When we’re not outdoors, we get our adventure fix by exploring social media and the web. To nourish your adventure fix, here are some of the best adventure links we’ve discovered this week.
Skipping Stones and Taking Names: Meet the world’s greatest stone skipper, Kurt Steiner. With 17 titles in 22 years, Steiner believes skipping stones is “a legitimate path to an essential inner balance”.
Avalanche at Tunnel Creek: On the back of Cowboy Mountain, among the crags of The Cascades, is a reliable stash of deep powder known as Tunnel Creek. But powder and people are key ingredients for avalanches.
Denali is No Easy Feat: With ferocious weather, significant altitude, and a remote location, Denali has the greatest frequency of both accidents and deaths of any mountain in North America.
Denali. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
Love and Lhotse: A look back at Hilaree Nelson and Jim Morrison’s ski descent of Lhotse, and the twists and turns of their lives that led them there.
Lake Ontario’s rusting wrecks
Diving Kingston’s Wrecks: Kingston, Ontario won’t be the first place that springs to mind when you think of diving, but Lake Ontario’s wrecks are well worth exploring.
Thou Shalt Not Wreck the Place: A UK Climbing retrospective on the “clean climbing revolution” spearheaded by Yvon Chouinard, Tom Frost, and Doug Robinson.
A Timed Walk: The UK’s Long Distance Walkers Association turns 50 this year, but what is the appeal of “timed walks” and how did they begin?
A walker’s typical view in the Surrey Hills. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
