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The American Alpine Club, the country’s oldest and largest climbing and mountaineering member organization, has hit a new benchmark of over 20,000 members. Record membership comes at a time when climbing is blossoming across the US, especially in urban areas and indoor climbing facilities.
Hayden Smith, writing in The Cairns Post:
The city has been voted the Top Adventure Town in Australia as part of the 2018 Australian Town of the Year Awards by Wotif.com.
Cairns finished ahead of Cradle Mountain in Tasmania and the Northern Territory’s Kakadu National Park, while Port Douglas was voted the country’s fourth-best adventure town.
Lucy Barnard is attempting to set a world record by walking 30,000 km, length of the world, from Argentina to Alaska. If she reaches her goal, the 35 years old Australian will become the first woman to walk that length.
Jano Gibson, writing in ABC News:
“It’s meant to be 30,000 kilometres but with all the to-ing and fro-ing and getting lost and trying to take shortcuts that end up being far longer, I really couldn’t give you a true number,” Ms Barnard said.
There’s just one rule: she can’t use any motorised transport.
The vast majority of the journey is by foot, but several water crossings along the route require a kayak.
Rachel Coffey, an Australian hiker, grew up with a love of the wilderness and spent her childhood “bushwalking” with her parents and sister. Until 2016, she had never ventured out longer than a 5 day trek, and never solo. Devastated after the break-up of a long term relationship, in late 2016 Rachel flew to California and solo-hiked the 338 km John Muir Trail. Inspired by how independent and strong she felt in the mountains, Rachel returned to the U.S. in April 2017 to tackle the full 4,279 km Pacific Coast Trail from Mexico to Canada, this time with a camera.
This is the trailer for her upcoming feature length documentary.
Six women from the British Army have become the largest all-female group to ski coast-to-coast across Antarctica.
The Ice Maiden team began the 1,000-mile expedition on 20 November – each pulling an 80kg sledge behind them.
After 62 days on the ice, the six soldiers crossed the finish line at the Hercules Inlet just before 10:00 GMT.
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The Ice Maidens: These Six Women Crossed Antarctica Using Nothing But Muscle – Marie Claire
Windy conditions are often the norm at the Dusseldorf airport in Germany. However this looked especially tricky with 110 km/h crosswinds. Watch the Euro Wings pilot secure a landing in the Dash8 Q400 that arriving from Bologna.
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