Hatch River Expeditions has been in business since 1929, and rafting through the Grand Canyon since 1934. We are the oldest white water rafting company in the United States.
It’s on.. Photographer & photojournalist Pete McBride and I head out to the Grand Canyon on September 16th for two weeks. Pete’s mission is to [...]

PeakWaggers gourmet dog meals are light-weight, compact, non-perishable and nutritious. Designed with those on-the-go in mind, PeakWaggers is ideal for the backpacker, the fisherman or the traveler, as well as anyone else seeking a practical, alternative meal for their dogs. Our products are made with all-natural, human-grade ingredients that include beef, chicken, vegetables, potatoes, rice, [...]

blueplanetrun_org

Blue Planet Run’s Mission:
Create Global awareness of the world’s safe drinking water crisis, and mobilize citizens of the world to solve the problem, today.

Their Goal:
To provide safe drinking water to 200 million people by 2027.
Their Challenge…:
Complete 30 miles in 30 days, starting October 1st and bring safe drinking water to Tanzania!
http://blueplanetrun.org/

Very cool, very easy interactive site to learn and test yourknot-know-how. Grog offers knots byname and also by categories- such as household to decorative, to scouting to fishing, to SARto climbing.
http://www.animatedknots.com/index.php?LogoImage=LogoGrog.jpg&Website=www.animatedknots.com

One of the most scenic music festivals in the country, the Telluride Blues & Brews Festival takes place every September in Telluride, Colorado, a world-famous resort town in the heart of the Rocky Mountains. The festival is a three day celebration of music and microbrews, held in Telluride Town Park , an outdoor music venue [...]

One of the duties we have as volunteers on search & rescue includes body recovery. It provides closure for victim’s families, helping to shut the door on tragic events.
There was a plane crash on Wilson Peak several years ago, and all but one indivdual on the flight has been recoverd. We were unable to find [...]

Durango based polo biker Steve Fassbinder had a vision for his sport. He shared that vision with filmmaker Jon Bailey. What they came up with is “Malletheads” the movie.

From Telluride Mountain Film:
Bike polo is gaining momentum all across this sweet land. It has appearedrecentlyin car adds in People and Newsweek magazines, a sports brief in [...]

Andy Sawyer wasone ofthetrue original mountain pioneersof Telluride. He was a solo explorer anda team explorer- askier, climber, writer, photographer, and great adventurer.
He died in late May, the weekend before we left for Pakistan. He was a person that I grew with in my early years in Telluride, and with whom I went on many [...]

http://www.merudispatches.blogspot.com/
From the North Face, athletes Jimmy Chin, Conrad Anker, and Renan Ozturk set out toclimb Meru Central’s Shark Fin…Follow their amazing adventure..
From the Alpinist

Meru Central (6310m) in India’s Gangotri Region, showing the route (VI 5.11d M5 80 degrees, ca. 2000m), in red, climbed by Czechs Marek Holecek and Jan Kreisinger in October 2006. The [...]

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