Category: Adventure (Page 2 of 48)

Teenager Adam Swanson spent the past two years cycling solo around the world

2023.07.18 / Robert

Swanson has spent the past two years riding around 20 countries around the world, including Nepal.

Teenager Adam Swanson spent the past two years cycling around the world.

With no training, Adam and a friend flew to the Netherlands in August 2021, where they would begin their cycling journey. They had no real route plan but cycled their way across to Germany, Belgium, France, Italy, Slovenia, and Croatia. After six months, Henry called it, while Swanson decided to continued on.

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Now, after a “few years of unconventional education,” cycling across 20 different countries and four continents, Swanson is finally on his way home, and will begin studying at the University of Minnesota in September.

Nathan Starzynski » Cycling Canada solo tour » Manitoba

2023.06.30 / Robert

In the summer of 2022, Nathan Starzynski cycled 15,000 km across Canada in 175 days from May 21st to November 11th, Departing Victoria, BC, and arriving Cape Spear, NFLD.

This is the story of the fourth province of that journey. The Manitoba adventure took place from July 11th to July 24th, 2022.

Cycling Canada Ep 4 - Manitoba

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Several US National Parks are hosting stargazing events in 2023

2023.06.14 / Robert

NY Times »

Grand Canyon National Park (Arizona)
- 33rd annual Star Party
Bryce Canyon National Park (Utah)
- annual astronomy festival
Badlands National Park (South Dakota)
- 2023 Badlands Astronomy Festival from July 14 to July 16
Shenandoah National Park (Virginia)
- Night Sky Festival from Aug. 11 to Aug. 13
Great Basin National Park (Nevada)
- astronomy festival from Sept. 14 to Sept. 16
Joshua Tree National Park (California)
- Night Sky Festival on Oct. 13 and 14

Uruguay has recently introduced a digital nomad visa

2023.06.08 / Robert

While Uruguay may be one of the more expensive South American countries, it is the most progressive, including reproductive rights for women. Plus Uruguay have some nice beaches and authentic Gauchos.

Euronews »

Uruguay’s digital nomad visa is for people who either work remotely for companies outside of the country or are self-employed. You can’t apply jointly with a spouse or dependents but can submit individual applications for each person.

Brian Brettschneider’s year-long 21°C road trips

2023.06.07 / Robert

A map of Brian Brettschneider's US-Canada Year-Round 21℃ Road Trip Route

A map of Brian Brettschneider’s US-Canada Year-Round 21℃ – 22,400 km Road Trip

Alaska climate scientist Brian Brettschneider released three 21°C Road Trips, that promise to keep long-distance rubber tramp warriors comfortable as they travel around North America throughout the year.

One of the year long routes hugs the coasts, a second travels up the interior of the US, and a third route crosses into Canada and up to Alaska.

Also » Insider

Dick Proenneke thriving alone in the wilderness of Alaska

2023.06.03 / Robert

Dick Proenneke in “Alone in the Wilderness” is the story of Dick Proenneke living at Twin Lakes in the Alaska wilderness.

Dick retired at age 50 in 1967 and decided to build his own cabin on the shore of Twin Lakes. He filmed his adventures so he could show his relatives in the lower 48 states what life was like in Alaska, building his cabin, hunting for food, and exploring the area.

Bob Swerer has used some of the footage from Dick’s films and created 4 videos about Dick, “Alone in the Wilderness”, “Alone in the Wilderness part 2”, “Alaska, Silence and Solitude” and “The Frozen North”. They can purchase from Bob Swerer Productions at the DickProenneke.com website.

Below are some excepts from these films.

Drumming across the northern Namibian desert in a Land Rover

2023.06.02 / Robert

Darrin, the Roaming Yak, continues his vehicle-based travels in the Kaokoveld/Namib Desert in northern Namibia, visiting each of the marker drums, green, orange, blue and red.

This episode continues the story of a year long stay in Namibia during the Covid19 world-wide lockdowns.

Part 1

Part 2

Sherpa guide Kami Rita scales Mount Everest for a record 28th time

2023.05.23 / Robert

Binaj Gurubacharya, writing in Associated Press »

Veteran Sherpa guide Kami Rita has scaled Mount Everest for the 28th time Tuesday, beating his own record less than a week after setting it, as two guides compete with each other for the title of most climbs of the world’s highest peak.

Kami Rita, considered one of the greatest mountain guides, reached the 8,849-meter (29,032-foot) summit at 9:20 a.m. local time Tuesday, according to expedition organizer Seven Summits Treks.

His latest climb comes a day after fellow Sherpa guide Pasang Dawa matched his record of 27 trips to the summit.

65 years ago, Ben Carlin became the world’s first, and still only man, to circumnavigate the Earth in an amphibious vehicle

2023.05.14 / Robert

Ben Carlin and Half Safe arrive in Copenhagen (Source » Wikimedia / Public Domain)

Ben Carlin traveled over 17,780 kilometres (11,050 mi) by sea and 62,744 kilometres (38,987 mi) by land during the ten-year journey. Arriving in Montreal on May 1958, he had passed through 38 countries and two oceans, with the entire trip costing him around $35,000.

Born in Western Australia, he got the idea for his adventure during his time in the Madras sappers of the Indian Army engineers during World War II, but it began in America.

More at Wikipedia »

Fellow adventurer Dan Grec recently found Carlin’s Half-Safe on display at the Guildford Grammar School in Western Australia.

Building the Pamir Trail