Japanese mountain villages like Niseko are cashing in on their fabulous snow, high-tech infrastructure and reasonable prices to thrive as snowbound boom towns.
Certifying its winter sports pedigree, Japan has twice hosted the Winter Olympics...
Not really, but enjoying skiing and not taking foolhardy risks can be accomplished. Teenagers hooked on extreme winter sports, are often influenced by compelling online video's : skiers who trigger avalanches and then race to outrun them, often tumbling...
Don't have the time to go to far-flung places for rock climbing? Why not try the nearest Rock Climbing gym. Gym climbing is safer, easier and more fun than you probably think. It's a great activity that's sociable and not weather dependent. It's...
Charles Simonyi, 58, a Hungarian-born billionaire software engineer, is ready for space travel with his new Russian-built Sokol spacesuit. A necessary item for his planned April 7, 2007 launch toward the international space station, aboard a Russian...
Location: Teton Pass
Right off of Wyoming's Highway 22 lies Teton Pass, one of the nation's best stashes of backcountry skiing. Wyoming's Teton Pass just may be your answer to the best of backcountry skiing. Photographer and West Coast Editor Steve...
The human body a gift of god still holds mysteries which are being unraveled one at a time. Human Ear mechanics is the technology that NASA is hoping to garner information from. It is experimenting with a substance found in the human ear that could...
Nicaragua offers the world's only volcano boarding, and the volcano is active, hoping the board to feel the heat sure is a hot adventure. Cos you never know when the volcano will go active!
Location: Bigfoot Hostel, Cerro Negra, Nicaragua, Central...
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Riding a wild volcano in Nicaragua, Boarding volcanoes, Bigfoot Hostel, Cerro Negra, Nicaragua, Central America, Extreme travel, Adventure travel, Boarding, Volcanoes, Travel
Nissan Outdoor Games by Columbia are to take place in Switzerland this year. Interlaken is frequently visited by adventure-seeking backpackers throughout the year. Companies provide guided services in Skydiving, Canyoning, Hanggliding, Paragliding, and...
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Ice Sailing or Snofering or Ice surfing, its about sliding across the ice on skateboard, with ice blades in place of wheels. You take on the ice with a windsurfing sail, and you steer with your feet. Anyone with some windsurfing experience can easily get...
We seem to be progressing on our Mars colonizing intentions as detailed height contours maps with names of geological features on the Martian surface are made ready. The European Space Agency who is credited with making the maps hopes that they will...
This will probably be the garb of future skydivers. Designers the world over are in a race to develop the first wingsuit, special dive suits that resemble a flying squirrel costume, using which a person can land safely without the aid of a...
They are lost yet they hide away from their rescuers. The reason is that they do not want to dish out money for rescue operations. They retain the false apprehension that New Zealand authorities charge for search and rescue operations. However, it is...
Did you always want to slide down the river on a log raft? Well if so then read on...Log rafts have always been associated with transport of logs. Later these rafts were used to transport goods. With time evolved raft guilds in Germany called...
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