World's Best Hikes: Laguna Capri, Patagonia
Adventure guide Kasey Austin has been in the business since she was six and has traveled extensively in Europe and the Americas. She leads tours of Yellowstone...
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World's Best Hikes: Beehive Basin, MT
Adventure guide Kasey Austin has been in the business since she was six and has traveled extensively in Europe and the Americas. She leads tours of Yellowstone...
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World's Best Hikes: Santorini Island, Greece
Adventure guide Kasey Austin has been in the business since she was six and has traveled extensively in Europe and the Americas. She leads tours of Yellowstone...
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VIDEO: World's Longest Rope Swing (30 Stories!)
[embed=https://www.youtube.com/embed/fdJc1_IBKJA]Simply watching a minute of this footage will get your heart racing...and you're not the one leaping off the canyon rim.In this new video by Devin Graham,...
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Plenty Of Firewood In The Pile
Recently, as I was starting home on foot, a neighbor who lives up the road from me stopped at the row of mailboxes along the highway. He...
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Extreme (But Fun!) Dates For Adventurous Couples
For adventurous couples, dinner and a movie can only go so far. How can you stay inside when late winter and early spring are prime time for...
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World's Longest Surf Ride: Brit Catches 12.8-Mile Wave
[embed=https://www.youtube.com/embed/9-dAzZMyzxU?rel=0]This 12.8 mile river ride was anything but "boring." Thick equatorial jungle crept up to either bank, baby crocs with unseen mamas flashed their reptilian eyes above...
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Video: First-Ever Film Of Wild Baby Tigers
Tigers are notoriously reclusive cats that have become even rarer as their species has continued to shrink in numbers. But recently (see update below) the BBC was...
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Loving Wolves Too Much?
On Dec. 6, a Wyoming hunter killed one of Yellowstone's most famous wolves, 832F, outside the park's boundaries. It was a legal kill, yet within 48 hours,...
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Incoming Interior Secretary Sally Jewell: Not A Pol
President Obama's nominee for heading the Department of Interior, Sally Jewell, is noteworthy not for who she is, but for who she is not.She is a mountaineer,...
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VIDEO: Take (Another) Ride On A Great White Shark
[embed=https://www.youtube.com/embed/d-1xU0VfJ-g?rel=0]Another day, another shark-riding video. Sports camera maker GoPro has decided to up the ante on last month's Mark Healey/Roberta Mancino joint, in which the surfer-skydiver pair...
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There Was More To Nazare Than GMac
By Antonio Nielsen—Ok, so the title got your attention. But, having said that, I must acknowledge that everyone in the Portuguese surf community admires and respects Garrett McNamara and what...
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Nat Geo's Student Photo Contest Winners
From a pool of more than 2,500 entries, National Geographic chose the winners of its 2013 Student Expedition Photo Contest.Top prize went to Lijah Hanley, 17, whose...
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Get A Grip Ski Gloves
Ski gloves don't need to cost more—oh, screw it, they shouldn't cost more—than a lift ticket. While the highest-end ski gloves are works of art that push...
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Climate Change Hits Yosemite's Largest Glacier
An announcement from the National Park Service last week confirms that the effects of climate change have come to Yosemite National Park in California.Yosemite's Lyell Glacier, the...
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Shred-Ready Ski And Snowboard Goggles
It's always hard to pin down the "best" goggle. Some people like the ease of an affordable pair that they can beat up over time, and then...
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10 Untamed Winter Getaways
In Mid-February, when the winter itch sets in, snow-sick travelers start browsing flights and booking their next getaways.While Hawaii or Key West may be easy go-to's, we've...
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Book Review: Stephen Grace's "Dam Nation"
To snatch a moment from the wild and capture it in words that pulse with life is quite a feat. Stephen Grace, author of the 2004 novel...
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Adventure Travel 2013: The 30 Best New Trips
[embedImage=https://www.theactivetimes.com/sites/default/files/u8555/best_new_trips_header_embed.jpg] Every year new destinations open up to adventurous travelers, whether through the efforts of enterprising tour companies, better access to backcountry, or increased political stability....
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Land Of Genghis Khan: Mongolia By Horseback
The real appeal of Mongolia will always be in its seemingly endless green steppe, and horseback trips will forever be the best way to experience it, but...
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The Amazon Of The Seas: Underwater Indonesia
With more than 1,300 species of fish, six of the world's seven species of sea turtles, and at least 450 species of reef-building coral, bioligists have good...
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Tropical Island Hopping: Explore Sri Lanka
An untouched trio of mountains, jungles, and white-sand beaches has put Sri Lanka on travelers' maps for years, and now the country's recent stability has made it...
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Past The Parties: Go Wild In Koh Phangan, Thailand
This Gulf of Thailand island's long been famous with the backpacker set for its raucous full-moon party, but this year, its first airport opens, direct flights from...
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Grand Canyon Of The Himalayas: Ladakh, India
Journeys International is pioneering a new trip tracking snow leopards in this remote mountain region, while both OARS and Bio Bio Expeditions are breaking new ground leading...
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Africa's Appalachian Trail: Tsavo, Kenya
Tropical Ice Ltd. is setting new standards for the continent's hiking options by guiding a seriously epic, long-haul trekking trip across central Africa. The 100-mile-plus walk traverses...
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Rainforest Luxury: Ecolodges In The Congo
Long overshadowed by the violence of its larger neighbor, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the smaller Republic of the Congo is just starting to show up...
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A Pristine Kingdom: Green Travel In Bhutan
This year, access to this formerly closed-off kingdom will be easier than ever, as the only airline that services Bhutan, Drukair, will start offering daily flights from...
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Indian Ocean Outpost: Kite Surfing Madagascar
The consistently high winds whipping along Madagascar's northern coast have put it on the map in a big way with wind- and kite-surfers. Aficionados say the conditions...
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Cliffs & Castles: Hiking The Wales Coast Path
All 1,000-plus miles of Wales' dramatic coastline are now accessible to hikers and equestrians thanks to a newly-completed path that rings the entire country.The new Wales Coast...
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Close Encounters: Safari On Foot In Tanzania
Since a recent boundary extension, Ruaha is now the largest park in Tanzania and, along with several adjoining game reserves, part of a massive mega-wilderness.The park has...
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Land's End: The Patagonian Corridor
For years, some of Patagonia's most famous sanctuaries—Argentina's Los Glaciares National Park and Chile's Torres del Paine National Park—happened to be surrounded by some of the least...
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Volcano Surfing: The New Nicaragua
This small, once off-limits Central American nation has long been attracting adventurous surfers and hikers, and in 2013, with a slew of new eco-lodges opening, it's poised to draw...
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A Cry From The Deep?
Just as 2012 was ending, a dead fin whale washed up on a beach in Malibu, California. A rare emissary from the ocean as well as an...
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Do It Like Darwin: Galapagos's Rugged Interiors
The Galapagos has been a leading model of eco-tourism for years, but even the best-laid plans can feel stale if you're looking for a true off-the-grid adventure. A new...
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Bear Grylls Introduces Line Of Camping Gear
With his hit TV shows, survival school and now the release of a line of camping gear, Bear Grylls is branding himself more than any other adventurer...
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