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A Wild Weekend
Written by Anna Milne The plan was to meet in a pub at night and be led out to a secret location in the woods. There was a palpable sense of foreboding as we left the pub and followed a jeep in convoy to the secret spot. Suddenly disarmed by the dark, I sliced my finger trying to cut my new head torch out of its vacuum pack with a mini pocket knife. Not a...
The North Face® Night Ray Outdoor Fest
On September 12, 2015, The North Face® brings a new way to experience the great outdoors with a one-night, all-night festival of exploration. The first The North Face® Night Ray Outdoor Fest, presented by Jeep®, will be held in Gorges du Verdon, France. It is an opportunity for outdoor enthusiasts with insatiable curiosity to go on an overnight adventure with The North Face® athletes. Guests get to experience the lesser-known side of the canyon, and...
Adventure Awards Days
This summer, the Italian alpine village of Livigno hosts the third edition of Adventure Awards Days, the international festival dedicated to adventure and exploration. Every year adventurers of every description, whether they be mountaineers, explorers or independent travellers, congregate at the Adventure Awards Days festival to share their stories, their experiences and their passion. Adventure Awards Days is not an extreme sports event. Instead, it’s an event that inspires those attending to live life to...
The Magic Kingdom
by Charley Radcliffe It is hard to imagine that less than a month ago, I was up in the foothills of the Annapurna Region, trekking that world famous Circuit in preparation for a single push of the 220km trek. On April 25th, a devastating earthquake tore through the country leaving over 7,000 reported dead, countless more still missing, and an incomprehensible level of destruction to buildings and infrastructure. I’d set out on my adventure in...
An Audience With Adventure
Secret Compass hosts an Audience with Adventure, part of the Kendal Mountain Festival 2015 Film Tour. This May 21 in London, expedition company Secret Compass hosts its inaugural Audience with Adventure, part of the Kendal Mountain Film Tour, in aid of Joshua Orphan and Community Care, Malawi. The evening features a selection of award-winning films selected from Kendal’s 2014 highlights plus an onstage Q&A with some of the industry’s finest, compered by filmmaker, writer and...
Attempt at new British swimming record
A new British swimming record could be set in May, when five amateur swimmers attempt to become the first non-American relay team to swim one of the world’s most dangerous cold-water marathons. The Great British Farallon Swim team will attempt the perilous 30-mile passage from Farallon Island to the Golden Gate Bridge, off the coast of San Francisco, California. Sea conditions there are described as being ‘like the English Channel, but much colder, rougher, and...
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