When we’re not outdoors, we get our adventure fix by exploring social media and the web. Here are some of the best adventure links we’ve discovered this week.
Life With Grizzlies: The people of Haines Junction in Yukon, Canada, have become used to living deep in bear territory. It is one of North America’s densest grizzly bear corridors, but conflicts between people and bears are remarkably rare.
Children learn from a young age to scan for bears before playing outside, residents carry bear spray as routinely as house keys, and everyone understands one simple rule: a human-fed bear is a dead bear. First Nations Elders, conservation officers, and local residents discuss why people in this remote northern town do not view bears as a problem but as neighbors worthy of respect.
Climber Survived 200m Fall of Mount Aspiring: Rescuers who saved a climber who fell 200m down the icy slopes of New Zealand’s Mount Aspiring have said he is so lucky he “should go and buy a lottery ticket.”
The man fell after summiting Mt. Aspiring’s south face while descending an ice ridge with his partner. He was carrying all the pair’s gear, including their locator beacon.
His companion spent three hours climbing back to the summit to find a phone signal and call for help. Helicopter crews used night vision goggles to locate both men at nearly 3,000m. They discovered the fallen climber not only alive but standing upright with relatively minor injuries after falling into a crevasse.
A member of the Old Ladies Against Underwater Garbage at work in Cape Cod. Photo: Billy Hickey
Old Ladies Against Underwater Garbage
These Old Ladies Are Clearing Up Cape Cod: What started as one woman’s habit of picking up rubbish while swimming has grown into one of Cape Cod’s most sought-after volunteer groups. Old Ladies Against Underwater Garbage have removed almost 3,000kg of garbage from local ponds since 2018.
Armed with snorkels, kayaks, and wetsuits, they recover everything from beer cans and fishing rods to tires, anchors, and even toilets. To join, you must be at least 64 years old, be able to swim 0.8km in under 30 minutes, and free dive 2.5m. The group is so popular that there is now a waiting list.
The Best 5.10 Routes, According to Nine Pros: Most stories you read about elite climbers focus on them climbing 5.14 and 5.15 after years of training. But these are not the climbs that made them fall in love with the sport. Those climbs are almost always a 5.10, the rating where some think real climbing begins, and you start needing a fair amount of climbing know-how to succeed.
Climbing stars, including Alex Honnold, Sasha DiGiulian, Emily Harrington, Alex Megos, and Pete Whittaker, pick out their favorite 5.10 and explain why it stands out to them.
A shark’s point of view
The Ocean From A Whale Shark’s Perspective: Most research on whale sharks has taken place by watching them from boats. Now, some marine biologists have attached tiny cameras to the world’s largest fish. It has allowed them to see behaviors never previously witnessed. The footage shows whale sharks cruising through the water column, snacking as they swim, and hunting dense swarms of krill.
Pro Paddlers On The Scariest Thing That Ever Happened To Them: From near-drownings and broken backs, to crocodile encounters and armed standoffs in the Brazilian wilderness, some of the world’s best whitewater paddlers share the moments that have terrified them.
Quinn Mason on Spirit Quest, Paradise Wall. Photo: Don Mason
First Female Ascent of Spirit Quest: In 2025, Quinn Mason made the first female ascent of Spirit Quest (5.14d), one of Squamish’s newest sport climbs. She spent days working on the difficult sections, rehearsing moves in her head, and falling in love with the 35m route’s dance-like sequences.
Missing CDT Thru-Hiker Found Dead: Rescuers have found the body of William Standish, 28, below a steep ridgeline in Wyoming’s Teton Range. Standish was hiking the Continental Divide Trail south from Canada.
On July 19, he told his family about the route he planned to take through the Tetons, the Gros Ventre Wilderness, the Wind River Range, and the Divide Basin. A few days later, he sent them a Garmin check-in, but then contact was lost.
After days with no further updates, his family reported him missing. A helicopter search team located his bright orange backpack from the air and found his body below North Wigwam Peak.
