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WATCH: BASE Jumpers In Moab

Posted 02.27.2012

Read More: Fisher Towers, Slacklining, Moab, Extreme Travel, Climbing, Outdoors, Paragliding, Fisher Towers Video, Utah, Active Travel, Video, Base Jumping, Utah Travel, Action Sports, Travel News

Outside Moab, Utah sit a string of spires known as the Fisher Towers. Beautiful in their own right, they're even more memorable when BASE jumpers are ...

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Why Did You Join the Army?

Stacy Bare | Posted 03.26.2012

Read More: Climbing, Military, Outdoors, War, Veterans, Mindful Living, Green News
Stacy Bare

As a Nation, did we really prevent further mass terrorism? Did we help to spread democracy? Did we make the world a better place? All of us who have served have our own answers to these questions.

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Record-Setting Explorer Eric Larsen: Why And How He Does It

Avital Binshtock | Posted 12.18.2011

Read More: Antarctica, Training, Expedition, Travel, Tibet, Climbing, Motivation, North Pole, Terrapass, Arctic, Save the Poles, Eric Larsen, Norway, Climate Change, Himalaya, Explorer, South Pole, Mount Everest, Adventure Travel, Travel News
Avital Binshtock

Eric Larsen, 40, is the first person to have reached the South Pole, the North Pole and the summit of Mount Everest within the span of one year. The goal is to get people to care -- and do something -- about climate change, the effects of which Larsen saw first hand on his journeys.

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The Forgotten Heroes Of The Himalayas

Elia Saikaly | Posted 11.20.2011

Read More: Exploration, Himalayas, Adversity, Adventure, Sherpas, Mountaineering, Mountain Climbing, Nepal, International Destinations, Asia Travel, Trekking, Climbing, Destinations, Mount Everest, Canada News
Elia Saikaly

Since Mt. Everest was first successfully climbed in 1953 by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay from the South side in Nepal, it's become ever so co...

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Patagonia Climber Bean Bowers: 1973-2011, He Always Picked Himself -- And Others -- Up Again

Adrian Margaret Brune | Posted 09.17.2011

Read More: Cancer, Climbing, Guide, Rock Climbing, Bean Bowers, Patagonia, Nols, Impact News
Adrian Margaret Brune

At 37, bean Bowers was an accomplished climber and guide in Patagonia, Pakistan and all over the Western U.S.. I hadn't seen him since my last night in Lander, Wyoming, after which I returned to school and embarked on my own steady climb through life.

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Love on the Rock Wall

Julia Plevin | Posted 09.13.2011

Read More: Online Dating, Thailand, Rock Climbing, San Francisco, Exercise, Dating, Gym, Climbing, San Francisco News
Julia Plevin

Sometimes when people show up at the climbing gym on Harrison without a partner, the employees will announce over the P.A. system that someone is looking for a partner to belay. This is like putting yourself in a live date auction.

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Climbing Mt. Everest For The Women And Children Of The Congo

Georgina Miranda | Posted 09.07.2011

Read More: Sexual Violence, Everest, Rape, Drc, Travel, Climbing, Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo, Sexual Assault, Seven Summits, Mountain Climbing, Charity, Impact News
Georgina Miranda

When I embarked on Everest, I had five of the seven summits behind me, but everything about this mountain, both physically and emotionally, was on a whole other level.

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The Faithful Shopper: Top Trends for 2011

Faith Hope Consolo | Posted 07.03.2011

Read More: India, 34th Street, Vogue, Brooklyn, J. Crew, Target, Elizabeth Hurley, Britain, Rei, New Jersey, Madison Avenue, Africa, Liz Hurley, Tjmaxx, Marshalls, Asia, Christian Dior, Ems, Tarun Tahiliani, Natalie Portman, Walmart, Lincoln Square, Celine, Broadway, Snowboarding, Rivington Street, Puck Building, Los Angeles, Japan, Fashion Trends, Dior, Decadestwo, Eastern Mountain Sports, Soigné Kothari, Buenos Aires, Touch, AllSaints Spitalfields, New York Fashion Week, UK, La, South America, Hiking, Barney's, Century 21, H&M, Climbing, Valeria Smith, Kiki DeMontparnasse, East Harlem, Pop Up Shop, Hennes & Moritz, Decades Two, Greene Street, Mercer Street, Cortlandt Street, Arun Nayar, Fitness, Fifth Avenue, Long Island, Rain Africa, Rockefeller Center, Trends, Queens, Fashion Week, Skiing, Herald Square, Lady Dior, Topshop, Biking, Soigne K, TJX Cos, Midtown, Camping, Europe, 57th Street, Financial District, Uniqlo, Pop-Ups, Century21, Céline, New York News
Faith Hope Consolo

When you visit as many stores as I do (note to accountant -- it's retail research, not shopping), you begin to see patterns and trends emerging, and New York this year is no exception.

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Everest: As Quickly As It Can Freeze You, It Can Fry You Too

Georgina Miranda | Posted 06.19.2011

Read More: Women's Rights, Hiking, Women's Issues, Everest, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mountaineering, Climbing, Congo, Mount Everest, International Medical Corps, Humanitarian Crisis, Women's Health, Humanitarian Aid, Impact News
Georgina Miranda

The climb to and on the glacier was grueling. It took three hours to climb up the glacier and 1.5 hours down. The sun beat down on the ice and practically baked us in our climbing gear.

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Japan's Fuji, Mountain of My Birth

James M. Clash | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Adventure, Tsunami, Mountaineering, Earthquake, Wwii, Kyoto, Hiroshima, Tokyo, Climbing, Jim Clash, Japan, Mt. Fuji, Travel News
James M. Clash

In July and August, an estimated 200,000 people climb Fuji. It's so easy that many make the climb at night to see sunrise from the summit.

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Climbing the Gros Piton in St. Lucia

Margie Goldsmith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Grand Hotel Villa Serbelloni, St. Lucia, Beach, Petit Piton, Gros Piton, Sun, The Jalousie Plantation, Soufriere, Mediterranean, Climbing, Mountains, Lake Como, Travel News
Margie Goldsmith

I look for a toehold, plant my hands on a boulder, and push myself up a few feet. I am climbing Gros Piton, a twin mountain along with Petit Piton on the western coast of St. Lucia.

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The Headlamp Made Me Do It

Jenny Block | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Climbing Gear, Climbing, Rock Climbing, Mountain Climbing, Climbing Clothes, Travel News
Jenny Block

I knew that the trip to Joshua Tree would change my life. But I never even imagined that the gear would too.

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Colorado Mountain Climber Dead After Fall In Rocky Mountain National Park

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rocky Mountain National Park, Climber Death, Climbing, James Charles Patrick, Colorado Climber, Jim Patrick Glacier Death, Rocky Mountain Death, Denver News

ESTES PARK, Colo. — The body of a 54-year-old Colorado climber killed in a fall at Rocky Mountain National Park has been flown out of the backcountr...

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Summit Day Suffering on 23,000 ft. Aconcagua

James M. Clash | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Adventure Travel, Mountaineering, Argentina, Sir Edmund Hillary, Seven Summits, Climbing, Risk, Canaletta, Aconcagua, South America, Peaks, Travel News
James M. Clash

As we approach the 21,000 ft. mark, I'm moving slowly -- a laborious three breaths per step. A once-dull headache has blossomed into something seeming more serious.

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Madness on the Matterhorn

James M. Clash | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Alps, Switzerland, Mountaineering, Adventure Travel, Climbing, Matterhorn, Swiss Alps, Mountain Climbing, Travel News
James M. Clash

Unlike many peaks, there is no "escape hatch" on the Matterhorn. Not much room for error, which is why more than 500 people have died there, thrice the fatalities of Mt. Everest.

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Dune Climbing on the Dark Continent

James M. Clash | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sand Dunes, Windhoek, Walvis Bay, Namib Desert, Skeleton Coast, Adventure Travel, Namibia, Climbing, Sossusvlei, Africa, James Jim Clash, Travel News
James M. Clash

Of my excursions to the dark continent, perhaps the most interesting was to Namibia.

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Adventropy: Adventure Philanthropy at Work

Christian Beckwith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jackson Hole, Hiking, Adventure, Alpinist Film Festival, Adventure Philanthropy, Grand Tetons, Surfing, The Mountain Yodel, American Alpine Journal, Climbing, Adventropy, Paragliding, Adventure Lifestyle, Skiing, Christian Beckwith, Backpacking, Teton Boulder Project, Paddling, Trail Running, Adventure Sports, Alpinist, Outerlocal, Green News
Christian Beckwith

1991. On a Yugoslavian train, two young Americans faced one another across a table. Karine had a braid that wove around her shoulders and down her spi...

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Via Ferrata: Taking the High Road

Deb Dion | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hiking, Via Ferrata, Chuck Kroger, Climbing, Telluride, Reinhold Messner, San Juans, Video, Sports News
Deb Dion

Chuck Kroger used his special gifts to create the Via Ferrata, which can get even a non-climber or a novice climber to a breathtaking route high in the mountains.

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Veteran Boulder Climber Glenn Porzak Injured Near Home

Claire Walter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Colorado Mountains, Climbing, Mountaineering, Mount Everest, Boulder Colorado, Brainard Lake, Glenn Porzak, Denver News
Claire Walter

Glenn Porzak, a veteran climber who had conquered the iconic seven summits (the highest points on all continents), was seriously injured on Aug. 21 during a relatively easy climb just a few miles from home.

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Climbing Blind: An Unbelievable Trek Up Everest

Nikki Stone | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nikki Stone, Olympian, The Biggest Loser, Weight Loss Tips, Athlete, Climbing, Diet, Motivation, Wellness, Mount Everest, Blind, Teamwork, When Turtles Fly, Inspiration, Health, Jeff Evans, Weight Loss, Symtrimics, Weihenmayer, Sports News
Nikki Stone

At the top of Everest, all I heard were sounds of space. I felt as if I was being swallowed up by the sky. Though I lost the use of my eyes long ago, on that day I saw a glorious vision.

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