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.

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.

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

I recently took a tour of Wind Cave National Park in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Interestingly, Wind Cave was the 7th National Park in the United States and the first National Park to protect a cave.

A friend of mine and I recently hiked Bear Butte mountain in South Dakota. Bear Butte is located in Western South Dakota in the Black Hills near the legendary town of Sturgis, South Dakota. For those of you who don’t know, Sturgis is home to the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, one of the largest motorcycle rallies in the US. Needless to say, we had a wonderful time hiking the mountain and taking in all of the beautiful scenery of the Black Hills.

The Columbia Silver Ridge is an adventure-ready shirt designed for travel or trail. With vents and Omni-Dry® evaporation this long sleeve button-up can be used even on hot days. It is particularly useful as sun protection with a UPF 15 rating. When the mercury really rises the sleeves can be rolled up above the elbows and buttoned in place for a short-sleeve feel.

Not all travels to a tropical paradise have to be mellow, beach lounging, sun soaking, lazy days splashing in the surf all day and coconut shaped umbrella drinks all night. Grant it, for some that might be just what the doctor ordered, but for others, some pulse raising, adrenaline pumping activities may provide the balance to a perfect adventure vacation.

The Vail Valley Foundation is proud to announce that the 9th annual Teva Mountain Games, the nation’s largest outdoor adventure event, will return to Vail, Colorado June 3 – 6, 2010 and is open for registration. After record attendance in 2009, the Games will add two new Stand Up Paddling (SUP) competitions to the roster, along with the triumphant return of the IFSC Bouldering World Cup, which hosts world-renowned climbers at the only World Cup Bouldering event on U.S .soil.

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With the economy in a state of flux, determined travelers have become quite conscientious as to how they organize, and pay for their trips. Smart preparation and budget friendly travel options help to keep global trekkers on the go. The challenge can be where to start the planning process.

Teva House Looking for Tenants

Looking for the perfect summer getaway? Teva® is giving away the experience of a lifetime at the ninth annual Teva Mountain Games, June 3–6, in Vail, Colo. The Teva House sweepstakes, featuring roundtrip tickets to Vail and an invitation to be a guest at the Teva House, is now officially open to anyone looking to add a little adventure into their everyday experiences.

Adventurer Lei Wang departs in less than 2 weeks to make an attempt on Everest. Born in Beijing, she says that she grew up as a typical city girl. She graduated with a B.S degree in Computer Science from Tsinghua University in Beijing followed by an M.S. degree in Computer Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. After working in the IT field for several years, she decided to pursue her M.B.A. degree at Wharton. It was there that she was first introduced to ice climbing and mountaineering and climbed her first glacier mountain in Ecuador (Cotopaxi). Upon graduation, she traveled to Africa where she reached the summit of Kilimanjaro.

Enter online for your chance to win a trip for two this fall to mountain bike with 3-time reigning 24-hour solo mountain biking world champion, Rebecca Rusch. It is time to dial up the training in the basement until I can get out on the trails to prepare in the event that I win this great opportunity.

I have spent my life playing sports. A product of the American Midwest, my youth is best remembered as an athletic menagerie of freshwater lakes, kayaks, canoes, cliffs, campsites, forests and fields of grass as green as any gracing the Irish countryside.

I grew up playing organized football – the proper ‘football’, not the American bastardization of the beautiful game – basketball, tennis, golf and whatever else I could do. I have splished and splashed in a good percentage of Minnesota’s 10,000 lakes, traversed the tributaries of the mighty Mississippi and camped, climbed and competed in her pine forests for most of my life.

Here is a sample of the images taken at The Coastal Challenge 2010.

2010 marks the 7th edition of the Huairasinchi Adventure Race. It is also a member of the AR World Series (Check out our 2010 AR World Series Preview on Huairasinchi).

Huairasinchi (pronounced War-uh-sin-chee), meaning the ‘strength of the wind’ takes place in the high country of Ecuador and is the highest adventure race on the planet.

Do you remember the first time you crossed a finish line? Was it a Marathon, Adventure Race, or Ironman? Maybe it was crossing a finish line for a charity run? No matter what race or how long it took, you always remember the first time you crossed that line…

As AW covers the upcoming all-women off-road rally raid, the Rallye Aicha des Gazelles we decided to catch up with a team of first-time competitors to get a glimse of their perspective on this unique évent and take a look as they prepare for the unknown.

Mountain Hardwear announces the recipients of the 2010 Expedition Sponsorship Program. Mountain Hardwear will give total of $10,000 to help fund five 2010 expeditions.

Flatter terrain and cooler weather made for a faster course on the third stage of the Coastal Challenge Tuesday morning, allowing for Judith Abbot (Canada) to lengthen her lead in the women’s division.

With a strong finish on day one and taking first place on day two, Abbot is poised for her first adventure race win.

American Ty Stevens overtakes third place, increases lead on day two of The Coastal Challenge

Despite heavy overnight rains making for tough muddied trails and more than 12,000 feet of elevation change, Ty Stevens (USA) took a hefty lead over fourth place runner Victor Zuniga (CRC).

Two-time champion Javier Montero of Costa Rica is in position to take an unprecedented third win after stage one of The Coastal Challenge, a six-day adventure race in Costa Rica.

While un-matched in the previous two races, Montero will have his toughest challenge yet with newcomer and local Costa Rican Ceasar Ortega. Ortega trailed Montero by less than three minutes by the end of the stage with a finishing time of 02:41:45.

At 1300hrs on the 18! th January 2010, after 60 days and 1700km, professional explorer, adventurer and speaker Mark Kalch completed a solo trek across the Islamic Republic of Iran from its northern border on the Caspian Sea to its southerly border in the Persian Gulf. Beginning in the coastal city of Chalus, he crossed the Alborz Mountains heading south to the capital Tehran, before continuing south-west to Qom, Esfahan, through the Zagros Mountains, and onto the Persian Gulf at Bushehr.