Finding Science on the Roof of Africa
Grant Mooney Searches for Wildlife on Mt. Kilimanjaro Grant Mooney with Mt. Kilimanjaro in the back. Photo credit: Grant Mooney ASC adventurer, Grant Mooney, recently summited Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest mountain, and collected animal observations for...
Headed to the Darhad!
We have now spent four full days in Ullanbaator packing, shopping, eating, recovering from various ailments, and we are packed, we are ready, we are off. At 7am tomorrow, Bataa will pick us up in a 12 passenger van and we will drive 683km to Moron where we will...
Chingis Lives!
Today alone, we saw Chingis (Ghengis) Khan coffee, beer, ice cream, energy drink, gum, and more. Everything is named after him. Everything we eat, drink, and see is related to him in some way. Needless to say, we have arrived in Mongolia. Ullaanbator...
In Korea for the night
Sea Ice about 500 miles north of Japan from the plane Our flight was delayed from Korea to Mongolia for 23 hours so we are spending the night in Icheon, South Korea. They put us up for the night at the Hyatt, this is definitely the fanciest accommodations we...
A Riparian Oasis in the Sonoran Desert? John Davis Visits a Rancher with a Unique Outlook on Repairing Over-grazed Lands
A Case for Good Dams The Austins' and their crew build a check dam. This dam will eventually be covered by nutrient rich silt and vegetation to naturally regulate water in this arid land. Photo Credit: TrekWest.org ASC is proud to be involved with John...
Citizen Science Through Mangrove Swamps
Dave and Amy Freeman of the Wilderness Classroom Explain the Importance of Mangroves as They Record Signs of Wildlife This is an overhead view of a mangrove swamp in Florida. Photo by Bill Wilen, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,...
Shakedown Ski Completed Big Sky – Taylor Fork
This past weekend Jason, Forrest, Rebecca, and Gregg headed out to the Madison mountain range in SW Montana for a shakedown (practice) trek. We covered roughly 25 miles and had a great ski tour in the majestic Madison Range. Temperatures were in the 30s...
Hitch Hiking and a Bit of Luck
ASC Adventurers Karen and Markus Discover a Bit of Luck and the Kindness of Strangers Karen and Markus are world travellers and avid adventurers. They are backpacking through Argentina and Chile for the next few months and recording observations for...
Searching for Microbes on Cerro Plomo
Citizen Science in South America Kurt Sanderson on the summit of Cerro El Plomo. Photo Credit: Kurt Sanderson I just got back late last night from Cerro Plomo. Given our team's changing schedules and the Ruta Patrimonial de Río Olivares park and roads closure...
Shakedown Hike Scheduled for this Weekend
Almost all of our gear has arrived, we are headed out this weekend for the shakedown hike. Look for a post after the weekend that has a short video from the weekend.