[embedImage=https://www.theactivetimes.com/sites/default/files/u8555/eric_larsen_fat_bike_embed.jpg] Three Poles explorer Eric Larsen recently announced an attempt on his dream expedition, cycling from the coast of Antarctica at Hercules Inlet (80°S) to the Geographic...
Read More"If you've never been on a boat tour, don't guess when it comes to seasickness. People often forget that it can be a problem, but there's nothing...
Read MoreIt was no hurricane movie out on the Atlantic last night. In a harrowing situation reminiscent of The Perfect Storm, three crewmembers of the tall ship replica HMS...
Read MoreNo one really makes bad ski boots anymore. In fact, there are so many quality boots on the market it's hard to decide which boots are best...
Read MoreDown in Patagonia, along the Chile-Argentina border, a new national park is taking shape thanks to the efforts of Kristine and Doug Tomkins. The two industry legends—Kristine...
Read MoreEver feel like escaping to a virtually uninhabited island where the plants and animals look like they sprang from Dr. Seuss' imagination? Picture turquoise surf pounding against...
Read More[embed=https://www.youtube.com/embed/VJajgML6nWM]Chasing Mavericks opened in theaters today, and the reviews have been coming as fast and furious as the waves. With big actors (Gerard Butler), perhaps bigger surfers...
Read More[embed=https://www.youtube.com/embed/vb_YFd2GzhM]In Europe, "Nordfor sola" ("North of the Sun"), or "The Coldest Wave," for English speakers, has been touted as one of the year's best surf films. But,...
Read MoreWith others to the left and right of me, we're on the job, stamping our feet backward down an icy slope of manmade snow recently sprayed into...
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Now that the fall Himalaya climbing season has wrapped, it's time to turn our attention southward. As I write this, teams of adventurers, explorers and researchers are...
Read MoreSinkholes inspire images of oversized pot holes swallowing cars, not beautiful locations and clean water. But that changed for me when I went to Mexico—and swam in...
Read MoreMan's best friend can be a skipper extraordinaire, but canoeing or kayaking with your pet isn't as easy as a walk in the park. You need to...
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Sometimes a hike is so beautiful that it makes you want to sing. The views from this hike inspired the whole of Tennessee. One of the peaks...
Read MoreIt's been said that I like a good controversy. True. But I've seen so many half-truths, faulty reasonings and outright lies bandied back and forth since Julian...
Read MoreDave Cornthwaite was once a "miserable graphic designer," but these days, he's broken free of the cubicle. Founding a project called Expedition 1,000, Dave is taking part...
Read MoreKuriki shows off his frostbitten hands in the hospital (Source: Facebook) When a severe wind storm hit Mt. Everest last weekend, Nobukazu Kuriki gave...
Read MoreLate on the afternoon of Oct. 15, 2011, in the Red River Gorge of Kentucky, Sasha DiGiulian started up the rock face of an absurdly difficult climbing...
Read MoreHe won four world championships at the dawn of competitive skiing; helped found one of the world's largest ski schools (École du Ski Française); coached French, Canadian...
Read MoreBoiling Lake in Dominica is the second largest such lake in the world and well worth a trip to the tiny Caribbean island. This flooded fumarole (or...
Read MoreHayden Kennedy, son of renowned mountaineer Michael Kennedy, is making a name for himself and blazing his own trails. [slideshow:569]As an ambitious climber in the new generation of...
Read More[embed=https://www.youtube.com/embed/qNvUNPDfDwc?rel=0]Four years ago, climber/photographer Jimmy Chin clung to the upper flanks of northern India's Meru Central (6,310m), his feet bloody with frostbite. "Maybe this just wasn't meant...
Read MoreIt began even before the kids were born, more than 20 years ago. Marypat finally got pregnant after years of miscarriages. We were halfway through winter in...
Read MoreWithin Vermont's Mt. Mansfield State Forest are several trails that lead to the top of the park's namesake mountain. This is the highest point in Vermont and...
Read More"I can't sleep. It's 3:15am and the car seat I am crumpled on what feels like a medieval torture device, and it's not because of my insomnia....
Read MoreA decade ago, Keith Ladzinski had just recovered from a 35-foot climbing fall—one that left him with a broken neck, fractured organs and collapsed lungs—when he got...
Read MoreFour French climbers from the Groupe Militaire de Haute Montagne claimed the first ascent of the 25,445-foot southwest face of Kamet in the Himalayas.Kamet is located in...
Read MoreCountless historical expeditions are remembered for their leaders—brave, charismatic characters, mostly male and often military officers at one point or another. Think, for instance, of...
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