Next month, Cynthia Aguilar will attempt to complete a 130 mile solo paddle board crossing from Cuba to Key West. Her goal is raise money for the Make-A-Wish Foundation and her non-profit organization, Keep Paddlin’, Inc. The 26-year-old is out to show people that one person can make a difference. She has undertaken other endurance events as a way to raise money and awareness for individuals and groups. She also hosts paddleboard races as a way to help others in need.

Sara Lingafelter and a group ‘kick ass girls’ reached the summit of Mount Rainier earlier this month to raise funds for Big City Mountaineers through the Summit For Someone program. Sara created this video from the climb and we couldn’t pass up sharing it with you. Stay tuned for some mountaineering gear reviews from Sara!

Dr. Jeni McNeal and Dave Adlard, founding members of Team Adventure Sports Week, along with an unofficial support crew of Rick McCharles of www.besthike.com completed the 94 mile/47,000 feet elevation Wonderland Trail in 63:03, June 25 – 28.

On September 25-26, an inaugural paddle event will take place on the Lake of the Ozarks in central Missouri. 2DamDays Paddle Marathon will test the endurance of adventure paddlers as they traverse over 92 miles of what is essentially flat-water in a two day period. Total prize money will be $13,500.

Challenge Roth 2010
By Richard Ussher

It’s been a scorching summer in Europe this year and when we arrived in Roth it was a balmy 36 degrees at 7 in the evening.

My build up for the race this year had been a little different to last year when I’d had a great race but had felt a bit underdone. This year I’d put in a lot more hours and the results were indicating that I should be a good step up from last year. Not only the training data was suggesting this but also how I’d been feeling at a couple of races prior.

Daryl Stisser started rock climbing in college and has climbed throughout the Unites States. But there was something about climbing in the Black Hills of South Dakota that kept drawing him back. He now owns Sylvan Rocks Climbing School and Guide Service in Custer, SD.

Race Report—Ultimate XC

By Bob Miller

Day 1 – Kayak 62k (34k down-river, 28k lake)
Day 2 – Trail Run 56k
Day 3 – Mountain Bike 100k

Earlier this week, we posted the summary of our recent trip to Puerto Rico to check out the new adventure park. Here are a few more pics from that media trip.

Introducing Toro Verde Adventure Park & Eco Resort; the park, a 100 acre (projected to expand to 316 acres) jungle oasis located in the heart of Puerto Rico. In my opinion ‘the ultimate playground’ offering hours of mountain bike, rock climb, and zip line adventure with beautiful jungle landscapes as the backdrop.

The BC Bike Race is a 7 day mountain bike stage race which takes you through some of the most technical singletrack on the British Columbia coast. This year the racers checked in on June 26 with a prologue day in North Vancouver which was a short course to allow them to get the bugs out of their bikes and give them a feel for what was in store for the days ahead. The next morning the racers boarded the ferry and travelled from Horseshoe Bay in West Vancouver to Nanaimo on Vancouver Island to begin stage 1 with each stage of the race being held in a different community.

We have posted several videos in the past of Danny McAskill. This one is of him in Chamonix. We never tire of these great videos.

Saw this video posted over at The Adventure Life.

The tips below are from Adventure World contributor and long distance hiker, Justin Lichter. We will also be posting sample packing lists from Justin for several regions.

The first day of spring has passed and Old Man Winter’s wrath is starting to give way to spring weather. It is a great time of year to start planning and looking into a long distance hike or expedition; or a shorter hike.

Here would be a few pointers that I would recommend.

With the Yukon River Quest starting today…we felt the following tips on endurance paddling were appropriate. The tips by Paul Cox appeared in our May 2010 issue.

Love to paddle and curious about long distance events? Well, there can be too much of a good thing — if you’re not prepared. Follow these five tips to increase your chances of finishing a long race and have fun doing it.

On July 11th, GearJunkie.com will host a one-day-only Treasure Hunt event in a wilderness park near Roanoke, Va. More than $40,000 in outdoor gear — from backpacks to kayaks — will be given away to an estimated 300 participants. The event will essentially be an adventure race or off-trail orienteering race. Flags will be hidden in the wilderness. Participants earn points for each flag found. At the end, they can cash in at “gear central” to claim prizes from dozens of outdoors companies.

The 12th annual Yukon River Quest is set to start at noon tomorrow in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada. At last count, there were 84 teams (188 paddlers) from all over the world slated to take part in this year’s event. Aside from Canadian and US participants, the race field will be made up of racers from Australia, Austria, Great Britain, Finland, France, and South Africa.

An adventure of horseback riding through the Black Hills of South Dakota.

In keeping with the practice established over the last three years, the 2010 Abu Dhabi Adventure Challenge keeps its December winter slot thanks to the warm Arabian weather found in the emirate at that time of year. This year’s event – the fourth in the series – will take place across the emirate from 10th to the 15th December, slightly later than last year. The six-day endurance race, which places the emphasis on camaraderie and culture, will again start with a triathlon-style prologue in and around the modern, cosmopolitan core of downtown Abu Dhabi City.

For three rugged days beginning Friday, June 25, nine teams of five athletes—three able-bodied and two disabled athletes, many of whom are wounded veterans—will compete in the fourth annual “Adventure TEAM Challenge,” hosted by World T.E.A.M. Sports in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. The Adventure TEAM Challenge incorporates rafting, hiking, climbing and biking under adverse conditions.

Crazy Horse Memorial in the Black Hills of South Dakota is an impressive sight, but it’s even more impressive when you’re ON the sculpture! Each June, Crazy Horse Memorial and the Black Hills Volkssport Association offer a volksmarch to the top of the sculpture. This is the only time when the public is welcome to view the Crazy Horse sculpture up close. The volksmarch is a family friendly event and draws thousands of visitors and locals. The term volksmarch literally means, “walk of the people” and that is exactly what the Crazy Horse Volksmarch is. It truly is a wonderful experience!

A California teenager who was feared lost at sea has been found safely. 16-year-old Abby Sunderland is trying to sail around the world by herself.

Yesterday, her emergency beacons began signaling, and no one was able to get in touch with her on her satellite phone. Overnight, an australian plane spotted her, and fishing boats are on the way to her location.

Rescue workers say her boat was damaged, but Sunderland is going to be fine.

The great folks over at prAna sent me this new video of extreme sports athlete Dean Potter.

Often in nature the most simple designs prove to be the most efficient. Take the swan’s egg for example. This wonder of nature is quite simply an oblong orb which holds and protects the unborn …