by Adventure Scientists | Aug 27, 2013 | adventure, adventurers and scientists for conservation, hiking, mountaineering
Climbing Kilimanjaro Searching for Signs of Life – Dead or Alive Michelle Prysby is an ecologist the Director of Science Education and Public Outreach at the Univeristy of Virginia. After years of dreaming and planning, Michelle and her partner, John Woodell,...
by Adventure Scientists | Nov 13, 2012 | hiking
Diatoms help explain a changing climate High Alpine lakes can hold several species of diatoms. Dr. Bahls is studying these lakes in hopes of finding new species. Photo Credit Liam Dillaway. Adventurers and Scientists for Conservation has mobilized their athletes in...
by Adventure Scientists | Jun 20, 2012 | adventure trekking, citizen science, hiking
Andrew Schleif, an engineer from Oregon is in the middle of the trip of a life time. He quit his day job and is hiking the Pacific Crest Trail from California to Washington. Along the way he is looking for signs of Pika for ASC researcher, April...
by Adventure Scientists | Jun 4, 2012 | hiking
Magnificent Ausangate Peak We have repeated the proverb “this too shall pass” during both trying times such as battling the evil Patagonian horseflies and during invigorating times such as blazing our own trail by swimming...
by Adventure Scientists | May 23, 2012 | adventure, adventure trekking, hiking, south america
As usual, we happened to arrive just in time for another holiday. Celebrations in Ocurí kicked off with a town talent show with a mix of dances, skits, traditional music, and even a one-man-magic-show for the kids. Trinity made her way back to us after seeing...
by Adventure Scientists | May 14, 2012 | hiking
We’ve already enjoyed a wonderful three weeks in Bolivia – time is flying! I’m going to cover the first half of our Bolivian adventure thus far in this blog post and Shelley is going to cover the second half in an upcoming blog post. What we love...