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.
Dirtbagging Isn’t Dead: The world has changed and so has dirtbagging. Though some luxuries may have crept into vans and pockets, this writer claims that the spirit is intact. “If you have a urine bottle, in my opinion, you’re a dirtbag.”
Slowing Down in Alaska: Alaska doesn’t have to be lung-busting hikes or extreme ski-mountaineering. Some visitors are slowing down and taking in the details.
Alone at the Edge of the World: “Susie Goodall was the youngest of the 18 skippers resurrecting the Golden Globe Race, a so-called ‘voyage for madmen’, and the only woman.” Atavist presents a very long read on Goodall’s solo, nonstop voyage around the world.
Susie Goodall. Photo: Sail Universe
Allergic to cold? Yes, it does exist
The Matterhorn’s North Face: Guide Tom Grant’s excellent first-hand account of tackling the mighty North Face of the Matterhorn.
Allergic to the Cold: Suddenly developing an allergy to the cold doesn’t sound very plausible. But the human body is complex, and this writer woke up in her 30s with a severe case of cold urticaria.
Rightful Ownership: Australia hands back some 9,600 square kilometres of land to native Australians.
Rusting boats left to the sand in what was once the Aral Sea. Photo; Shutterstock
Fishing Camels of the Aral Sea: How thick does the ice have to be to take the weight of a camel? It sounds like an outtake from Monty Python’s Holy Grail but it is serious business for some fisherman on the edge of the Aral Sea.
