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.
Skiing the Tetons’ Enduro Line: On April 22, 2024, Adam Fabrikant, Mike Gardner, and Brendan O’Neill took on the Enduro Traverse. Starting at 6 pm in Death Canyon, they ascended Buck Mountain and skied down. They repeated this over Mount Wister, South Teton, Middle Teton, the Grand Teton, Mount Owen, and finally Teewinot Mountain. A few months later, Gardner died in a fall on Jannu East.
My Shipwreck Story: Alec Frydman recounts his first voyage as a commercial fisherman. A day in, Frydman and the captain, Mick, find themselves in the middle of a storm. Frydman is thrown overboard and watches as the boat capsizes, taking Mick with it.
Frydman floated in a small lifeboat for 13 days on the Pacific Ocean, suffering from dehydration and hallucinations. He was finally rescued by a Canadian ship near Vancouver.
Stuart Terrill after a fall while trail running. Photo: Stuart Terrill
Surviving a 60m fall
He Fell 60m During a Trail Race: Last summer, Stuart Terrill fell 60m during the U.S. Mountain Running Championships in Utah. Running down a scree slope, he lost control and fell over a cliff. He survived with four broken ribs, eight broken vertebrae, and multiple broken bones in his feet.
Returning to Climbing After an Accident: In 2019, Kate Armstrong and her husband were on an alpine route when a rock tore through their rope. Armstrong could only watch as her husband fell 30m to his death.
Even through the years of grief and PTSD, Armstrong knew she would return to climbing. She just didn’t know how long that would take. She switched from climbing to hiking, needing time in the mountains without worrying that another accident would happen. Five years later, she finally felt ready to climb again.
Konstantine Vlasis inside one of Iceland’s glaciers. Photo: Porvarour Árnason
Iceland’s disappearing glaciers
The Sounds and Songs of Iceland’s Melting Landscape: Researcher Konstantine Vlasis is exploring Iceland’s rapidly melting glaciers and recording the changing sounds of the landscape. Inspired by a track from the Icelandic band Sigur Ros that featured a glacial stream, Vlasis recorded the sounds of glaciers, the subtle trickles of meltwater, and the sharp cracks of shifting ice. He then combined these sounds with traditional Icelandic songs to create an immersive audio story.
Inside Britain’s Underworld: In the 1990s, a group of UK cavers began exploring a previously unknown cave system beneath Gloucestershire’s Forest of Dean. Led by Paul Taylor, the group used dye tracing to reveal an underwater stream stretching over 2.5km. Over the decades, amateur speleologists have painstakingly excavated the site and unveiled one of Britain’s most significant cave systems.
Backcountry survival
Hiker Survives for 24 Days on Wild Leeks and Snow: American hiker Tiffany Slaton survived 24 days in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains after she was caught in an avalanche.
After the avalanche, Slaton was left with just a knife, a lighter, and a few snacks. She began trekking toward civilization, enduring snowstorms, foraging for wild leeks, and melting snow for water.
Will Moss Becomes First Person to Flash El Cap in a Day: American climber Will Moss has become the first person to flash El Capitan’s Free Rider in a single day. It has been his goal for the last two years. Moss first went to Yosemite to try in 2023, but the route was too wet. In 2024, he couldn’t get climbing partners and weather windows to align. This week, he finally achieved his goal.
