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Extreme Ski Area La Grave Given a New Lease on Life

Extreme Ski Area La Grave Given a New Lease on Life

La Grave will avoid the grave! Once thought to be destined for conversion into a run-of-the-mill ski resort, the mountain that is arguably the most extreme ski area in Europe (the world, even?) just got a new lease on life. La Grave, in the French Alps, is to skiing what

EOFT is Back With 7 of the Year’s Best Adventure Films

EOFT is Back With 7 of the Year’s Best Adventure Films

The European Outdoor Film Tour or EOFT for those in the know, Europe’s largest outdoor film event is playing once again across 300 locations in 14 countries. Here’s our review of this year’s selection. Keep reading for a chance to win free tickets! You can also click

Searching for Wild Chimpanzees Part 2: Marvellous Mahale

Searching for Wild Chimpanzees Part 2: Marvellous Mahale

Mahale Mountains National Park, Tanzania, on the shore of Lake Tanganyika, half-way between the Burundi and Zambian borders, is home to a thriving population of some of the last wild chimpanzees in Africa. Mahale Mountains is one of the few National Parks in Africa that can only be experienced on

Walking the Globe with Louis-Philippe Loncke

Walking the Globe with Louis-Philippe Loncke

Explorers like Mike Horn and Bertrand Piccard are household names. Though he may not have the same name recognition as them yet, the Belgian Louis-Philippe Loncke is pushing the limits of adventure and exploration in new, exciting directions, with just his pack and his boots. For Louis-Philippe Loncke, adventure is

Interview with Vanessa O’Brien, First American Woman to Climb K2

Interview with Vanessa O’Brien, First American Woman to Climb K2

A 52-year old former banker summited the world’s second highest peak in late July, with a commercial Nepalese expedition to the Savage Mountain. Over 295 days in 2012 and 2013, Vanessa O'Brien climbed the highest peak on each continent, completing the feat known as the Seven Summits

SUP Athlete Profile: Zane Kekoa Schweitzer

Zane Kekoa Schweitzer is singularly focused on the task at hand: Defending his gold medal in SUP surfing from the 2016 ISA World SUP and Paddleboard Championship in Cloudbreak, Fiji. But once the tournament ends, he's got a whole lot else on his plate. At that point he&

SUP Athlete Profile: Shakira Westdorp

A lot of the athletes at the 2017 ISA World SUP and Paddleboard Championship came to stand-up paddleboarding by way of surfing or windsurfing, and Australian Shakira Westdorp is no different. What is unique to her story is the board she learned to SUP on. Ten years ago, Westdorp and