Category: Adventure
Surfing with Icebergs, have you got what it takes?
Whenever you picture people surfing, you normally imagine them riding waves onto a hot beach in a tropical or warm climate such as Hawaii or…
Motherhood Moments: What’s Your Kind of Wilderness? – Our sixth article in the series from Susan Strayer
Our next article in the series from Susan Strayer who’s an inspiration to many with her Blog – Mountain Mom and Tots. Over spring break,…
Getting fit for the outdoors – here are some great tips
Getting into shape is a really important thing for most people, especially in this day and age when almost everyone is living a sedentary life…
The Basic Psychology of an Off the Grid life
Before jumping into the intricacies and psychology of life in the wilderness, one needs to understand the mechanism that gives rise to the need of…
Cool places to snorkel & swim with the pigs, giant salmon & nurse sharks
With autumn knocking at our doors some of us may have plans that are based around the sun and the sea. Let’s take a look…
Survival – the science behind it & busting a few myths
Things like bear and the occasional beaver attacks seem to get most of the attention, but it’s the threats that are the most predictable and…
The Nine Mile Canyon in the Utah desert is the world’s longest & oldest ‘art gallery’
The Nine Mile Canyon is located deep in the Utah desert in the Western United States. It is known as “the world’s longest art gallery”…
Grab your bedroll – you can spend the night at these historic ghost towns
Not all of us want to camp in the National Parks and serene wilderness, some of the more adventure seeking folks tend to look for more…
Great explorers whose fate remains a mystery till this day
There were many adventurers and explorers passionate for new discoveries. Unlike the great voyages and discoveries of Columbus or Howard Carter, there are many lost…
Put this on your trip bucket list – The crumbling Scottish marvel on the Pollepel Island 50 miles north of New York
Pollepel Island has been called many different names, including Pollopel Island, Pollopel’s Island, Bannerman’s Island, and Bannermans’ Island.The name wikt:pollepel is a Dutch word meaning “(wooden) ladle,”…