PROBAR is made made from whole, organic and raw foods. They are also 100% vegan. If you are used to reading ingredients on other foods that you can’t pronounce…you are in for a surprise as all ingredients are natural and the combinations make for a great tasting and nutritious snack or ‘meal’.

Lance Mackey wins Iditarod for 3rd consecutive year. He joins an elite group of people ever to have one the event itself and becomes on the 3rd person ever to win 3 consecutive events …

Three world renowned base jumpers, Jeb Corliss (USA), Chris “Douggs” Mcdougall (Australia), Paul Fortun (Norway), traveled 10,000 miles across the globe seeking Tian Keng, or “The Heavenly Pit.”

           A truly intrepid route, spanning 2,490 miles – the length of the Americas from Roosville, MT down to Antelope Wells, NM on the border with Mexico. And an extra 215 mile stretch reaching down from Banff, in Alberta, Canada to Roosville, MT. What makes it so amazing is that something like 90% of this route is off paved-road, making it the longest “off-pavement bike route in the entire world.”

The Abu Dhabi Adventure Challenge first appeared on the race calendar in 2007 and made such an impact that its second running in December 2008 had the most international entries ever for an adventure race – 36 teams and racers from 21 nations!

We are excited about our success in 2008, and will strive to continue bringing you solid coverage of adventure sports and races from around the globe.

In our March issue, Rob Howard contributes a great feature article about the 2008 Abu Dhabi Race. And Cynthia Engel discusses a more complete training regimen to help us prepare for our own adventure competitions.

As we settle into the New Year, it is a perfect time to start training for the upcoming racing season. The key to creating an effective training plan and then to staying motivated and excited about what we’ve created for ourselves is a clear set of realistic and measurable goals not only for race outcomes, but also for personal fitness, technique and mental development as well.

          The first time I saw the Hennessey Jungle Hammock, I was skeptical and never imagined that I would spend almost a year happily living in one.
           Being such an unconventional shelter, it takes a rather bold leap of faith to voluntarily make the switch from your typical floor structure. Is it really waterproof? What if you can’t find trees to set it up? Can you move around in it? Is it comfortable enough to sleep in? These questions all pop up.

           Somehow the Mountain Hardwear´s Beryllium feels like more than just a jacket. Designed for serious outdoor activities, it delivers everything you could expect from a jacket: Windproof, waterproof, breathable, lightweight and somehow it is even durable.
           I have used it in tremendously humid tropical conditions kayaking through the San Blas Islands and the Coast of Colombia. It has kept me warm in dangerously cold and windy conditions up at around 20,000 feet elevation on the summit of ……

Certainly a tough job, but somebody is going to have to do it. On the news a few months back, Island Reef Job, the Queensland advertisement wherein you get paid $100,000 to live on the picturesqe Whitsunday Islands for 6 months. Job responsibilities?: get a tan, snorkel, and drink coconut milk from coconuts freshly fallen from a tree.

National Geographic writer, filmmaker and adventure, Jon Bowermaster has spent the last twenty years exploring the end´s of the earth, documenting his experiences in an effort to raise awareness for global issue. He has just returned from another exploration documenting in Hi-Def, Antarctica, as he experiences it on foot, kayak and small plane. His film will be released later this spring, “Terra Antarctica, Re-Discovering the Seventh Continent.”

Pushing the limits of what is possible with downhill mountain biking. Just about everything is labelled as extreme these days, you could probably even go to the grocery store and get extreme cottage cheese, …

Something out of a science-fiction novel, Jean-Yves Blondeau,  now known as “Rollerman,”  invented the 31 wheel roller suit as his graduate project at a design school in Paris.  In something akin to a ”human rollerblade,”  the wheels are …

 
Bungee – surfing or skating or snowboarding or skimboarding, etc.  Trying my best not to make fun of this. Not going to consider it a sport, but will recognize it as a good way to …

Everyone involved in the race finish has their own tale of the journey from Cabo Froward back to Punta Arenas. After a couple of days camping out the first finishers and some of the press were ready to return to town (showers, beds, restaurants etc.) but the problem of transport remained with the boat booked to ferry everyone out of commission. There was a large volume of equipment and at a guess over 50 people camped out there, and of course, gear, teams and race staff were still further back along the course.

Defending TCC champion, Costa Rican Javier Montero ran pretty much a perfect race this year. He’d won the first four stages, and even though Italian Leonardo Soresi had won the fifth stage, Leonardo had been quite a bit slower in the early stages and posed no threat for the overall win.

Last night there was a storm warning for Sunday so the riders had a meeting and decided they would rather do the full 160 km today rather then do two 80 km days and risk the weather which was coming. Riding out into the fog at 8am a paceline of 5 riders (Lupillo, Simon, Art, Ramon and myself) formed at the front for the first 50 km before the feedzone split the pack as Art continued on thanks to his camelback and Ramon dropped off.

Many racers have made it into the Fingerlake Checkpoint(mile 130). 29 racers so far.

Tim and Tom from Pennsylvania are leading the foot race and arrived in Puntilla (mile 170) this morning. They are veterans of this race and have done this race several times.They both walked 1100 miles to Nome in 2001 on the southern route in just under 27 days. Tim walked to Nome in 2004 and 2008 on the northern route.

          Usually, you have to sacrifice weight and space for a synthetic bag, but the Sierra Designs Lazer +30 Deg bag packs down remarkably small and is uncommonly lightweight. This makes for a great combination for extended backpacking trips when there is a possibility that your bag might get wet. And still, you get the beauty of a synthetic bag: it´s soaking wet and you´re still able to find some warmth and get to sleep.

Rafting in Tena, dragging their bikes across cow pastures through high valley, connecting roads that don´t exist on any maps, climbing 20,000 foot peaks, and competing in HuairaSinchi, Riding the Spine has been at it …

Overall, the ExOfficio Baja Long Sleeve Shirt has held up well to an adventurous lifestyle. During a kayak trip in the San Blas Islands, I began to appreciate many of its features:

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Summary: A good example of technical apparel, a feature rich travel shirt, highly recommended for people wanting a versatile shirt for short vacations up to extended expeditions.