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VertFest
Loading ...Friendly competition smiled my way and flutters of nervous anticipation filled my belly. VertFest 2010 at Alpental was about to begin. The goal: ascend several thousand feet over a few short, including sweaty bootpacks, sketchy switchbacks, and the most encouraging volunteers ever.
5 Gyres
Loading ...The “Great Pacific Garbage Patch,” holds untold quantities of plastic marine trash where rotating currents concentrate. The big question: “Is there plastic in other oceans?” 5 Gyres is on expedition to find and study pollution in our world’s oceans.
Running Abu Dhabi
Loading ...In his 1959 masterwork “Arabian Sands,” Wilfred Thesiger described five years he spent exploring the Arabian Desert and the culture of the local Bedouin people. This week, a team of American adventure athletes will follow in some of his footsteps.
Indoor Ice Climbing
Loading ...Every now and then, despite all the goodness here at OR, the need to break out from inside this building is too strong. And when an escape to winter’s newest ice isn’t possible? We’ve come up with the next best thing. That is our purpose after all; to come up with solutions for human powered adventure.
Quieting the Inner Voices
Loading ...What do you do when your six-month long plan to hike 72mi in 36hrs falls apart the week before your hike? Quickly revise to circumnavigate a volcano by 30+mi in just over 10hrs instead.
Climb A Northwest Icon Winner!
Loading ...Congratulations to John Karakis of Milwaukee! He’s the winner of the “Climb a Northwest Icon” Contest!
Confessions of a Glutton
Loading ...“Do you have any extra room in your pack?,” my roommate asked in a breathless voice punctuated with a bit of urgency – it was late after all on the night before my departure. “Do you have just a little bit of room?”
Hiking without Limits Inside the Box
Loading ...The long trail ahead. PCT
There is a game you can play as you walk around the city: Following a repeating sequence of turns, i.e. Left-Left-Right-Left, you will end up places you have never seen before, even if you’ve lived in that same city ten years. We choose certain routes based upon instinct and habit; this [...]
Report from Basecamp
Loading ...Depending on who you ask, Mount Everest tops out at 29,029’, at 29,035’, or at 29,038.7’. Despite discrepancies, it’s impossible not to appreciate that colossal mound of metamorphic limestone, gneiss, schist and the efforts of those who chose to climb the “Mother Goddess of the World.”
A Time Lapse Peak Behind the Scenes
Loading ...Last week, Outdoor Research shot product videos for the Fall 2010 with help from Mike Hattrup, Martin Volken, and Charity Fox. Check out this behind-the-scenes time lapse of setup and tear-down for shoot.
