4º Circuito Pro Adventure - Ribeirao Claro

Ribeirao Claro saw around 200 sportists trekking, padling and cycling (mountain bike) in their backyard. The city is famous for its crystal waters of the Xavantes Dam and the surrounding valleys and cliffs. This...

Climbing Brandberg Mountain in Namibia

On the 6th of July Kobus Alberts, Steffen Oesterle, Volker Mohrholz and Toralf Heene started the climb to Königstein.We left at 14:00, with the aim to overnight in the area near to Springbokwasser. (Just to...

Volunteer in Nepal

If you've travelled to Nepal, and fallen in love with its people, and have a desire to help them, now you can.  The Mountain Fund has a visitor center in Kathmandu that assists people in finding an...

Moving Mountains in Nepal

The Mountain Fund's "Moving Medical Camp", in Kathmandu, Nepal.    October 2007: Greetings from Kathmandu. The rainy season has gone on about a week longer than it should so it is hot in Kathmandu...

Trekking from Lodge to Lodge to the Macchu Picchu

Ready to hit the trails, looking for adventure, ancient civilizations with Macchu Picchu as the crown jewel, Mountain Lodges of Peru offers all that via hiking trails such as the Salkantay Trek with the reassuring thought that your maybe not so young or trained bodies find...

UNWTO adopts Uttarakhand as a 'tourism site'.

Uttarakhand is on the radar of United Nation world tourism organisation to enhance the tourism amenities in the state. World Tourism Organization (UNWTO/OMT) is a specialized agency of the United ‎Nations and...

Attach photos to Waypoints and more...

This is really cool.  It's like a 21 Century Swiss Army Knife.  I'd go hiking just so I had an excuse to buy one:"For those looking for navigational insight whilst trekking, Magellan's Triton 2000 should certainly fit the bill. Boasting a rugged, water submersible...

Eureka! Tents Shelter Porters' Progress

"Eureka! Tents Shelter Porters' Progress Porters’ Progress is a Nepali-based non-governmental organization (NGO) dedicated to improving the lives of trekking porters through programs that emphasize advocacy, education and empowerment. Porters’ Progress began in May 2000...

This photograph has a story within a story: Does yours?

A new member sent in this great photograph in order to contribute to a news story, but the photograph was telling a story within a story, which only became realized when I was sent a link to the travel blog which...

a better idea than machine-readable biometric identity cards for migrant workers

Proposal to implant RFID tracking tags in migrant workers.

cell phone saves illegals lost in Arizona desert

A group of stranded illegal immigrants facing death in the parched Arizona desert saved themselves by using a cell phone to call rescue services.

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