Category archives for Adventurers of the Year
News: Nat Geo Spring 2012 Everest Expedition – Climbing, Science, Education
Posted by Mary Anne Potts on March 16, 2012 
Photograph by Cory Richards. As seen from Lhotse, a team of climbers ascending Everest creates a spectacular line of light on the mountain ridge. WASHINGTON—Continuing his legacy of renowned ascents, famed mountaineer and The North Face athlete Conrad Anker is aiming once again for the top of the world as he leads a team of climbers…
Kayaker Erik Boomer Sails Over a Waterfall in Snowy Oregon – Stunning Photos
Posted by Mary Anne Potts on March 12, 2012 
Adventure: What were you thinking at this moment? Erik Boomer: This is the moment where I hold my position and close my eyes as I anticipate the impact. All the work is done at this point, it is just time to enjoy the feeling of free fall. Tim Kemple: I thinking, oh crap, don’t…
Adventurers of the Year on the Future of Adventure in Nepal
Posted by Mary Anne Potts on March 1, 2012 
On Tuesday we announced our People’s Choice Adventurers of the Year and the news made the front page of every newspaper in Nepal. Out of twelve outstanding candidates, the popular vote went to Sano Babu Sunuwar and Lakpa Tsheri Sherpa. In the spring of 2011, the Nepali duo climbed Everest, paraglided down (and set a new…
Meet the People’s Choice Adventurers of the Year!
Posted by Mary Anne Potts on February 28, 2012 “Without adventure you are not feeling real life.” – Sano Babu Sunuwar The votes—nearly 72,000 of them—are in, and we are honored to announce that Sano Babu Sunuwar and Lakpa Tsheri Sherpa are the 2012 People’s Choice Adventurers of the Year. Their Ultimate Descent expedition to climb Everest, paraglide down, and paddle to the sea…
Top Snowboarders Face Off in Travis Rice’s Supernatural at Baldface, B.C. (Video)
Posted by Mary Anne Potts on February 3, 2012 Starting today, 18 of the world’s top snowboarders will face off in the inaugural Red Bull Supernatural Contest, a competition unlike any before. Snowboarder Travis Rice, one of our 2012 Adventurers of the Year, has created his dream playground designed to determine the best snowboarder on the planet. Located in the backcountry of Canada’s Baldface…
Your Adventure Civic Duty: Vote for the People’s Choice Adventurer of the Year (Last Call)
Posted by Mary Anne Potts on January 13, 2012 We are down to just a few days left to vote once a day for your favorite Adventurer of the Year. On January 18 at midnight, we will have a new People's Choice Adventurer of the Year. We'd be thrilled if any of the twelve nominees won. So far the race has been tight! It's…
Ten Days Left to Vote For the People’s Choice Adventurer of the Year! VIDEO
Posted by Mary Anne Potts on January 9, 2012 Here's to living adventurously. And voting for the People's Choice Adventurer of the Year. There are just ten days left to cast your vote once a day. Voting ends January 18, 2012, at midnight. Vote Now! http://adventure.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/adventurers-of-the-year/2012/vote/ You can also read interviews and see photos of each candidate. We'd like to give special thanks to…
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Dr. Geoff Tabin at the Duk Lost Boys Clinic, South Sudan Jordan Campbell (pictured below) is on a medical mission to the remote and underserved region of Duk Payuel in South Sudan, the world’s newest country. He is assisting two ophthalmic surgeons—Dr. Geoff Tabin and Dr. Alan Crandall, both game-changers in the way eye care…
Adventurers of the Year Updates: Sarah + Eric McNair-Landry Kiteski the Northwest Passage
Posted by Mary Anne Potts on December 5, 2011 2008 Adventurers of the Year Sarah and Eric McNair-Landry knocked off another Arctic first in 2011: They kiteskied the Inside Passage. Growing up on Baffin Island to famed polar explorers, it really is all in the family for these two. This winter Sarah is doing something much warmer—paddling the Sea of Cortez with kayakers Erik…
Adventurers of the Year 2012: The Ultimate Descent: Lakpa Tsheri Sherpa and Sano Babu Sunuwar
Posted by Mary Anne Potts on November 25, 2011 Over the next two weeks we will introduce each of the new Adventurers of the Year here on our blog. Be sure to cast your vote every day for the People's Choice Award. See photos of all the Adventurers of the Year! When Lakpa Tsheri Sherpa first saw paragliders arrive in the Himalaya, he dreamed of flying above…
Adventurers of the Year 2012: Surfer Carissa Moore
Posted by Mary Anne Potts on November 24, 2011 Over the next two weeks we will introduce each of the new Adventurers of the Year here on our blog. Be sure to cast your vote every day for the People's Choice Award. See photos of all the Adventurers of the Year! Surfing likes its legends. When the surf media started comparing a teenage girl from Hawaii with…
Adventurers of the Year 2012: Snowboarder Travis Rice
Posted by Mary Anne Potts on November 23, 2011 Over the next two weeks we will introduce each of the new Adventurers of the Year here on our blog. Be sure to cast your vote every day for the People's Choice Award. See photos of all the Adventurers of the Year! Travis Rice’s father was in the ski patrol at Wyoming’s Jackson Hole Mountain Resort. And like…
Adventurers of the Year 2012: Skier Nick Waggoner
Posted by Mary Anne Potts on November 22, 2011 Over the next two weeks we will introduce each of the new Adventurers of the Year here on our blog. Be sure to cast your vote every day for the People's Choice Award. See photos of all the Adventurers of the Year! “In the moment, it felt like we were failing every day. We weren’t good enough. We…
Adventurers of the Year 2012: Rider Danny MacAskill
Posted by Mary Anne Potts on November 21, 2011 Over the next two weeks we will introduce each of the new Adventurers of the Year here on our blog. Be sure to cast your vote every day for the People's Choice Award. See photos of all the Adventurers of the Year!Two years ago Scottish street trials rider Danny MacAskill was just a guy working a nine-to-five job…
Adventurers of the Year 2012: Mountaineer Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner
Posted by Mary Anne Potts on November 18, 2011 Over the next two weeks we will introduce each of the new Adventurers of the Year here on our blog. Be sure to cast your vote every day for the People's Choice Award. See photos of all the Adventurers of the Year! In the summer of 2010, Austrian Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner was perched on K2’s infamous Bottleneck couloir 400…
Adventurers of the Year 2012: Kayakers Jon Turk and Erik Boomer
Posted by Mary Anne Potts on November 17, 2011 Over the next two weeks we will introduce each of the new Adventurers of the Year here on our blog. Be sure to cast your vote every day for the People's Choice Award. See photos of all the Adventurers of the Year! “What do you do when a polar bear charges you? We found yelling colorful language was…
Adventurers of the Year 2012: Hiker Jennifer Pharr Davis
Posted by Mary Anne Potts on November 16, 2011 Over the next two weeks we will introduce each of the new Adventurers of the Year here on our blog. Be sure to cast your vote every day for the People's Choice Award. See photos of all the Adventurers of the Year! “Records are made to be broken,” says long-distance hiker Jennifer Pharr Davis. “It’s not the number.…
Adventurers of the Year 2012: Climber Cory Richards
Posted by Mary Anne Potts on November 15, 2011 
Over the next two weeks we will introduce each of the new Adventurers of the Year here on our blog. Be sure to cast your vote every day for the People's Choice Award. See photos of all the Adventurers of the Year! After becoming the first American to successfully summit an 8,000-meter peak in winter, climber-photographer Cory Richards…
Adventurers of the Year Update: Roz Savage Reflects on Rowing Her Third Ocean
Posted by Mary Anne Potts on November 14, 2011 By Samantha Cook; photograph courtesy Roz Savage Last year, Roz Savage, 43, was named one of National Geographic’s Adventurers of the Year for rowing solo across both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Impressive enough as that was, Savage wasn't ready to retire her oars. On October 4th of this year, she completed her goal to…
Adventurers of the Year 2012: Adventurer Alastair Humphreys
Posted by Mary Anne Potts on November 14, 2011 Over the next two weeks we will introduce each of the new Adventurers of the Year here on our blog. Be sure to cast your vote every day for the People's Choice Award. See photos of all the Adventurers of the Year! “Break down the elitism in adventure—that was my goal,” says Alastair Humphreys. The…
Gear of the Year Fall-Winter 2011 Awards Are Here
Posted by Mary Anne Potts on October 5, 2011 Gear is close to all of our hearts. It keeps us dry and safe. It renders "bad" weather harmless. It helps us explore new places and challenge ourselves in ways we couldn't otherwise. And it just keeps getting better. For our Gear of the Year Fall-Winter 2011 awards, longtime Adventure contributor Steve Casimiro scoured the…
Everest 2011: Edurne Pasaban’s Report on the Dramatic Rescue of Friends on Lhotse
Posted by Mary Anne Potts on June 6, 2011 By Edurne Pasaban; photograph by Bradley Stulberg, My Shot; inset by Joshua Brown Editor's Note: In May, Edurne Pasaban, our 2011 People's Choice Adventurer of the Year, returned to Everest in an attempt to climb it for the second time, this time without supplemental oxygen. If successful, she would have become the first woman to…
New Organization Links Adventure Athletes and Scientists in Conservation
Posted by Mary Anne Potts on May 9, 2011 By Gregg Treinish, founder of ASC and former Adventurer of the Year As ambassadors of the outdoors—the people who are living in, moving through, and sharing the value of the wilderness with the rest of the world—we have a responsibility to do all that is in our power to protect what we love so much.…
Elephant Ivory Project: Young Explorers Face Poachers, Bush Meat, and No Sign of Elephants
Posted by Mary Anne Potts on April 12, 2011 Riding a motorbike through the savannah By Trip Jennings and Kyle Dickman; Photographs by Terese Hart and the Bonobo in Congo Project There was a shootout. Andy and I weren’t there, but we learned through satellite text messages that Colonel Gui and his soldiers from the Congolese army ran into the bandits somewhere between Kisangani…
World Water Day: How Long Can You Last Without Water?
Posted by Mary Anne Potts on March 22, 2011 National Geographic Explorer David de Rothschild pictured aboard the Plastiki, a boat made of post-consumer plastic bottles which embarked on a voyage from San Francisco to Sydney one year ago yesterday. The expedition made de Rothschild one of our 2010 Adventurers of the Year. Op-ed by David de Rothschild; Photograph courtesy of Adventure Ecology If…
