100 Miles of Namib Desert–Marathon Style

Awesome Video of one of the world’s toughest ultra-marathons on the planet, The 100 Miles of Namib Desert. The Team Geared Up blog, as well as their newest columnist, Eduard Martinell get the tip of the hat for bringing this to my attention. Looks to be an amazing race. I will have [...]

“Free Tibet 2065″–New Route Established on Ama Dablam

Francesco Fazzi (Italy) and Santiago Padros (Spanish) have established a new route up the west face of Ama Dablam. The new route, being called “Free Tibet 2065″, was established over a period of two days where the duo then climbed down via the normal southwest ridge. The new route established, could actually be [...]

The Adventurist Joins Outdoor Bloggers Summit (and a possible HUGE announcement, keep reading)

I have been meaning to do this for about two weeks now, but I figured this was as good a time as any–plus, I have been issued a challenge. (more on that in a minute)
The Adventurist has teamed up with the Outdoor Bloggers Summit. I actually happened on to this wonderful organization after running [...]

Swimming With Sharks-Steve Casimiro Style

The first time you swim with sharks should be dramatic. There should
be storm-tossed seas, fang-like Farallon Islands jutting from the
water, hungry great whites thrashing as the first mate chums stinky
fish guts overboard. You’re shivering into your cold chain mail shark
suit as the grizzled sea dog captain growls, “Arr! Don’t be a-worryin’,
lad! I’ve only lost three [...]

Legendary Dixon Lake Bass Found Belly Up–25 Pound Monster Took the World by Storm

I recently covered Darin Opel’s amazing catch of a 92 pound carp in the Illinois side of the Mississippi River. Seems like big fish are just jumping out of the boat, so to speak, in the media. Outdoor Life’s Newshound Blog covers another big’un.
A monster fish, this one a bass, has turned up [...]

Annapurna IV: Summit Push On For American Team Planning First Ski Descent

Ben Clark, Tim Clarke, and Josh Butson are currently making their summit push on the 24,680 Ft. peak of Annapurna IV. The three of them, if successful in achieving the summit, are then planning to ski down! If successful, this would mark the first ski descent ever on Annapurna.
Skiing on the world’s highest [...]

Everest 2008: Alan Arnette Heads For the Summit! Go Alan, Go!

I have just received word that my good friend, Alan Arnette, will be heading for the summit of Mt. Everest possibly today.  (US Time)  In his latest update he has outlined Mountain Professionals’ plans to begin their summit push on the 17th.  As with the Chinese summit push a couple of weeks ago, we must [...]

Storm Over Everest: Your Thoughts

Check Out the Complete Coverage of Everest 2008, Now Taking Place.
I recently had the opportunity to watch the PBS Special Frontline: Storm Over Everest. I have to say that it surprised me how well this all came together. David Breashears, who directed and produced this documentary, done a wonderful job of representing what [...]

Santiago Quintero Rescued on Makalu After Summit

An interesting high altitude rescue attempt has been taking place over on Makalu over the past couple of days. Santiago Quintero has been officially brought down to Makalu base camp after he recently succeeded in summiting, but then fell victim to HACE (High-Altitude Cerebral Edema) on his descent.
Santiago’s summit was reached without the use [...]

The Sportsman Channel Goes Solo

Official Press Release from PRNewswire
NEW YORK, May 15 /PRNewswire/ — InterMedia Outdoors, Inc. (IMO), the
industry leader and largest provider of Outdoors content, and parent company
of The Sportsman Channel (TSC), today announced that it chose not to renew its
programming agreements with The Outdoor Channel (TOC), in order to shift its
highly-rated and award-winning television shows to The [...]