Adventure Travel
Young, Intrepid and Invincible: A Guide to Dealing with Worrywart Parents
It’s normal: parents worry. As the mother of two fearless children, I am not new to being on the verge of a nervous breakdown while my kids are off doing high-risk activities around the world.
The Longest Race
Nine months of offshore sailing - over 38,000 nautical miles around the world. For the first time in a decade, an all-women’s team entered and finished the Volvo Ocean Race, the world’s most extreme offshore sailing event. This is the personal account of its most dangerous leg.
Shredding Pebbles - a Newbie tries to Ski in the Sahara
Having skied in Colorado and in the Himalaya, I wanted to try new terrain. Naturally, I set off to expedition the Sahara and ski the largest desert in the world – on sand. I wasn’t, however, aware of my moronic, Moroccan destiny.
Carrying skiis and snowboards on a camel, while
A Desert Ride in Rajasthan
A group of riders embark on a horseback journey through Rajasthan in India, crossing small local villages and parts of the expansive Thar Desert.
A young boy ran alongside a pink-washed wall, dressed in an all-white kurta, typical of Indian summers. We meandered through the little Rajasthani village so removed
Denali National Park - How to Avoid Being Eaten by the Locals
The rules of wildlife etiquette in Denali National Park.
When hiking in Denali National Park, it is likely that you will come in contact with its residents. Along with all other National Parks in the United States, DNP aims to conserve and protect the wildlife that lives within its boundaries.
Five (of the many) Icy Adventures to be Had in Antarctica
If you happen to find yourself on the harshest, most inhospitable, driest, coldest, and windiest continent on Earth, here are a few things that you must do on the last and final frontier.
Antarctica is such a hopeful, alluring, and mysterious place. Protected by the Antarctic treaty, it has no