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8 Things To Love About Colorado's Rocky Mountain National Park
By
Stefanie Payne
, Contributor
Media Pro — U.S. National Parks & NASA Human Spaceflight
Mountains 70 miles northwest of Denver, somewhere between 8,000 and 14,259 feet, exists one of the most comprehensive ecosystems
TRAVEL
3 Life Lessons Learned in Antarctica
By
Stephanie Huston
, Contributor
Stephanie is a world traveler, global manager, writer, and men...
Traveling to Antarctica captures part of your soul and drops you in a majestic, serene, unlivable and harsh world where you
TRAVEL
7 Antarctic Adventures Of A Lifetime
By
Stephanie Huston
, Contributor
Stephanie is a world traveler, global manager, writer, and men...
I recently got back from my 7th continent trip - a basecamp activity cruise to Antarctica. As one would anticipate, it truly was a trip of a lifetime and filled with unexpected adventures at every turn.
TRAVEL
Glaciers, Fjords, and Wildlife: 3 Adventures in Kenai Fjords National Park
By
Stefanie Payne
, Contributor
Media Pro — U.S. National Parks & NASA Human Spaceflight
The waterfront community of Seward, Alaska, is your jumping off point into Kenai Fjords National Park. Photo credit: Jonathan
SPORTS
To Climb or Not to Climb Everest: When Is the Risk Too Great?
By
Simon Donato
, Contributor
Author, Documentary Host & Producer, Oatmeal Entrepreneur, Adv...
Is it really that life-changing (should you survive) to stand on top of the Earth's highest point? Is it worth the risk? Perhaps, but I still don't think I'll ever understand the compulsion.
IMPACT
Mission: Memorial Day, An Interview with Veteran Joshua Jespersen
By
Stacy Bare
, Contributor
Director, Sierra Club Outdoors
Mission Memorial Day is a commitment, a commitment that myself and three other combat vets made to ensure that our friends we lost overseas, and so many other young Americans would be remembered.
TRAVEL
To the Top of Texas! Guadalupe Mountains National Park
By
Stefanie Payne
, Contributor
Media Pro — U.S. National Parks & NASA Human Spaceflight
On the road to Guadalupe Mountains National Park! Photo credit: Jonathan Irish Have you heard of the term "highpointing"? That
TRAVEL
The Smallest State's Tallest Peak: Is R.I.'s Jerimoth Hill America's Most Challenging?
By
Peter Mandel
, Contributor
Washington Post contributor, children's book author
I've got big news for all you serious outdoor types: Maine's Katahdin isn't the climbing adventure you thought it was. Mt. Mansfield? Mt. Washington? These nubs are a walk in the park.
WOMEN
Women Explorers: Annie Smith Peck
By
Lorie Karnath
, Contributor
Founder The Explorers Museum, 37th President The Explorers Club
In 1895, Annie became only the third woman to ascend the Swiss Matterhorn, and the first to do this in trousers under a long tunic rather than the unwieldy skirts of the day.
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Nepal Wants To Ban Novice Climbers From Everest Over Safety Concerns
By
Dominique Mosbergen
Officials plan to introduce restrictions on amateur climbers, as well as people with disabilities, the very young and the elderly.
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LATINO VOICES
Getting Wild: This Latina Finally Gets to Experience the Thrill of the Outdoors
By
Ana Beatriz Cholo
, Contributor
Mom, award-winning journalist, adventurer, Navy vet, Latino Ou...
So much was off-limits to me because of my culture and my traditional parents. I was not allowed to have sleepovers or sleep at anyone's house. When I wanted to skateboard, I was firmly told no. That was for boys. Besides, good girls stay home to mind their business, but boys could stay out because, well, they were boys. It was their birthright.
TRAVEL
Kilimanjaro: The Peak Experience
By
Tim Ward
, Contributor
Tim Ward is the co-owner of Intermedia Communications Training...
There is that moment when the indigo sky pales and the stars slowly vanish, yet the sun is still hidden. What time is it? You can't guess. You are near the top of an all night hike - one way, uphill - to the roof of Africa.
PARENTING
How Being a Mountain Guide Prepared Me to Be a Parent
By
Louise Storm
, Contributor
Wife, Mummy to four in four years, avid collector of stories i...
Being a parent means you outfit yourself with the right kid paraphernalia so you're prepared for anything. How well our diaper bag has been packed can determine the success or failure of any outing.
SPORTS
So close, and yet so far: Weather delays solo Denali climber's return
By
Alaska Dispatch News
, Contributor
Alaska's best news and opinion
READ MORE AT ALASKA DISPATCH NEWS Just after 1 p.m. Wednesday, two Talkeetna Air Taxi planes filled with sponsors, Alaska
SPORTS
Fourth Time's a Charm as Dupre Completes Solo January Summit of McKinley
By
Alaska Dispatch News
, Contributor
Alaska's best news and opinion
Minnesota mountaineer Lonnie Dupre has apparently completed a solo summit of the 20,237-foot Mount McKinley in January, the first time anyone has accomplished such a feat, according to Stevie Plummer, Dupre's expedition manager.
SPORTS
Mountaineer Lonnie Dupre Is on His Fourth Attempt to Summit McKinley in January
By
Alaska Dispatch News
, Contributor
Alaska's best news and opinion
For the fourth time, to diminishing fanfare, Lonnie Dupre is trying to do what has never been done: Reach the summit of Mount McKinley, alone, in the supremely inhospitable month of January.
WORLDPOST
An "Alive" Andes Hero Gives Thanks, and Thoughts
By
Ximena Ortiz
, Contributor
Author of 'The Shock and Awing of America: Echoing Consequence...
Leading into the Thanksgiving season, something in the bareness of the trees and drop in temperature made me think of my cousin, Roberto Canessa, one of the two "Alive" survivors that climbed a 14,774-foot headwall to save himself, his friends and, he explained on the phone, his mother waiting in Uruguay.
TRAVEL
3 New Books for the Skier's and Rider's Library
By
Liftopia
, Contributor
Largest online and mobile marketplace for lift tickets and oth...
I don't know if you call it a "ski-brary" or a "librare-ski," but here are three books that we'd recommend adding to that dusty old stack of tattered ski literature sitting on your corner shelf.
SMALL BUSINESS
9 Entrepreneurship Lessons From the Mountains
By
Steven Clough
, Contributor
Behavioral economist; Founder/CEO, AVO
You really have to love what you're doing and love who you're doing it with to make it worthwhile. In the end, one thing has become clear from these adventures: Not everyone is cut out for them. Some have no interest, others lack the discipline.
WELLNESS
How A Fallen Mountain Climber's Legacy Will Live On Through His Artwork
By
Alena Hall
Mountains by Denali Schmidt "In his short life, Denali shared his love of extreme alpinism with his father, and here in death
IMPACT
Why a Sherpa Is Your Best Friend
By
Kuntal Joisher
, Contributor
Software engineer, CallFire; Climbing Mount Everest
What is a Sherpa exactly? As an experienced mountaineer, I can tell you that they are one of the best communities of people on the planet.
IMPACT
Crowdfunding for Sherpas After the Everest Avalanche
By
Elaine Heinzman
, Contributor
Content Manager, Rally.org
At the time of the avalanche, the Sherpas were working on a notoriously dangerous slope, setting ropes and ladders for hundreds of mostly Western climbers who pay tens of thousands of dollars to attempt an Everest ascent.
POST 50
On The Kilimanjaro's Crater's Lip: What's A 60-Year-Old Doing In A Place Like This?
By
Emily Kelting
, Contributor
Author of 'Little Winners: Inside the World of the Child Sport...
My dream of summiting Mt. Kilimanjaro almost ended an hour after the push for the top began.
TRAVEL
Ascending Abraham's Nemesis
By
Stefan Szepesi
, Contributor
Walker, guidebook author
What is the summit, exactly? The natural peak of Nemrut has remained covered for more than two millennia and the pyramid that sits on top of the mountain consists of hundreds of thousands of small stones, the debris of the larger than life godly statues at its foot.
IMPACT
Filming Denali
By
Cat del Valle Castellanos
, Contributor
Contributor
This June, the National Outdoor Leadership School's Expedition Denali set out to climb the highest peak in North America, Mt. McKinley. The group aimed to inspire minorities to get active and get outdoors. Andy Adkins, pro-filmmaker and novice climber, was there to capture the journey.
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