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Planet Ice

By James Martin

The release of the long-awaited book, Planet Ice, marks the end of a three year effort by writer and photographer James Martin. Martin, who blogged exclusively for GreatOutdoors.com for the past three years as he traveled from the Himalaya to Antarctica, from Africa’s Mountains of the Moon to Alaska, photographing the Earth’s changing climate, reflects on the scope of the project, and his motivations for doing it.

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Climbing

Live on GreatOutdoors.com: Ed Viesturs Returns to Everest

By GreatOutdoors.com Staff
April 8th, 2009

Ed Viesturs, the only U.S. climber to have climbed all fourteen of the world's 8,000 meter peaks without supplemental oxygen, is once again attempting Mount Everest. With six successful trips to the top of the world's highest peak already under his belt, Viesturs will attempt his seventh this year as he climbs with Dave Hahn and Peter Whittaker of the First Ascent team. Follow the action live on GreatOutdoors.com as Ed Viesturs calls in with daily dispatches.

Cycling

Tour de France 2009 Preview

By Heidi Swift
July 2nd, 2009

Follow all the action from the 2009 Tour de France this July as GreatOutdoors.com correspondent Heidi Swift documents the race and provides daily commentary. Focusing on Team Columbia, and it’s rising star Mark Cavendish  Heidi will provide a real world overview of the action, the strategy, and the scene.

Travel

Patagonia: Cure for Winter Blues

For backcountry travelers yearning for warm sunshine and green meadows, the rolling wilderness at the foot of Argentina's Fitz Roy group offers up world class hiking and a travel bargain to boot.

Camping & Hiking

Across Montana's Beartooths

A hike through Montana's Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness to the northern edge of Yellowstone National Park is one of America's iconic wilderness journeys

Paddling

Sublime Paddling

By Joel Rogers

Sea kayaking has been a life-long love affair for photo-journalist Joel Rogers. From Thailand to Istanbul, Alaska to Mexico, Roger's expedition photographs have captured the mystique of paddling through unknown waters to exquisite beaches, long ago abandoned settlements, and remote offshore islands.

Running

Around Mount St. Helens in One Day

By Mike McQuaide

Where in the Northwest can you experience a full spectrum of spectacular landscape? From rain forest to desert, from canyons to riverbeds, from alpine meadows to volcanic blast zones, here's a 30-mile trail run you'll never forget.

Photography

Art Wolfe Photographs Patagonia's Torres Del Paine National Park

By GreatOutdoors.com Staff

Join us in this ongoing series as GreatOutdoors.com showcases photographer Art Wolfe's world-wide expeditions as he films his PBS series, Travels to the Edge. For this gallery, Art shows us a glimpse of  Patagonia's remote Torres del Paine National Park in the Andes of Chile.

Art Wolfe's Gallery of Everest Images

By GreatOutdoors.com Staff

Renowned photographer Art Wolfe has completed more than 50 books, including High Himalaya, but is probably best known for his PBS television series, Travels to the Edge. For this stunning gallery of Mount Everest, Wolfe traveled to both Nepal and Tibet to photograph the world's highest peak from both sides.

Art Wolfe Photographs Bolivia’s Remote Altiplano

By GreatOutdoors.com Staff

Join us in this ongoing series as GreatOutdoors.com showcases photographer Art Wolfe's world-wide expeditions as he films his PBS series, Travels to the Edge. For this gallery, Art shows us a glimpse of  Bolivia’s rugged and remote Altiplano.

 

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