Great Adventure Links

New sites for adventure junkies

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There’s always a new crop of adventure-themed websites popping up online. A couple of recent standouts are environmentalgraffiti.com and planonadventure.com. What’s interesting about environmentalgraffiti.com is its Wikipedia-like nature and profit-sharing angle. Just about anyone can contribute articles (and get paid based on the number of views per article), and the quality of the writing is [...]

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Top 5 scariest water sports

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With Halloween approaching, our thoughts are turning to the dark side. In that spirit, we’ve decided to create a list of the scariest water sports out there. Obviously, it’s a subjective list—so weigh in if you disagree. 1. “Tombstoning,” otherwise known as cliff diving. Jumping off cliffs into open water—what more is there to say? [...]

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Ultrarunners inspire the joggers among us

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Sometimes reading about other people doing extraordinary things makes us reevaluate our lives and take some new risks, or at least mix it up a little. For instance, those of us who dabble in jogging but wish we were actually runners can take inspiration from the story of Chris Rhys Howarth, a Brit who will [...]

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Science in action: ice stories

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If you just can’t get enough polar adventure, here’s a way to be in both the South and North Poles at once. Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists, is a creative collaboration between San Francisco’s Exploratorium museum and international researchers. To celebrate the International Polar Year, the Exploratorium outfitted scientists with blogging tools and cameras. Through [...]

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True adventure on the web

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Thanks to the Internet, we now have the luxury of sitting in our warm homes sipping tea as we read real-time dispatches from explorers battling rogue waves, building ice caves, and setting up base camp on 8,000-meter peaks. But how do we connect with these far-flung adventurers? Here’s a roundup of websites that open a [...]

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Itching to explore? Here’s inspiration

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Exploration and adventures are happening all over the planet—right now. Where in the world do you want to go? Have a virtual adventure through our links to adventure blogs and real-time reports from far-flung adventurers. Some of our favorites right now: For regular updates on mountain climbing expeditions, polar explorers, solo sailors and other modern-day [...]

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