. In the highest sand dunes in the world.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube:

That’s not me in the […]

I spent 2wks last year hiking out of Moab, Utah. Then got grief after criticizing the ethos of the “adventure destination” in this post: Moab, Utah - living a lie?
Comments like this offended:
Moab reminds me more of Mad Max than a desert oasis.
That town is a hub and a flash point for the off-road vehicle […]

Alaska wilderness guru Buck Nelson in 2006 made an incredible solo journey. Maximum pack weight was about 43 pounds.
He’s made a 90min documentary of that adventure.

My trip started June 18 at the border of the Yukon Territory and ended September 2nd at the ocean near Kotzebue.

The final mileage of my trip worked out to […]

From everything I’ve heard and seen over the past 7-years, George Bush has been the worst President ever in terms of protecting the environment. National Parks, in particular, have been near lowest priority for his administration.
Just about every second day I get more bad news from the National Parks Traveler blog.
Now the White […]

After 5-days at the Banff Mountain Festivals 2007, here’s my FINAL review:
This was my first trip to Banff for the festivals.
THE GOOD:
bringing together so many outdoors enthusiasts
Banff and the Rocky Mountains
food available on site
sponsors, especially National Geographic and New Balance
“reading rooms” for previewing the books
TV monitors showing the performances for those without tickets
no […]

This is a spin-off of the regular Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour. But is also highly recommended. See both, if you can. Radical Reels tours much less widely.

The Radical Reels Film Tour complements the Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour, and focuses on dynamic, high-adrenalin films featuring sports such as skiing, climbing, kayaking, BASE […]