The Benegas Brothers 2011
On a recent climb of Mount Everest, climber and mountain guides Willie and Damien Benegas collected a sample of the world’s highest known plant life, at 22,300 feet. The sample will be analyzed by two scientific partners working with Adventure Scientists.Tim...
Justin Lichter- Final Himalaya Trip Update
I finished hiking through India, to the Pakistan border a few days ago. I got to the town of Kargil, right near the India/Pakistan border. The border is also known as the Line of Control since it is an always changing point of contention. The areas near the border are...
Roz Savage- June 29
Day 57: Got Eggs?Late this afternoon I was pulling in the sea anchor, and got quite a surprise. Last year on the Pacific the sea anchor drew in a very exciting visit from a baby whale shark, evidently fascinated by the big red-and-yellow jellyfish-like thing. The...
Roz Savage June 24 Update
Day 52: The Most Remote Human Being On EarthTonight I was out on the deck of my boat a couple of hours after nightfall, brushing my teeth. As I looked up at the Milky Way and around me at the dark ocean, the thought occurred to me that I could quite possibly be the...
Life on Ice
Coming up this fall - a family of adventurer-scientists treks the edge of Malaspina Glacier.What would it be like to live on ice? In the fall of 2011 we will set out to spend two months living on the shifting, melting surface of North America's largest glacier, along...
Congrats to Conrad and team up on Denali!
Solstice in Anchorage, AK after a fine climb of Denali. Thank you Jim, Jimmy, Hilaree, Ingrid, Guilia, Emelio, Matt, Lucas, Adam and Sage for a wonderful expedition.
Justin Lichter finishes the Great Himalaya Trail!
Posted on June 21, 2011 by adminFinished and back in the StatesI finished hiking a few days ago! Been gorging on food the last few days while I have been making my way back home; 1)a rickety, bumpy jeep rides for 2 days in India to get to the...
Roz Savages Update from the 22nd
Day 50 As If By Magic, Fish AppearedBow of BoatToday I started seeing fish. I don’t know if it was like the Magic Eye pictures where you suddenly “get” how to look at them, with your eyes slightly unfocussed, and as if by magic 3D images emerge from...
Roz Savage from the 20th and 21st
21st June, 2011Day 49: Surfing The (Brain) WavesGyre by Chris JordanToday was another gorgeous day on the ocean. You know the Japanese paintingof the wave, with the perfect curling white crest? Waves like that were all around me today, and a large swell would...
Highest Plant Life on Earth handed off
Just handed off samples of the highest know plant life on Earth to researchers from MSU and USGS. These were collected by the Benegas Brothers from MT. Everest