Outdoor Sports

On a mission to scale Everest

Ganesh Cahandra Jena looks for financial support to embark on the expedition — Photo: Lingaraj Panda Mountaineer Ganesh Cahandra Jena at his fitness session. And he could hit the headlines soon as the first man from Orissa to...

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Tom Stienstra: Take high road to best views

From the top of Angel Island, as you turn 360 degrees, the entire Bay Area seems to extend out from your boot tips. At a pullout along Grizzly Peak Boulevard above Berkeley, if you can take in a fall sunset across the bay by...

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Mountain Lake Loop Trail pristine in the snow

Sometimes the real world intrudes on the happy little life I enjoy each weekend. Instead of spending Saturday and Sundays exploring mountains, I must instead perform mandatory tasks meted out by the chore master I'm married to....

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Tour de France Through The Decades: The 70's!

Message by Edmond Hood Sunday July 20th 1969; that’s 40 years ago now but I remember it clearly as the day that I first became aware of professional bicycle racing – I was 14 years-old. I walked in to the living room of our...

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villa in PLAYA BLANCA, Bill rated this property as 4 out of 5 & says:

Villa was clean and well presented. Casas del Sol complex itself was clean, well maintained, and very quiet. Reception staff were polite and helpful. Booking and travel arrangements were simple. Resort centre with usual selec...

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Hiking the Golan: Yehudia Forest Reserve

by Shmuel Browns and Hana Levi Julian (IsraelNN.com) Trekking the Golan can be an exhilarating experience, but one that should be approached with the right preparation. Eleven hikes are listed in the park’s brochure on the...

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100 years since Mt Aspiring triumph

Today marks 100 years since the first ascent of Mt Aspiring, New Zealand's highest peak outside the Aoraki-Mt Cook region.Around 1pm on November 23, 1909, guides Jack Clarke and Alec Graham and their client Bernard Head stepped...

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Rediscovering Moab, 'the most beautiful place on Earth'

Moab: The town may be overcrowded and commercialized, but the surrounding area still attracts bikers, hikers and photographers in search of beauty and solitude. MOAB, Utah — Live long enough, travel enough, and sure enough, one...

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Best Singletrack Mountain Bike Trail in Cyprus

Great Mountain Biking and Hiking Route, Troodos Mountains Cyprus Discover the best singletrack mountain bike trail in Cyprus in the Troodos mountains, the Atalante trail, a 12km route round the high point of the island, Mount...

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2 women will trek up Kilimanjaro for Relay for Life

Saturday, November 21, 2009 7:00 AM CDT CHAMPAIGN – Cancer robbed Lori Melchi of a lot of friends and struck Lynn Wachtel in her 40s. Now, both these local women are fighting back by taking the American Cancer Society's annual...

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