Archive for July, 2009
The sirens at gate 20 in JFK’s Terminal 5 are making babies cry. I couldn’t sleep on the plane. But I have a smile. In a few short hours I’ll be home.
I was born and raised in suburban Virgina, just outside Washington, DC. While I was in Peru, my… Read the rest
Alpine starts aren’t always necessary, but usually become the norm for a summit bid day. Especially amongst climbers. Skiers sometimes have the luxury of waiting a while since their round trip time is usually cut in half by the descent. However, there were a lot of areas on the upper… Read the rest
Barcelona was amazing. Gaudi’s architecture and the bustle of the city itself won me over immediately, and the fact that there was a sandy beach just a few metro stops away from Las Ramblas made me happier than I thought possible. But one of the best parts of this city… Read the rest
People ask me a lot of questions about flying wingsuits, most of which I can’t answer because they involve things like glide ratios and math. What I can say is it’s fun. As in FUN. And practical too. In a normal skydive, you freefall for about 50 seconds. With a… Read the rest
Rome was, to say the least, complete insanity. Between the skin-melting heat of the day and the bibite… Read the rest-infused Italian night life, my travel companion and I were ecstatic to make it to the peaceful little town of Manarola. Perched on towering gray slabs of rock, where the buildings literally
For our summer issue Survival Kit we decided to do the all-time classic summer adventure: a river trip. So we rounded up some models (including our iWend Ambassador Dave Hoffman), sweet talked Oregon Rafting Team into loaning us a boat and Ben Sigler’s guiding skills, loaded up the cars with… Read the rest
Here is a little taste of our Y.E.S. tour workshops… bringing communities together one at a time.
Team Member Chelsey Reporting:
To check out completed journey of the Y.E.S. Tour, please click on the following.
YogaSlackers YES Tour 2009 at SpotAdventures
Map created by SpotAdventures:GPS Geotagging
Monday morning, July 13th… Read the rest
Our iWend Ambassador Daniel Fox is in town this week prepping for the Portland exhibit of Wild Image Project: Works From Argentina, so we thought we’d give him a little kayaking time… but all we could find was this practice pool…… Read the rest
Sunlight filled the sky and the valley was radiant with summer heat. Meltwater cascaded down the sides of mountains, tumbling into bubbling streams, teaming with trout. Just a week prior I had turned around, snowed in and unwilling to brave some sketchy creek crossings on the approach. Although the downed… Read the rest
