National Geographic Adventure
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Ultrahiker Andrew Skurka's Nine Skills to Help You Pack Lighter
National Geographic Adventure Blog &bull Yesterday
Welcome to the blog of National Geographic ADVENTURE. Sign up for ADVENTURE's free monthly newsletter. More Find the trip of a lifetime with the first authoritative rating of adventure tour operators. When it comes to hiking lighter, we get our advice from the guy so serious about going fast and light that he uses a catfood can for a cooking stove-the master himself, Andrew Skurka. Skurka, our 2008 Adventurer of the Year, has covered more the 30,000 miles of long-distance trails, including the Appalachian, Pacific Crest, and Continental Divide. Here Skurka shares nine skills you can learn right now to… Full Story »
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Outdoor Advice + Tips: Identifying Injuries After a Fall (Videos)
National Geographic Adventure Blog &bull Feb 14, 2012
Welcome to the blog of National Geographic ADVENTURE. Sign up for ADVENTURE's free monthly newsletter. More Find the trip of a lifetime with the first authoritative rating of adventure tour operators. I don't like to imagine myself leaning over my… Full Story »
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Dean Potter on Flying Like a Bird, the Art of Not Falling, and His Nat Geo Show (Airing 2/12 at 8 p.m.)
National Geographic Adventure Blog &bull Feb 7, 2012
Welcome to the blog of National Geographic ADVENTURE. Sign up for ADVENTURE's free monthly newsletter. More Find the trip of a lifetime with the first authoritative rating of adventure tour operators. Dean Potter: On the highline my thoughts are simple and clear. Fundamental needs shine through the mental clutter. I focus completely on my breath, my connection with the line, and making it safely to the other side. D.P.: Photographer Mikey… Full Story »
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Gear Crush: Ice-Gripping Adidas Outdoor Libria Boot
National Geographic Adventure Blog &bull Feb 3, 2012
Welcome to the blog of National Geographic ADVENTURE. Sign up for ADVENTURE's free monthly newsletter. More Find the trip of a lifetime with the first authoritative rating of adventure tour operators. I'm from Minnesota and grew up crossing slick oceans… Full Story »
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Hiking with Andrew Skurka: Thru-Hiking the John Muir Trail in 7 Days (Video)
National Geographic Adventure Blog &bull Feb 1, 2012
Welcome to the blog of National Geographic ADVENTURE. Sign up for ADVENTURE's free monthly newsletter. More Find the trip of a lifetime with the first authoritative rating of adventure tour operators. This video feels like a hiking reality show. Exhilaration.… Full Story »
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Patagonia's Cerro Torre Gets the Chop: Maestri Unbolted
National Geographic Adventure Blog &bull Jan 29, 2012
Welcome to the blog of National Geographic ADVENTURE. Sign up for ADVENTURE's free monthly newsletter. More Find the trip of a lifetime with the first authoritative rating of adventure tour operators. On January 16, 2012, mountaineering history was made. The actors in the drama were two of the best young alpinists alive-a 21-year-old Coloradan, Hayden Kennedy, and a 24-year-old from British Columbia, Jason Kruk. Their deed took place on a savagely steep needle of granite and rime ice in southern Patagonia called Cerro Torre. Kennedy and Kruk knew that what they were trying to do was audacious in the extreme,… Full Story »
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Ski Touring the Tetons: Hiking Up, Shreding Down Teewinot, the Grand, Cloudveil Dome
National Geographic Adventure Blog &bull Jan 26, 2012
Welcome to the blog of National Geographic ADVENTURE. Sign up for ADVENTURE's free monthly newsletter. More Find the trip of a lifetime with the first authoritative rating of adventure tour operators. It was a slow start to winter for resorts in the U.S. In order to find snow in the early season, for many passionate skiers, it meant getting… Full Story »
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Videos: Stuff Outdoors People Say, Bro - Which is Your Favorite?
National Geographic Adventure Blog &bull Jan 17, 2012
Welcome to the blog of National Geographic ADVENTURE. Sign up for ADVENTURE's free monthly newsletter. More Find the trip of a lifetime with the first authoritative rating of adventure tour operators. We gotta give these guys points for creativity and… Full Story »
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Your Adventure Civic Duty: Vote for the People's Choice Adventurer of the Year (Last Call)
National Geographic Adventure Blog &bull Jan 13, 2012
Welcome to the blog of National Geographic ADVENTURE. Sign up for ADVENTURE's free monthly newsletter. More Find the trip of a lifetime with the first authoritative rating of adventure tour operators. We are down to just a few days left… Full Story »
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Extreme Photo of the Week: Ice Climber Chad Peele on First Ascents in Norway's Fjord Country
National Geographic Adventure Blog &bull Jan 10, 2012
Welcome to the blog of National Geographic ADVENTURE. Sign up for ADVENTURE's free monthly newsletter. More Find the trip of a lifetime with the first authoritative rating of adventure tour operators. Photograph by Celin Serbo, see more in our Extreme… Full Story »
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Ten Days Left to Vote For the People's Choice Adventurer of the Year! VIDEO
National Geographic Adventure Blog &bull Jan 9, 2012
Welcome to the blog of National Geographic ADVENTURE. Sign up for ADVENTURE's free monthly newsletter. More Find the trip of a lifetime with the first authoritative rating of adventure tour operators. Here's to living adventurously. And voting for the People's… Full Story »
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Video: The Vision of Dave Graham, Extreme Rock Climbing's Mad Ambassador
National Geographic Adventure Blog &bull Jan 6, 2012
Welcome to the blog of National Geographic ADVENTURE. Sign up for ADVENTURE's free monthly newsletter. More Find the trip of a lifetime with the first authoritative rating of adventure tour operators. As part of our new feature climbing film A… Full Story »
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55-Year-Old Italian Hans Kammerlander Completes "Second Seven Summits"
National Geographic Adventure Blog &bull Jan 6, 2012
Welcome to the blog of National Geographic ADVENTURE. Sign up for ADVENTURE's free monthly newsletter. More Find the trip of a lifetime with the first authoritative rating of adventure tour operators. By Contributing Editor Steve Casimiro, editor of Adventure Journal.… Full Story »
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Gear Review: Anon M1 Snow Goggles's Maganetic Changeable Lens
National Geographic Adventure Blog &bull Jan 5, 2012
Welcome to the blog of National Geographic ADVENTURE. Sign up for ADVENTURE's free monthly newsletter. More Find the trip of a lifetime with the first authoritative rating of adventure tour operators. By Contributing Editor Steve Casimiro, editor of Adventure JournalThis… Full Story »
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Restoring Vision in South Sudan: Dispatches From the Duk Lost Boys Clinic
National Geographic Adventure Blog &bull Dec 20, 2011
Welcome to the blog of National Geographic ADVENTURE. Sign up for ADVENTURE's free monthly newsletter. More Find the trip of a lifetime with the first authoritative rating of adventure tour operators. Dr. Geoff Tabin at the Duk Lost Boys Clinic, South SudanJordan Campbell (pictured below) is on a medical mission to the remote and underserved region of Duk Payuel in South Sudan, the world's newest… Full Story »
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Best Adventure Destinations for 2012
National Geographic Adventure Blog &bull Dec 16, 2011
Welcome to the blog of National Geographic ADVENTURE. Sign up for ADVENTURE's free monthly newsletter. More Find the trip of a lifetime with the first authoritative rating of adventure tour operators. Our list is out: Each of these ten best… Full Story »
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100th Anniversary of Norwegian Roald Amundsen Reaching South Pole-Find Out How the Grueling Race Was Won
National Geographic Adventure Blog &bull Dec 14, 2011
Welcome to the blog of National Geographic ADVENTURE. Sign up for ADVENTURE's free monthly newsletter. More Find the trip of a lifetime with the first authoritative rating of adventure tour operators. It was the strangest of all races. Two teams of five men each-one British, the other Norwegian-set out at the beginning of the 1911 Antarctic summer, both bent on becoming the first explorers to reach the South Pole. The British team was led by 43-year-old Robert Falcon Scott, the Norwegian by 39-year-old Roald Amundsen. Each man had already… Full Story »
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Outdoor Skills and Advice: What's in Your Winter Day Pack?
National Geographic Adventure Blog &bull Dec 12, 2011
Welcome to the blog of National Geographic ADVENTURE. Sign up for ADVENTURE's free monthly newsletter. More Find the trip of a lifetime with the first authoritative rating of adventure tour operators. By Contributing Writer Aparna Rajagopal-Durbin, Faculty member and Diversity… Full Story »
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Running: What the Fell? An Introduction to Hill Running
National Geographic Adventure Blog &bull Dec 6, 2011
Welcome to the blog of National Geographic ADVENTURE. Sign up for ADVENTURE's free monthly newsletter. More Find the trip of a lifetime with the first authoritative rating of adventure tour operators. I had just moved to Boise and was training to climb Mount Fairweather in Alaska's notorious Fairweather Range. Hardened legs and deep lungs are de rigueur for alpine climbing; the rolling Idaho foothills were the perfect crucible to prepare for the 15,000-foot giant. So each weekend I would shoulder a weighted pack and hump loads up and down our steep foothills. I'd climb for three to four hours, accumulating… Full Story »
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Adventurers of the Year Updates: Sarah + Eric McNair-Landry Kiteski the Northwest Passage
National Geographic Adventure Blog &bull Dec 5, 2011
Welcome to the blog of National Geographic ADVENTURE. Sign up for ADVENTURE's free monthly newsletter. More Find the trip of a lifetime with the first authoritative rating of adventure tour operators. Name and email address are required. Email address will… Full Story »
