Adventure Links
When weโre not outdoors, we get our adventure fix by exploring social media and the web. To nourish your adventure fix, here are some of the best adventure links weโve discovered this week.
Historical Badass, Mark Foo:ย Surfer Mark Foo once said that โto get the ultimate thrill, you have to be willing to pay the ultimate price,โ and ultimately he did.
Best Beginner Scrambles:ย Live in the UK and want to progress from hiking to climbing? Scrambling is the perfect middle ground.ย The Great Outdoors Magazineย list their top seven beginner scrambling routes.
When Free Solo Goes Wrong:ย A podcast explores bad alpine memories: โWhat happened to Derek Cheng on one July day in the Sierras might be part of who he is, but when it comes to remembering, he had no choice but to forget.โ
The World-Series of Ultra-Running:ย A 170km single-stage ultramarathon, the Ultra-Trail du Mont Blanc is extreme. It draws the best ultra-runners in the world. Like the Tour de France, rabid spectators line the route.
From the Big Apple to the North Sea
Home at Last:ย Aย New York Timesย writer swaps life in the city for the isolation of Denmarkโs North Sea coast.
Photographing the Himalaya:ย Ashok Dilwali has traveled to the Himalaya over 300 times, documenting the peaks and the people. He sits down withย Outdoor Journalย to discuss trekking with an expiry date, getting started as a photographer, and his inspirations.
Stormy Sailing:ย A first-hand account of sailing through a vicious storm in the North Pacific Ocean aboard a carbon-fiber racing boat.
Patagonia Under New Leadership:ย We coveredย the news storyย of Yvon Chouinardโs donation of his billion-dollar Patagonia to environmental causes. This follow-up story inย Surfer Todayย provides an excellent overview.
Alligator Attack:ย You think youโre having a bad day? Meet the man who lost an arm to an alligator and then spent days lost in a swamp.
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Martin Walsh
Martin Walshย is a writer and editor for ExplorersWeb.
Martin has been writing about adventure travel and exploration for over five years.
Martin spent most of the last 15 years backpacking the world on a shoestring budget. Whether it was hitchhiking through Syria, getting strangled in Kyrgyzstan, touring Cambodiaโs medical facilities with an exceedingly painful giant venomous centipede bite, chewing khat in Ethiopia, or narrowly avoiding various toilet-related accidents in rural China, so far, Martin has just about survived his decision making.
Based in Da Lat, Vietnam, Martin can be found out in the jungle trying to avoid leeches while chasing monkeys.
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