The return of Music Monday brings you Sarah Jaffe, a Denton, Texas-based singer and songwriter whose debut full-length album, Suburban Nature… Read the rest, takes you on a walk through her life. Her songs are deeply personal and inspiring and read as folk confessionals. You can’t help but focus on her lovely,
On July 11th, GearJunkie.com will host a one-day-only Treasure Hunt in a wilderness park near Roanoke, Virginia. More than $40,000 in outdoor gear–from backpacks to kayaks–will be given away to an estimated 300 participants. The event will be an adventure race-off with flags hidden in the wilderness. Participants will earn… Read the rest
The Breast Cancer Fund is a national non-profit organization and the host of Climb Against the Odds, an annual mountaineering expedition to raise money for the organization’s mission to expose and eliminate environmental and other preventable causes of breast cancer.
On June 16th, an inspiring team of 26 women and… Read the rest
June 6th marked the day Wend editor-at-large Rick Olson has been preparing for for the last five months. It was the day he departed from Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado to embark on the adventure of a lifetime: a four-month, 5,000-mile bicycle tour of the National Park-to-Park highway.
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Whether you ride your mountain bike downhill, cross-country, free riding, or on trails or streets, there’s a resort for you. This week Montana Mining Corp. announced it would acquire Park Capital Management, Inc. (Park), a private company that intends to develop a mountain biking resort in the Dominican Republic. Park’s… Read the rest
New Belgium Brewery has a contest for aspiring filmmakers, activists, aspiring actors and actresses and all creative souls, so listen up: If you are over 21 years of age and reside in the U.S., submit a video anywhere from 10 seconds to 10 minutes in length on any subject in… Read the rest
The 2010 Teva Mountain Games (TMG) are finally here! The weekend of June 3 – 6 some 2,000 athletes and 40,000 spectators are expected to descend on the Rocky Mountain town of Vail, Colorado for four days of mountain adventure sports, art and entertainment.
The 9th annual Teva Mountain Games… Read the rest
Those who enjoy river sports can now rejoice at the grand opening of Idaho’s first whitewater park, Kelly’s Whitewater Park, on June 14th. Located just one and a half hours from Boise, Kelly’s boasts five water features that will play park for kayak enthusiasts. Canoeists, rafters and tubers of all… Read the rest
British bicycle racer, Alan Bate, 45, set out at midnight on March 31st on a mission to circle the globe in a mere 99 days in an effort to break the current world record of 165 days. Nearly two months later, on day 51, Bate has reached the halfway point… Read the rest
Sunday, May 30th marked the day that Don Lennox of Scotland departed from New York City for a memorable transatlantic challenge. He will row 3,500 miles across the Atlantic Ocean before immediately running across the United States to complete one of the most grueling multi-sport endurance events in recent memory.… Read the rest
For the nearly three-quarters of the almost 160 million that live in rural areas in Bangladesh, answers and solutions to life’s common problems have now come in the form of ladies on bicycles toting notebooks and mobile phones. These Infoladies, as they are called, ride from village to village to… Read the rest
This month marked the 20th anniversary of Reach the Beach, a 100-mile bicycle ride that goes from Portland to the coast and raises money to support the American Lung Association of Oregon. The ride is widely recognized as the official start of the Oregon cycling season, and this year some… Read the rest
For most of us, to climb Mt. Everest would be an extraordinary accomplishment, but imagine scaling the mountain at the ripe young age of thirteen. For anyone who doubts the possibility of reaching this goal at such a young age, think again: On Saturday, 13-year-old Jordan Romero from Big Bear… Read the rest
Over the weekend Chad Kellogg, a 38-year-old American climber, embarked on an ultimate human-powered adventure. His goal: set a new speed record ascent of colossal, 29,029-foot Mt. Everest without the aid of oxygen or Sherpas.
To attempt something this epic requires an incredible amount of will, drive and focus. Climbing… Read the rest
Hood River, Oregon’s own Dan Gavere took home the victory last weekend in the Surftech Rally on the River SUP Race in Reno, Nevada, the first-ever down river SUP race. The event is the SUP portion of the 7th Annual Reno River Festival, a kayak event featuring the world’s most… Read the rest
