Tag: Adventure Travel
The Mad Matatus of Kenya
by Carl Hoffman | 03.16.10 | 10:42 AM ET
Photo by Carl Hoffman In an excerpt from "The Lunatic Express," Carl Hoffman spends a sweaty, noisy, desperate 24 hours in Nairobi
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Yahoo! BuzzInterview With Carl Hoffman: Riding ‘The Lunatic Express’
by Jim Benning | 03.16.10 | 10:36 AM ET
Jim Benning asks the author about the joys and challenges of traveling in steerage
Inspiration, Travel Writing and L’Esprit Frondeur
by Jeffrey Tayler | 02.25.10 | 11:16 AM ET
iStockPhoto What will you do that will be different and worthy of recounting? Jeffrey Tayler on the writer's life.
Forests to Burn
by Joshua Berman | 02.12.10 | 10:56 AM ET
Photo by Joshua Berman Joshua Berman spent a glorious summer exploring some of America's most beautiful wilderness areas -- with a drip torch in hand
R.I.P. National Geographic Adventure
by Eva Holland | 12.03.09 | 2:21 PM ET
The National Geographic Society announced today that its 10-year-old adventure title will cease publishing, apparently due to declining ad sales. This month’s issue will be its last. Here’s West Coast Editor Steve Casimiro on the loss of the magazine:
For those of you who are just passing readers of the magazine, its demise might be a mere curiosity or random note of economic discord. But for those of us who care about good writing, great photography, insight and curiosity and advocacy for an engaged relationship with the world at large, it is a truly remorseful day.
We interviewed National Geographic Adventure editor John Rasmus about a new travel anthology a couple months back.
Trekking the High Atlas, Taking the Pain
by Jeffrey Tayler | 11.30.09 | 11:01 AM ET
iStockPhoto A fall in Morocco's rugged mountains left Jeffrey Tayler writhing in agony -- and wondering whether to abandon his journey
Tim Cahill on Writing Literate Adventure Stories
by World Hum | 11.10.09 | 10:08 AM ET
"You don't need Superman to do an adventure story"
Travel Movie Watch: ‘127 Hours’
by Eva Holland | 11.09.09 | 4:33 PM ET
It looks like “Slumdog Millionaire” director Danny Boyle may not be headed back to Mumbai right away, after all. Variety is reporting that Boyle’s next project is an adaptation of “127 Hours,” the true story of a mountaineer who was pinned under a boulder in Utah for five days and eventually amputated his own arm to make his escape. The rumor mill has Ryan Gosling playing the lead, but nothing’s been confirmed yet. Stay tuned. (Via Gawker)
Adventures in Travel Photography in the Digital Age*
by Jeff Pflueger | 10.19.09 | 2:10 PM ET
Introducing a new column for travel photographers of all levels
Finally Some Good News on Travel in Mexico
by Peter Ferry | 10.16.09 | 10:21 AM ET
iStockPhoto Drug cartels. Murders. The news is often bad out of Mexico. Peter Ferry journeys beyond the headlines.
Video You Must See: Biking Bolivia’s ‘Death Road’
by Eva Holland | 10.07.09 | 5:06 PM ET
Bolivia’s notorious Death Road from La Paz to Coroico has become popular with mountain bikers and other adventurous travelers since being named “the world’s most dangerous road” by the Inter American Development Bank back in the mid-90s. Here’s a taste.
0:24—First good look at the drop-off
0:54—Sneaking past a truck
1:20—Biking through waterfalls
Video You Must See: Buried in an Avalanche
by Eva Holland | 09.28.09 | 5:09 PM ET
1:05—Skier starts his descent
1:24—Buried in avalanche
5:22—First sounds of rescuers
6:09—Daylight
(Via The Daily Dish. More details at Vimeo.)
Interview With John Rasmus: ‘The New Age of Adventure’
by Jim Benning | 09.16.09 | 10:03 AM ET
Jim Benning asks the National Geographic Adventure editor about a new travel anthology, and about how technology is changing our sense of adventure
Yunnan’s ‘Treats’
by Jeffrey Tayler | 09.03.09 | 10:27 AM ET
In one of Kunming's finest restaurants, Jeffrey Tayler samples the dragonfly larvae, bamboo bugs and grasshoppers
The Bucket and the Cup
by Sophia Dembling | 08.31.09 | 10:37 AM ET
Sophia Dembling knew India would be a land of mysteries. She just didn't find the ones she expected.
Zac Sunderland, 17, Becomes Youngest Sailor to Circumnavigate the Globe Solo
by Eva Holland | 07.16.09 | 2:40 PM ET
REUTERS/Alberto Lowe The teenager arrived back in Southern California this morning after 13 months at sea, breaking the record held by Australian Jesse Martin, who completed his solo sail around the world at 18.
You can check out Zac’s blog to get more of the back story on the journey, or see photos and a map of his route courtesy of the L.A. Times.
Anyone else thinking, “Gee, what was I doing when I was 17?”
Site to Watch: Atlas Obscura
by Michael Yessis | 07.10.09 | 9:37 AM ET
The site’s not-so-modest goal: To catalog “all of the singular, eccentric, bizarre, fantastical, and strange out-of-the-way places that get left out of traditional travel guidebooks and are ignored by the average tourist.”
Joshua Foer and Dylan Thuras created the site, and they’ll be looking to travelers to help with the cataloging. (Via @jodikantor)
The 39 Greatest Names in Travel and Adventure
by Michael Yessis | 07.08.09 | 10:33 AM ET
Juan Ponce de Leon, from an anonymous 16th Century portrait These men and women changed the world through their travels. Michael Yessis appreciates them for more superficial reasons.
Nahanni, Canada
by World Hum | 06.10.09 | 9:55 AM ET
Travelers walk on a cliff overlooking Ram Plateau in the Nahanni National Park Reserve, Northwest Territories.
Sideways, Down Under
by Tony Perrottet | 06.10.09 | 9:50 AM ET
In the Margaret River region of Western Australia, you can just sip wine and nibble on cheese. Or, like Tony Perrottet, you can push the limits of indulgence.
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