Tour de France 2009 Preview
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
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
Cycling
Sastre Wins 95thTour de France
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.”
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