Here at ExWeb, when we’re not outdoors, we get our adventure fix by exploring social media and the wider interweb. Sometimes we’re a little too plugged in, and browsing interesting stories turns from minutes into hours. To nourish your own adventure fix, here’s some of the best links we’ve discovered this week…
A Tribute: The backstory of Douglas Tompkins, conservationist and co-founder of The North Face.
Designer Equipment: Fashion house Louis Vuitton have brought out a climbing chalk bag. Yes, really!
The Loop: Two adventurers complete the first climb/walk/swim around the cliffs of Hong Kong, encountering tons of rubbish along the way.
Survivor: A Russian helicopter pilot on an around-the-world jaunt miraculously survives an emergency landing on an ice floe in northern Canada.
An Unsung Climber: Q and A with Luke Smithwick, probably the most prolific Himalayan climber you’ve never heard of.
High Seas: Meet the woman who sailed 280,000km —equal to eight laps around the globe.
Climbing Blind: British paraclimber Jesse Dufton leads an ascent of the Scottish sea stack known as the Old Man of Hoy. The stack was first climbed by Chris Bonington et al in 1966. Paraclimbing is an organized sport for people with disabilities.
Too Young? A 10-year old Pakistani girl wants to climb Everest in 2020.
