새롭게 펼쳐지는 극한 도전 : Extreme Challenges

젊은이들의 도전 정신은 끝이 없다. 몇 년 전만 해도 생각도 못한 일들을 하면서 세상에 재미있는 볼거리를 제공하고 도전 정신을 무한대로 올리고 있다. 지난 번에도 게재하였는데 최근에 새로운 것들이 나와서 또 경탄을 자아내게 한다. 죽음 조차도 두려워하지 않는 그들이 있기에 세상은 넓어져 가고 있는 건 아닐까?

Jumping the Mount Baker Road Gap, Washington State

After a long day of exploring Mount Baker’s backcountry, a group of expert skiers, including professional telemarker Paul Kimbrough (pictured), ventured toward the legendary Mount Baker Road Gap, a rite of passage among local skiers and snowboarders. It took a few hours to build up the jump, consider all the safety precautions, and set up flashes. Because it was so dark, the car was actually parked, so Kimbrough could have a sense of where he was. "When I dropped in I could barely see the in-run as the light faded," recalls Kimbrough, "but I was confident and it felt great to 360 through light snowflakes and ride out clean."
Snowboarding




Free Soloing Yosemite National Park

With no rope to save him from a fall, daredevil climber Dean Potter free solos a route called Heaven on Glacier Point in Yosemite National Park, California. Half Dome appears in the distance.


Kayaking La Paz Falls, Costa Rica

Professional kayaker Pat Keller plunges over 120-foot La Paz Falls in the central highlands of Costa Rica. Keller survived the extreme drop—though he broke his right hand

Kayak Waterfall Records



Sea Kayaking: A different kind of racing




Backcountry Skiing, Austria

A skier cuts through powder on a peak in Saalbach, Austria. This region of Salzburg is a popular destination for skiers, with multiple runs and extensive backcountry options.
Backcountry Skiing - Blahstein



Abu Dhabi Adventure Challenge

Competitors in the 2010 Abu Dhabi Adventure Challenge trek across the desert during the six-day endurance race. Racers began with a triathlon-style prologue in Abu Dhabi city, then traveled by bus to Al Ain, where they confronted the Jebel Hafeet mountain range. Next they hiked across the Rub al Khali desert before ending the challenge with a sea kayaking leg.
Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge Teaser



Fly or Die: Dean Potter

BASE Jumping, Utah

A Red Bull Air Force Team member BASE jumps off a cliff in southwestern Utah. The extra fabric in the wing suits creates lift allowing the jumper to "fly." Parachutes aid in a safe landing.


Yosemite Base Jump


Though illegal, the sport of BASE jumping in Yosemite is soaring in popularity.
Climbing Yosemite's Midnight Lightning



Annapurna Trail, Nepal

A snow-covered peak dwarfs a climber on Thorung La, a 17,769-foot pass in the Annapurna range of the Himalaya. The pass poses the most difficult challenge along the Annapurna trail, a circuit that draws mountaineers from around the globe.

Edurne Pasaban: 2011 Adventurer of the Year




Surfing the huge Waves, Austrailia

A huge rogue wave comes through a southern Australian surf spot.


This photo was taken in 38ºF water after a blizzard in New Jersey. Inside the wave is professional surfer Luke DiTella. The beach is snow covered, and as a New Jersey surfer, this is what gets our blood going!


Climbing Cliff with Bare Hands

Mexican climber Jaime Navarrez rock climbs on the limestone cliffs of El Potrero Chico, north of Monterrey, Mexico. With over 2,000 feet of relief, esteemed summit El Toro looms in the background
Alone on the Wall




Adventure Glacier, Argentina 

                   An ephemeral, magical moment inside Perito Moreno Glacier, Argentina
A Day Spent Hiking Perito Moreno Glacier



Exploring the Sandstone Slot Canyon, Utah

This one was so deep and narrow, the sun could barely penetrate to the bottom and we needed headlamps to be able to see. It's narrower than your feet at the bottom of the slot, so you have to climb up higher and wedge yourself in place by friction. Climb too high though, and it widens out enough that it's hard to hold yourself in place, and you slide down—with a cheese-grater effect on your skin.
Canyoneering Southern Utah Slot Canyons

Jumping off to Staircase

 

Mike Baker jumping off of a three-story deck onto a staircase in New Hampshire

Up Up and Away

                                  A skier at the Snowbombing festival in Mayrhofen, Austria


Hiking Mt.Raineer National Park, Washington

Mountaineering: Height doesn't matter



Glacier Peak Wilderness, Washington:

Trek Wrangell-St.Elias National Park & Preserve, Alaska

Alaska’s Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve, the country’s largest national park, operates on an entirely different scale than the Lower 48. Let’s just review the numbers: Six times the size of Yellowstone, it’s home to the country’s largest collection of glaciers and peaks over 16,000 feet (4,879 meters), including nine of the 16 tallest mountains. Parts of the national park are so remote and unexplored that mountains, glaciers, and passes remain unnamed, and only two roads—both gravel—enter it at all. Few visitors ever set foot into the backcountry. All of this adds up to that rarest of finds: true solitude.

Because there are limited well-trod trails in the park, backpackers usually forge their own routes, which is why a guide can come in handy. Enter Greg Fensterman, the author of the FalconGuides to trekking in the park and owner of the outfitter Trek Alaska. After exploring the park for the better part of a decade, Fensterman now offers choice guided treks, ranging from several days of bush-plane-accessed base camping and pleasant day hikes to nine days of serious climbs, swift river crossings, and bushwhacking. Either way, the rewards are indescribable: You’ll witness paper-white peaks that rise 9,000 feet (2,743 meters) out of valley floors, spot grizzlies that have likely never seen humans, and witness a place so remote and wild it could very well be the end of the world.

Ultimate Riding


Record Cave Diving Leaves Mystery


Radical Reels: Oseven


Mount Biker: Follow Me if You Can


Light the Wick


Brothers Wild: Timmy and Sean O'Neill


Into the Unknown


Snowkiting Greenland


Speed Riding Aconcagua