Julie and Colin of Expedition Canada are the first to row from Europe to America. What was it like?
If they stopped rowing for two hours, they would lose an entire day’s progress. Determination and toil, almost beyond comprehension, were what kept the boat moving forward.
Karl Bushby is 17,000 miles into his 36,000-mile trek from the tip of South America to England. He’s now at what is probably going to be the crux of the route – crossing the frozen Bering Strait. I wish his site had a RSS feed!
(Via The Adventure Blog)
Seems like there’s an explosion of outdoor blog interest right now. Gadling has all kinds of interesting posts, which led me to The Adventure Blog. GoBlog gets responses from lots of people looking for outdoor blogs, which led me to The WildeBeat, among others.
I had no idea this many climbers head up Denali every year.
The most recent Trailcast interviews ULA Equipment owner Brian Frankle, who claims the first recorded thruhike of the Heyduke Trail.
Looks like a good, broad outdoor adventure series from Slate.
(Via Gadling)
Google Maps Mania posted a nice collection of collections of Google Maps API information & mashups.
Looks like Ethiopia is trying to attract outdoor enthiasts for tourism. Looks nice, just stay away from elections…
“It’s a matter of time” before the thousand remaining Asian dolphins are unable to replenish the species.
Scientists have been gathering samples from an “underwater rainforest”:
The Caribbean wasn’t a “novel place” for researchers, “so the fact that they’re finding new species there tells us we still have a lot to learn.”
Nice to see that Madagascar still has some natural surprises for us. The discovered species are all Assassin spider variants that hunt, paralyze, and devour other spiders.
This is the first I’ve heard about this effort to be the first to circumnavigate the globe under human power. Teams from several countries are competing.
(Via Ursi’s Blog)
This spare description of the pioneering of this incredible mountaineering route is nonetheless pretty gritty and suspenseful.
Looks like this will be a good resource for developers of online maps.
(Via GIS User Blog)
This area of unbroached rainforest in New Guinea yielded dozens of unknown species in the first investigation, including 20 species of frog. It’s likely that subsequent trips will uncover more.
It wasn’t long ago that I wondered when there’s be a Google Earth-like flash app on the web. Here’s the next step towards that. Can’t wait for the API.
(Via J-Walk Blog)
Haiku, prepping to hike the PCT, is bemoaning the fact that his pack went from 8 lbs to 12 on the AT, and now he just can’t seem to shake the weight. Truly the world has changed since my PCT hike in 1996.
