A German mountain climber fell into a glacier crack and survived for seven days before rescuers pulled him out alive. The 70-year-old was climbing solo when he fell into the crack on Schrankogel, a mountain in the Stubai Alps in Tyrol, Austria. He was rescued when passing climbers heard shouts for help ushering from 20…
On July 25, the Red Bull Stratos team sent Felix Baumgartner up to the edge of space where he jumped and free-fell from the second-highest distance ever recorded in history: 97,145.7 ft. The word on that July day was that Baumgartner and the Red Bull Stratos team would return in August to conquer the highest skydive…
Scott Jurek has partnered with Himalayan Cataract Project and imagine1day to lead a 10-day running tour in Ethiopia. Jurek, who wrote the popular book Eat and Run and is something of an ultrarunner-celebrity, set up the trip for 14 runners to come and train with him in Ethiopia next winter from Feb. 22 to March…
The Adidas Rockstars bouldering competition came to a close on August 11, and Alex Puccio and Sean McColl were the champions in the women’s and men’s events respectively. More that 70 climbers from around the world turned out for the tournament, which was in Stuttgart, Germany. The women’s final boiled down to Puccio and Akiyo…
A ship that Captain Robert Falcon Scott took on an expedition to Antarctica was found yesterday off the coast of Greenland, 100 years after it disappeared. The SS Terra Nova was found by the Schmidt Ocean Institute as they were testing equipment on their own ships. The Terra Nova was constructed in Dundee in 1884….
The 2012 Mongol Derby, the world’s longest horse race, which spreads out over the remote steppe of Mongolia, started on Friday, August 10. Three days into the ride, four of the 34 riders have already dropped out. The Mongol derby is 1000 kilometers across Mongolia on semi-wild horses. The 35 riders come from all over…
A study is underway at Rocky Mountain National Park to see whether mountain bikes and horses should be permitted on a section of the East Shore Trail . The majority of the trail sits inside of the Rocky Mountain National Park, the boundaries of which forbid mountain bikes on the trails, but the trailhead, along…
The Lead World Cup 2012 wound to a close on Saturday, August 11, and Jorg Verhoeven and Momoka Oda took first place in men’s and women’s climbing respectively. The Lead World Cup took place in Imst, Austria this year. Verhoeven won by reaching one hold further than the second-place male competitor, Jakob Shubert. Momoka Oda…
Kilian Jornet set the world speed record for ascending and descending the Grand Teton on Saturday, August 12. He made the climb in 2 hours and 54 minutes, beating the previous time of 3 hours and 6 minutes, which was set by Bryce Thatcher in 1983. The route he took was Lupine Meadows to the…
The second stop of surfing’s Big Wave World Tour 2012, called the Billabong Pico Alto, will be streamed live from Punta Hermosa, Peru. This year’s Billabong Pico Alto, sponsored by Sony Xperia, marks the 10th anniversary of the event, one of the staples in the international pro surfing circuit. It takes place on Tuesday August…
