Varg is a working husky dog who resides in the Dividalen valley of Northern Norway. Here are a few snaps of his year. Spring n the spring, we take guests on training runs in preparation for the dog races in April. We have to stay in shape to be ready for the dog team championships, so we have plenty of ... Read More »
Category Archives: Behind Lenses
Behind Lenses: Learning to Kite in Peru’s Kiteboarding Mecca, Paracas Bay.
It’s the only sport I’ve tried where you routinely need rescue when you aren’t doing anything wrong. Between waiting for the wind, learning to deal with a vast assortment of highly specialized gear, language barriers, and a seemingly endless amount of complications thereof, kiteboarding has definitely been tougher to learn than any other sport I’ve tried. I arrived in Lima, Peru jet-lagged and recovering ... Read More »
Behind Lenses: Lauren Rains’ 30 Mile Boulder to Denver Skate Trek Journal Told In Photos
It took me 12 hours to skateboard 30 miles from Boulder to Denver, CO. The following are a few photos taken on that long journey paired with entries from my adventure log. Stopping every 2 hours, I kicked my feet back, munched on my Italian sub in the sun, and jotted down what exactly was going on in my head ... Read More »
7 Lessons on Life Learned Through the Photos of an Expeditioner
Editor’s Note: Meet Tim Moss from The Next Challenge. There’s no real way around it other than to say that this guy is a badass. He’s circumnavigated the globe in 80 days, walked across Patagonia, climbed the Bolivian Andes – and the list goes on! Most recently, he released his book How To Get To The North Pole: and Other ... Read More »
Rafting Slovenia’s Treasures: A Photo Essay by Photojournalist David Fajula
Today I’d like to introduce you to Northern-Catalonia based photojournalist David Fajula. In this photo essay, he takes us to the country of Slovenia as he rafts down the 86 mile long Soča river into Italy. While hiking the trails that surround our backyards is one of life’s greatest pleasures, so is exploring the outdoor adventures and the cultures that surround ... Read More »
Photo Essay: A Climber’s Imagination and Celebration of Cracks, Holds, and Lines
" It's part of what makes outdoor lovers the most happy people in the world. They haven't lost the imagination that, in times past, turned red wagons into race cars, a playground into a battlefield, or a fake plastic kitchenette into a 5-star dining experience." Read More »
A View From Above: 13 Amazing Images Taken From An Airplane’s Window Seat
We’ve collected some of our favorite “Views From Above” photographs to give you a glimpse of the places we explore by foot after touch down. Many of us, while staring down at the earth from our window seat, pondering our lives that seem so quiet from above yet fly by so fast below, feel the the very calmness that soothes ... Read More »
1 Part Climber – 1 Part Artist: How Whitney Orban Has Combined Her 2 Great Loves
How do you define yourself? Are you a climber, a writer, a speaker, an activist? What about an artist, or a traveler, or a skateboarder, or a filmaker, or a foodie? The trick isn’t to discover which one of those things you do the most and ignore the rest, but rather to find a way to combine a group of ... Read More »
The First Explorers and Original Settlers of the Grand Canyon Circa 1873: A Historic Photo Essay
The Grand Canyon’s past is filled with stories, many of which we’ll never know. This photo essay gives us a glimpse into what life was like when explorers and scientists first began documenting their expeditions with cameras. The following photographs shared by the Grand Canyon National Parks Service depict the life and times of these early explorers as well as ... Read More »
Photo Essay: The Longbrothers (and sisters) Group Defining Brasilia’s Skate Culture
All the pictures are from Brasilia, the capital from Brasil. Brasilia is a city far away from the ocean (1.100km), and longboard is a way to keep the ocean close to us. On Sundays the main “street” closes, so people can go jogging, walk around and of course, longboard. We just get together where the best hills are. We have ... Read More »