Travel

Over the past year, we’ve gathered our own little collection of incredible time-lapse videos. In time-lapse style, we’ve showed you the Milky Way, the Northern Lights, a serious snow storm and even the growth of a beard in one year’s time.
The newest time-lapse vid we’ve come across shows off… Read the rest

On June 26, endurance cyclist Jay Petervary completed 3,000 self-supported miles along the Race Across America (RAAM) route in 12 days, 23 hours and 30 minutes, setting a cross-country speed record and becoming the first person to complete the race unsupported since it began in 1982. Most RAAM participants typically… Read the rest

Sure, Jake Gyllenhaal’s pretty–but does he have the balls to climb a mountain or shimmy along a rope across a deep ravine? Actually, he makes the latter look pretty easy.
In this clip, he’s initially oh-so-scared; “This is one of those moments,” Gyllenhaal says, “Face your fear.” But once he’s… Read the rest

Imagine a temple in the south of India, built in the 16th century, that has been an offering site for pilgrims for decades. Now suppose this temple has been managed by a royal family for nearly as long as it’s been around and that–for over 150 years–the vaults that hold… Read the rest

We came across this fantastic British countryside touring video from 1995 thanks to Treehugger, and we’re thrilled that we did. The film–just 15 minutes long–does the job of explaining how cyclists in the London area can easily get out of the city for a “countryside tour” by simply taking a… Read the rest

Call me a sap, but I’m one of those people that, when traveling, finds calm in the fact that I at least know one thing about the place: the sun will rise in the morning and set in the evening (that is, unless it’s one of those polar places that… Read the rest

If being in a gearstore is like being like a kid in a candystore, buying candy in a gearstore is like being a kid in Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory. Choosing snacks to bring on the trail is a great excuse to buy candy, especially for people who have to justify… Read the rest

Throughout May–National Bike Month–the non-profit Adventure Cycling Association worked to raise $30,000 for the United States Bicycle Route System (USBRS). Today, the Association announced that it not only reached but surpassed its goal by raising over $31,000 for the building of the proposed USBRS.
“This year we saw more than… Read the rest

To us, a good trail guide hits like food to a hungry belly. A thorough guide inspires and informs, preparing the adventurer and providing him with an invaluable tool to use on-the-go.
The Outsider’s Guide to Prince Rupert written by Matt J. Simmons–author of Wend… Read the rest‘s Wanderlust feature in the

Sure, you’ve seen photos from space. You’ve seen Earth’s prominent landscapes from a satellite image–and thought, “cool.” But if you haven’t seen this HD video taken from the digital cameras of NASA astronauts, you haven’t seen anything.
In addition to spanning across the planet–showing outstanding geographical spots such as the… Read the rest

The first scene of this beautiful short film looks like it was plucked from Where the Wild Things Are… Read the rest–after the wild things were replaced with these bad-ass women and before they started “carving down the mountain” with ease and style.
This is visually stunning video that should be watched

This week’s Friday Photo winner is Kevin Dorn, who submitted this beautiful bicycle shot. Here’s what he had to say about it:
“My wife and I traveled for a few months throughout northern Europe and were lucky enough to be able to visit the tiny island of Æro (Aero) in … Read the rest

Long after a natural disaster fades from the headlines, the human tragedy continues. To most, the Sumatra earthquake and tsunami of 2004 is a distant memory. But a young photographer from Wyoming wants the world to keep in mind the thousands who died… and hundreds of thousands more who survived… Read the rest

By now, you probably know it’s National Bike Month. But did you know that this week–May 16th through the 20th–is National Bike to Work Week? To break it down even further, Friday is Bike to Work Day… Read the rest.
However you want to look at it, this is the time of

The Sea Dragon safely sailed into Aratiu Harbor in Raratonga, South Cook Islands on Saturday May 14th. Greeted by the customs and immigrations officers and Scuba Steve, the owner and founder of Pacific Divers and Pacific Islands Conservation Initiative who we will be working with for the next 14 days,… Read the rest