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Video: 50 Years on Everest – Climbers’ Candid Thoughts on the State of the World’s Tallest Peak
Posted by Mary Anne Potts on May 1, 2013 On this day 50 years ago, May 1, 1963, Jim Whittaker became the first American to stand atop Everest, a feat which made him a national hero. A few weeks later, May 22, Tom Hornbein and Willi Unsoeld made the daring first ascent of the West Ridge and the first traverse of the peak, electrifying…
Posted by The Powder Highway provides over 50 different mountain operators (including eight alpine resorts, nine heli-ski tenures, 16 snowcat zones, and 21 back country outfitters) making it difficult to choose from the menu. As a professional photographer, I try and let the conditions dictate, but I’ve always been curious to discover why so many film crews…
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Donning brightly colored spandex. Slogging up and over mountains. Getting plastered by mud. Not exactly most high schoolers’ idea of fun. However, hundreds of kids in the NorCal High School Cycling League couldn’t imagine a better way to spend their weekends. For Eliel, high school bike racing is a competitive outlet at the highest level.…
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…
Fringe Elements Skills: Gear for the Aspiring Adventure Filmmaker
Posted by Mary Anne Potts on May 3, 2011 By Fitz Cahall, Video still by Byran Smith. Watch the Fringe Elements adventure filmmaking video here >> In the age of YouTube, documenting personal adventures has become a pursuit in its own right. When 35-year-old adventure filmmaker Bryan Smith first pulled out a video camera eight years ago, he had no idea what he was…
Video: Steph Davis and Friends Make Wingsuit Flying Look Really Easy
Posted by Mary Anne Potts on February 14, 2011 Children of the Sky from steph davis on Vimeo. Most of us aren't this composed ever…let alone freefalling from a cliff in Switzerland. Steph Davis, known for free climbing on Yosemite's El Capitan, shares what the BASE jumping wingsuit experience is like—if you have nerves of steel—with a GoPro Hero HD camera. Keep watching for…
Video: 2011 Adventurer of the Year Edurne Pasaban – What Does Adventure Mean to You?
Posted by Mary Anne Potts on February 3, 2011 In this video shot in snowy New York City, 2011 People’s Choice Adventurer of the Year Edurne Pasaban talks about what adventure means to her. What does adventure mean to you? Add your answer in the comments area below. In May 2010, 37-year-old Spanish mountaineer Edurne Pasaban finished her nine-year quest to climb the world’s…
Video: Kayak Over a Waterfall, Ulitmate Adventure Bucket List
Posted by Mary Anne Potts on January 24, 2011 Video by Aurora Photos Attempting a new waterfall record in a kayak requires a lot of scouting, an acceptance that you’ll probably get at least a little hurt, and, perhaps most important, an unquestionable belief in one’s own immortality. And yet, in recent years, waterfalls have proven an irresistible, if dangerous, frontier for young-gun pro…
Biking Legend Danny MacAskill: “I have always looked at the world as a giant playground” (Video)
Posted by Mary Anne Potts on January 21, 2011 Danny MacAskill – "Way Back Home" from dave on Vimeo. By Tetsuhiko Endo; Photograph courtesy Danny MacAskill In 2009, Danny MacAskill was a 23-year-old Scottish kid working in a bike repair shop while spending his free time doing rather extraordinary stunts on two wheels in the scenic cities and countryside of Northern Britain. Then he…
Adventure in 60 Seconds: K2 Speed Summit, Teen Rock Climber, Research Shows Ditching Tech Helps Relax
Posted by Mary Anne Potts on August 20, 2010 Text by Tetsuhiko Endo Just when we thought another scene of Karakoram climbing had entered the history books, Austrian Christian Stangl surprised the world with a solo, speed summit of K2 this week. In a single, 70-hour push (with one rest and an emergency bivouac), he went from base camp to peak and back to…
3-Minute Video Break: Best American Adventures – #22 Fighting Wild Fires – Are You In?
Posted by Mary Anne Potts on April 14, 2010 Do you have what it takes to help quell one of nature's fiercest forces, an adventure rated #22 on our Best American Adventures list? In this video, National Geographic photographer Mark Thiessen provides incredible imagery of what it's like to be inside a wild fire. It's a dangerous, dirty, deadly job. If that's a little…
3-Minute Video Break: Climber Chris Sharma on the World’s Weirdest Rock Formations
Posted by Mary Anne Potts on March 31, 2010 Geology regularly blows us away—just check out the crazy rock formations Chris Sharma ascends in this video. Addicted to bouldering, deep-water soloing, and sport climbing, the Santa Cruz native spends 11 months a year in exotic locales, dangling off incredible hunks of rock sculpted by centuries of erosion. "Climbing is about finding beautiful things in…
3-Minute Video Break: Banff Mountain Film Festival’s Radical Reels
Posted by Mary Anne Potts on March 23, 2010 Even if you never attend the Banff Mountain Film Festival, you can still enjoy the winning films in their tour, which is in global mode right now. Our personal favorite is the Radical Reels, a special tour that complements the festival's more cultural films with dynamic, high-adrenaline films featuring skiing, climbing, kayaking, BASE jumping, mountain…
Olympics 2010: Snowboarder Gretchen Bleiler – Interview, Video, More
Posted by Mary Anne Potts on February 19, 2010 We have been huge fans of snowboarder Gretchen Bleiler for a while now—so much so that we made her one of our Adventurers of the Year in 2008 for her decision to take a year to snowboard in the backcountry (watch a video of her in action). During yesterday's Olympic halfpipe competition, Bleiler nailed her…
Adventure Filmmaking: Climber-Artist Renan Ozturk (Part I)
Posted by Mary Anne Potts on October 14, 2009 It used to be, if you wanted to see the most extreme places on Earth, you'd have to wait for folks like Jacques Cousteau to head out with film crews, big cameras, reels of tape, and limited power. Then they'd hit the editing room and emerge, months later, with a final product. Then, you'd have…
Video: Avalanche Skier POV Helmet Cam Burial, Rescue
Posted by Mary Anne Potts on September 25, 2009 Avalanche Skier POV Helmet Cam Burial & Rescue in Haines, Alaska from Chappy on Vimeo. An amazing, sobering look at being stuck inside an avalanche. This skiier was outside of Haines, Alaska. Read the full story here. The writer says: "This was a decent sized avalanche. 1,500 feet the dude fell in a little over…
Video: Surfing the Arctic Circle
Posted by Mary Anne Potts on September 23, 2009 Last spring, we followed Ed Viesturs and the Fist Ascent team as they powered their way up Everest (see the photos, videos, and dispatches). Meanwhile, First Ascent was also sponsoring a very different group of trailblazers who were pushing into just as forbidding territory, not in search of summits, but of waves. This summer, an…
Video: Helicopter Pilot Makes Bold Landing to Rescue Stranded Climbers
Posted by Mary Anne Potts on August 25, 2009 While most of us struggle to parallel park our cars, Terry Mercer, the helicopter pilot in the video above, is landing his ride on a jagged rock pinnacle in order to save injured climbers. Mercer is a pilot for the Utah Department of Public Safety and has a combined 34 years of flying experience, including…
Video: Ed Viesturs, Backstage at The Colbert Report
Posted by Mary Anne Potts on August 4, 2009 The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Exclusive – Behind the Scenes – Ed Viesturs www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor Tasers Ed Viesturs is one prepared dude. After writer (and sometime ADVENTURE contributor) Nick Sylvester asks the famous mountaineer to switch green rooms behind the scenes of The Colbert Report, Ed…
Travel Tech: Online Video Sharing – YouTube Vs. Vimeo
Posted by Mary Anne Potts on July 31, 2009 Text and video by West Coast Editor Steve Casimiro. There are heaps of video sharing services, but for practical purposes it comes down to two, YouTube and Vimeo, and there’s a clear choice between them. 1. YouTube If you want access to bazillions of viewers and are willing to sacrifice resolution, uploading to YouTube is…
Adventure Video: Killer Whales’ Cunning Seal Hunting Technique
Posted by Mary Anne Potts on July 9, 2009 Text by Laura Buckley We now have 40 Wild Chronicles videos, hosted by National Geographic's own Boyd Matson, up on our site. In each episode, top explorers and field scientists traverse the globe, from Antarctica to Iceland, to report on the state of the natural world. One of our favorites is "Antarctic Orca Hunting"—not because we particularly enjoy watching…
Extreme Tech: Everest Filmmaking with Final Cut Pro, Solar Power
Posted by Mary Anne Potts on May 18, 2009 Text by Mary Anne Potts; Video still courtesy of First Ascent Update: The team made it to the summit May 19 at 8 a.m. Kathmandu time. Watch the video. Any hour now, weather permitting, mountaineers Ed Viesturs, Peter Whittaker, and other members of the First Ascent team will take on the summit of Everest. And…
Everest Video Update: Base Camp Summit Bid Launches
Posted by Mary Anne Potts on May 14, 2009 The weather has broken on Everest and after 12 long days of waiting, Ed Viesturs and the First Ascent team are making a move. They left base camp about fifteen hours ago and should be getting close to Camp 2 by now. “I’m a little bit nervous,” admitted Melissa Arnot, who is trying to become…
Everest Video Update: Avalanche Video Shows Scope of Tragedy
Posted by Mary Anne Potts on May 11, 2009 Stalled and shocked by the tragic avalanche through the Khumbu Icefall route, Ed Viesturs and the First Ascent team have been at base camp for about a week, “and that’s probably three days longer than we had originally anticipated.” The group had originally planned their summit push for tomorrow, but a combination of bad weather…
Everest Video Update: First Ascent Team Prepares For Summit
Posted by Mary Anne Potts on May 7, 2009 Text by Tetsuhiko Endo Alpine-style climbing is a preparation game. Gear must be checked and re-checked, camps must be made and stocked on different levels of a mountain, the body must acclimatize to altitude and the mind must steel itself against cold, fatigue and fear. No one knows this better than the men and women…
