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by site editor Rick McCharles
We’ve completed the 3 day “World Trail Conference”, superbly presented for a first ever event. In Asia they really know how to do conventions. Kudos to organizers.
I’m off the next few days hiking the Jeju Olle trail as part of the walking festival.
Website is now live.
From Dave Adlard of Adventure Sports Week, a NEW expedition race: coed teams of four racing 600km (372 miles) out of the gorgeous and rugged northern Idaho panhandle.
… The new website has more information about the format of the race, how volunteers can get involved, a preliminary schedule of events, and much more. The registration form is also in place, as well as a description of what your entry includes.
There is also an early bird registration process that lasts until 12 teams sign-up or January 1st, which ever comes first. During that period there is a discounted rate for competing.
Recall Aron Ralston, the hiker trapped by a boulder in Robbers Roost, Utah for nearly five days in 2003?
… I actually refused to read his book, Between a Rock and a Hard Place, not wanting to even think about the possibility of being forced to amputate my own arm with a multitool.
But Director Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire) and James Franco, who plays Aron Ralston are getting good early reviews.
Click PLAY or watch the trailer on YouTube.
… Ralston still climbs mountains prolifically, including a 2008 expedition to climb Ojos del Salado in Chile and Monte Pissis in Argentina.
In 2005, Ralston became the first person to climb all 59 of Colorado’s mountains over 14,000 feet in elevation, solo in winter, a project he started in 1998 …
From National Geographic.
Birds destroy a tent. And fly off with the toilet paper.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
(via The Adventure Blog – Beware The Birds of the Falkland Islands)
The Adventure Blog got me started following the adventures of Erin McKittrick and Hig Higman, self-powered 12 months, 4000mi up the west coast of North America into truly scary Alaska.
The movie is coming SOON.
Click PLAY or watch a preview on YouTube.
(via TAB)
A new video promoting the Caribbean island of Dominica makes me even keener to get there for hiking.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube
Dominica (pronounced Dom-in-ee-ka) is a spectacular green island of rugged mountains, lush rainforests and rushing rivers in the Eastern Caribbean, lying south of Guadeloupe and north of Martinique.
For more information about Dominica please call 0800 0121 467 or visit www.discoverdominica.com
The Gear Junkie did a write-up on what’s still available.
… the external-frame lives on, and it’s not just for the retro crowd. …
Alex Genadinik launched a new website in September – Hiking in San Francisco.
He wants to offer a free, personable, and simple way to organize and join hikes in the Bay area. Unique is a carpool feature available once you join a hike.
Check it out. And send feedback to Alex if you have any questions or suggestions.
My buddy Dave Adlard, of Adventure Sports Week, is hosting his first ever expedition length race, 600km (372 miles).
Expedition Idaho 2011 (website coming soon!) will … take place from August 14 – 20. The new dates avoid conflicts with both the Raid The North Extreme race, which takes place July 23 – 31 in the West Kootenays of British Columbia and the Gold Rush Adventure Race that ill go down on the West Coast from September 8-11.
Website coming soon.
Retired AR legend Mike Kloser has joined the organizing team.
Last year when I trekked the Khumbu I was super impressed to be able to get internet close to base camp. I was able to post photos of myself, near naked. The connection at guest houses was slow and expensive, however.
Now you can post rude Everest pics right from your smart phone:
Nepali mobile network operator Ncell has installed the first 3G base station at the summit of Mount Everest, giving visitors, climbers and people living in the Khumbu Valley the ability to make calls and wirelessly connect to the Internet. …
… “The coverage of the network will reach up to the peak of the Everest,” Ncell Nepal chief Pasi Koistinen said to reporters in Kathmandu on Thursday. …
Even from your parachute.
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