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Memory is a demonstration of human fallibility, but we won't forget the following lessons that we have been humbled by in our first week in Mongolia.
Labor is work, hard, hard work. Co-labor is important, sharing collaboratively in bringing life into the world and raising children in community.
Want a guaranteed way to beat the heat? Pack up the kids and hit the slopes. More than half of U.S. ski resorts now offer summer pursuits, from zip lines, alpine slides and summer tubing hills to mountain biking, bungee trampolines and disc golf.
The nation's most obsessive-compulsive mountaineers, members of the Highpointers Club, aim to scale the peaks of all 50 states. As a point of reference: Around 250 people have climbed all 50 state highpoints. About 3,000 have summited Mount Everest.
With so much to offer the adventurous tourist, it won't be long before Somoto Canyon becomes a mandatory stop on every Nicaragua itinerary.
Have you ever noticed that despite being a spiritual person -- or a good person -- it all goes out the window when you hit that airport security line? Perhaps that's what airports were designed for: to test your spiritual mettle.
Anyone who's spent even a little time in the mountains has pictured it: You're a couple hours into your hike; panoramas of sweeping valleys and jagged cliff lines consume your gaze. You wipe a bead of sweat off your brow as you climb. Then a final boost of adrenaline takes you to the top.
For most novice divers, the otherworldly world beneath the surface of the sea is fantastical enough in its own right. But as with any sport, the more you progress, the more you want to push the envelope. So after you venture to the Great Barrier Reef and exhaust the Caribbean, what next?
For reasons scientists are still trying to explain there are two large glaciers in the Southern Patagonia Ice Field (straddling the border between Chile and Argentina) which are advancing.
Being open to the unexpected, whether far away or at home, can catapult you into the present moment so you can snatch these opportunities for expansion, bringing you closer to who you are meant to be in this world.
At its best, a day hike gets straight to the essence of the place. t takes you inside the canyon, beneath the waterfall and delivers you straight to the wildflower-strewn clearing at the mountain's peak.
How do you do exceptional things inexpensively? So select a place you've always wanted to see, get a ticket and go. Travel light. Talk to strangers. And follow these tips.
(Photo courtesy of Chris Kassar) In decades past, the role of the explorer, the adventurer, was pretty clear-cut: go to empty spots on the map and f...
For more than a century, Latin America has lured travelers in search of real adventure: crossing craggy peaks and dense jungles, or rafting mighty riv...
As one of the most diverse and culturally wealthy countries in the whole of South America, Peru is one of those destinations that offers so much to visitors. But where, what and how do you get the very best of it?
