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Tour de France 2009 Preview

By Heidi Swift

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.

Climbing

Dave Hahn Reflects on his Tenth Everest Summit

By Dave Hahn
June 12th, 2008

The media have acclaimed GreatOutdoors.com Everest correspondent Dave Hahn for becoming the first non-Sherpa to reach the summit of Everest for the tenth time, but Hahn himself discounts that milestone, saying the real hero is Apa Sherpa, who now has 18 trips to the top. But in his gripping Everest 2008 wrap up, Hahn does say he is proud of the three day struggle to reach the summit last month. In his final piece of the season, Hahn describes in detail how he and client Nicky Messner and Sherpas Samduk Dorjee and Phinjo Dorjee aborted their first summit attempt, spent another night and day in the Death Zone at the South Col at 26,000 feet, and then, dodging rockfall, ultimately reached the summit and descended safely.

Cycling

Sastre Wins 95thTour de France

By GreatOutdoors.com Staff
July 28th, 2008

See the latest photos from GreatOutdoors.com cycling correspondent Beth Schneider from Paris as Carlos Sastre wins the 95th running of the Tour de France

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

A Hike Below the Eiger with John Harlin

By Peter Potterfield
September 16th, 2008

 The mountains of Grindelwald Switzerland, are some of the most spectacular in Europe. A recent hike through them with John Harlin, whose father made the first American ascent of the storied Eiger, provided a glimpse into mountaineering history. Roaming below the looming North Face of the Eiger is a unique experience for any climber or backcountry traveler.

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

Art Wolfe Photographs Bolivia’s Remote Altiplano

By GreatOutdoors.com Staff
March 16th, 2009

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.

 

Travels to the Edge with Art Wolfe

By GreatOutdoors.com Staff
February 10th, 2009

Join us in an ongoing series of photo galleries as GreatOutdoors.com tags along to showcases photographer Art Wolfe's world-wide expeditions as he films his PBS television series, Travels to the Edge. 

Art Wolfe Photographs Alaska's Arctic Wildlife Refuge

By GreatOutdoors.com Staff
January 13th, 2009

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 Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

An Eclectic Take on Our Natural World

By GreatOutdoors.com Staff
November 3rd, 2008

For Deborah Harrington, the natural world is much more than a venue for adventure. Her images capture the moments when light and composition converge to give us a broader view, from the wings of a butterly to the subtleties of  dawn light on a mountain range.

Images from the North

By Stefan Wackerhagen
August 11th, 2008

Adventurer and photographer Stefan Wackerhagen found a home in the arctic regions of the Yukon and Alaska. It is here in these northern climes where  he finds the wildlife and extraordinary expanse of wilderness that fuels his photography. “The natural wilderness of Canada's Yukon Territory and Alaska offers extraordinary panoramas and unrivalled wildlife. As a photographer I’m drawn to the way its light shifts in incredible ways, and its seasons change fast. There’s no place like it.”

 

Race Day Photogallery

By GreatOutdoors Staff
May 21st, 2008

A collection of photos from the 2008 U.S. Bank Pole Pedal Paddle by GreatOutdoors.com Staff and friends.

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