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2008 U.S. Bank Pole Pedal Paddle

The 2008 U.S. Bank Pole Pedal Paddle, Central Oregon's premiere multi-sport adventure race, with relay legs in six different outdoor sports, opens registration for the May 17 event.

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Climbing

Everest 2008 Live on GreatOutdoors.com

By GreatOutdoors Staff
April 9th, 2008

Communications black out has ended so follow all the action live on GreatOutdoors.com as Dave Hahn and the rest of the International Mountain Guides expedition attempt Everest via the South Col.

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Cycling

Tour de France 2007

By GreatOutdoors Staff
July 5th, 2007

Follow along on GreatOutdoors.com as renowned race photographer Beth Schneider covers the 94th Tour de France with daily photos and dispatches.

Travel

Patagonia: Cure for Winter Blues

By Peter Potterfield
February 2nd, 2007

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

Classic Hikes of the World

By Peter Potterfield
September 2nd, 2005

An excerpt from Peter Potterfield's new book on the world's best hiking routes, including the Grand Canyon, Kungsleden, McGonagall Pass, Routeburn Track and the Wonderland Trail.

Paddling

Sublime Paddling

By Joel Rogers
June 28th, 2005

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
April 23rd, 2004

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

2008 Everest Photo Gallery 3: The Upper Mountain

By Peter Potterfield
April 9th, 2008

GreatOutdoors.com Everest correspondent Dave Hahn shares his images from previous expeditions. Here, in this gallery of images taken high on Everest on his nine trips to the summit, Dave shows us the famous features of Everest's summit.

2008 Everest Photo Gallery 2: Base Camp and the Lower Mountain

By Peter Potterfield
April 9th, 2008

GreatOutdoors.com Everest correspondent Dave Hahn shares his images from previous expeditions, here showing Base Camp, the Khumbu Icefall and the Western Cwm.

2008 Everest Photo Gallery 1: The Khumbu Trek

By Peter Potterfield
April 9th, 2008

GreatOutdoors.com Everest correspondent Dave Hahn shares his images from previous expeditions, here showing the trek through the Khumbu district of Nepal on the way to Everest base camp.

The Muse of the Backcountry

By Dave Schiefelbein
January 17th, 2008

Photographer Dave Schiefelbein finds inspiration in the changing moods of the backcountry, then works to caputre that moment.

Ride Like the Wind

By GreatOutdoors.com Staff
December 11th, 2007

Collaborating with a close group of talented riders and athletes--Mike Hattrup, Byron
Bagwell, Justin Kious, Andrew Hart, Marcel Dolak, Eli
Roberts--photographer Stephen Matera captures the fluid beauty and
gnarly drops of the Cascades' best backcountry and terrain parks.

Everest 2007: Photo Gallery

By GreatOutdoors Staff
March 31st, 2007

Part of the thrill of being on Everest is the unsurpassed scenery.

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