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Americans have been inundated with images and stories coming out of Haiti amidst the devastation there. People are constantly wondering what they can do to help. One man has found his solution! On February 15, Abe Clark is attempting to run over 2800 miles solo and unsupported across the United States. If he is successful, he will join the ranks of only a small handful of individuals who have made this ocean to ocean run.

The BIMBACHE EXTREM CASTILLA Y LEÓN 2010, ADVENTURE RACE WORLD
CHAMPIONSHIP, is very much concerned with the emission of CO2 and climatic change.
After the recent polemics provoked in the meeting of Copenhagen about the climatic change
and the CO2 emission to atmosphere, that after several days the main world leaders have not
been capable of coming to any effective agreement, the competitors and organizers of
competitions of adventure are really worried with this real problem.

Polar explorer Eric Larsen announced today that he has reached the South Pole, the first completion in his three-part “Save the Poles” expedition. Upon completion, he will be the first-ever to make it to the North Pole, South Pole and summit of Mt. Everest in a continuous 365-day period.

Eric Larsen begins his quest later this week to begin his Save the Poles Expedition. This will be a first-ever journey to the North Pole, South Pole and summit of Mt. Everest in a continuous 365-day period. We caught up with Eric as he prepares to depart for Chile later this week in route to a 52-day ski expedition to the geographic South Pole. Here is what he told us:

For the very first time, researchers are studying of the summering ecology of polar bears of the southern Beaufort Sea who choose to migrate north to the sea ice of the polar basin when the winter ice pack melts, rather than return to the shores of Alaska. Early reports from the icebreaker expedition, which launched September 29th from Barrow, AK and returned November 1st, show warmer than expected weather and thinner than expected ice – conditions potentially detrimental to polar bears says the president of Polar Bears International, Robert Buchanan.

On September 9, Tellman Knudson left New York City’s Battery Park to run 3,200 miles across America. Others have run across America. However, the thing that sets his quest apart from similar journeys is the fact that he will be doing it barefoot! If successful, Knudson will be the first person to run barefoot across America.

Renowned explorer, Eric Larsen, will start his Save the Poles Expedition in November 2009 to research his story on global warming. Larsen announced last week that he’s leaving for the South Pole early next month to begin the “Save the Poles” first-ever expedition to the North Pole, South Pole and summit of Mt. Everest in a continuous 365-day period. If he completes the expedition, Larsen will be the first person to accomplish this incredible feat. He hopes to spotlight the “front lines” of global warming to document the changes occurring in these last great frozen places. He will advocate strategies for reducing carbon emissions and collect relevant scientific data.

We just got out of the Grand Canyon late yesterday afternoon with 22 AMAZING and inspirational women who laughed, cried, pushed, pulled, towed, and cheered with one another for 44 hard miles over the last 2 days. The Rim to Rim to Rim trek was truly the most epic and moving experience of most of our lives–so many transformations, so much joy, so many memories of those friends that have passed and dreams for the future for our next Athenaship Recipients.

Two Chilean kayakers/climbers, Cristian Donoso and Mario Sepúlveda, will attempt a unassisted kayak voyage and climbing expedition at the Antarctic Peninsula.

Next month, Cristian and Mario will cross the Drake Passage on board the ship ‘Antarctic Dream’ to get to the Antarctic Peninsula from where they will start their expedition.

An Australian city has voted to collectively eliminate its dependence on disposable water bottles and promote the use of reusable water bottles and filtered water stations throughout the town. Bundanoon is a small town located about 90 miles southwest of Sydney in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales. The businesses and residents of Bundanoon voted overwhelmingly in July to take this stand against the bottles and for the environment.

The Mongolia 2010 Expedition (M2010X) is the brainchild of British Adventurer Ripley Davenport. He will attempt the first recorded solo and unassisted traverse across the vast landmass of Mongolia, on foot from east to west, starting in April 2010. This effort to push the frontiers of human capabilities, challenge ecological values and inspire youth to reach beyond their perceived limits and engage their dreams.

On September 6, 2009 Roz Savage, British ocean rower and environmental campaigner, made landfall on Tarawa, a small atoll in the Republic of Kiribati, successfully completing stage 2 of her epic bid to become the first woman in history to row solo row across the Pacific Ocean. She launched this stage of her voyage on May 24, from Honolulu, Hawaii. She spent 104 days at sea, bringing the total number of days alone at sea for her Pacific crossing to 203 days. Savage uses her ocean rowing adventures to help inspire action on environmental issues.

Ever feel like you are flying when on your bicycle? How about actually flying while pedaling your bicycle?
Dutch Teenager, Jesse van Kujik, has made it happen with his pedal powered plane made out of balsa wood, polyurethane, and rip-resistant foil. All without even building a model or flying in a plane before.

This impressive project began in 2006, when the teenager started researching the Gossamer Condor (the first pedal-powerd plane to fly a figure-8) and the Gossamer Albatross (the first pedal-powered flight over the English channel.

Singapore-based street artist TR853-1 aka Trase-1 uses stenciled skateboarders for a great effect. This series he incoporates the skaters in specific locations that give a little extra life to the artwork, attributing to his unique style, resulting from influence in both street art and fine arts.

Trase has been involved in Singapore´s young street art scene since he began his graffiti projects in ´99. Throughout the past 11 years, he has become a prominent activist in the local street art movement. Trase is a leading youth artist who has played an important role in the progression of the local graffiti art movement.

Recent graduate Sean Maher is set to travel unaided through West Africa to escape the world wide recession and raise £10,000 for charity. He tells Adventure World why:

In November this year I plan to cycle from the UK to Cape Town. There are two reasons for doing so: The first is to keep myself occupied for a year and the second is to prove to myself, and to other people that even though the recession is biting, we don’t really have it all that bad.

The Freedom Riders Story
Gravnetic and KGB Productions and its partners for the film Freedom Riders, does not promote illegal trail building, rather we encourage riders to work with local land managers to create and promote sustainable trails.

Freedom Riders a core group of riders who evolved from covertly building rough and unsustainable trails, to creating a precedent setting relationship with the Forest Service and creating some of the best Freeride trails in the country.

Americans spend billions of dollars every year on bottled water thinking that they are getting a safer and better tasting product. Americans complain when the price at the gas pump goes up but continue to pay far higher prices for glorified tap water. Penn & Teller address this cultural craze using a hidden camera. Watch as they put this all in perspective for a misinformed nation/world on what they think is healthy. We realize the video is 12 minutes…but look at it like this…you are getting an environmental message with flair (in a Sin City like Show)!

As we peruse the aisles at Outdoor Retailer…we are always looking for that next great piece of gear to test and share the results with our readers. We are also looking for environmental stories surrounding products as well.

There has been an ongoing discussion about the chemical BPA (Bisphenol A, suspected of being harmful to humans for over 70 years) used in so many products that we have used for years in the outdoor industry. A plethora of companies are now marketing products free of this controversial compound. So…what does one do with all of the food and beverage products that have already been made with this hazardous material? We found one great use.

Sara Outen arrived in Mauritius at 8:27PM local time to a celebratory welcome from friends and family after becoming the first (and youngest) woman to row solo across the Indian Ocean. On March 31, 2009, Outen set out from Fremantle (Western Australia) enroute to Mauritius in an attempt to become the youngest (and the only female) person to ever row across the Indian Ocean solo. The 24-year-old (celebrated her 24th birthday at sea) completed the open ocean voyage of over 3,000 miles in just 124 days.

During her journey, she experienced everything that the Indian Ocean had to offer from major storms to a rolled boat. Not to mention that she spent 4 months alone at sea rowing between 8-12 hours per day.

Check out this interview with the guys from A Mad Way South (Kite Buggy Race Across the Sahara)! We first ran the story by Stefan Simanowitz on July 28 about the adventure. The below video shows the guys talking about their journey that lies before them in the Sahara.

Branndon is a contributing editor to Adventure World. We like that his great adventure will climb the 3 highest mountains on the Africa continent while biking (and paddling) the distances between them while helping to raise awareness about the continuing dangers of malaria with hopes for its ultimate eradication. The expedition will last for more than 6 weeks. The group has already reached the summit of Kilimanjaro and will be heading towards Nairobi this week. This is a great cause and something that we in the United States (and many other industrialized countries throughout the world) have not had to worry about for many generations.