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Norwegian Sailor Jarle Andhoy Arrested In Chile

A few weeks back I posted a story about Norwegian sailor Jarle Andhoy who had illegally sailed into the Antarctic for the second year in a row and ran into trouble again as well. At the time of that story, Andhoy's latest ship, a yacht named Nilaya, was believed to be running low on food and fuel and attempting to limp towards an Argentinian port with a broken mast. Today we get word that Andhoy and his crew were taken into custody by Chilean officials who came across his boat in open waters.

Andhoy set out from New Zealand in January without proper permits and insurance to operate in the Southern Ocean. That didn't exactly endear him to Kiwi officials, especially since last year he pulled the same move and three people died. The self-described "Viking" went there illegally to ride ATV's to the South Pole, but while he and another man were on the Antarctic continent, a freak storm sunk his ship, the Berserk, killing the three people who were still on board. Jarl claimed that he was returning to the region to search for signs of the boat this year.

In February, the crew decided to give up that search but didn't want to sail back to New Zealand where they could face possible arrest. Instead they tried to make their way to Argentina, where they felt they could safely go ashore. They hadn't been heard from in several weeks and their last messages indicated they were experiencing issues with the boat and were seeking assistance at an Argentine base in Antractica. A base that was believed to have little or no staff at that time.

There are conflicting reports as to why Andhoy and his crew were detained. NZ officials say that they didn't ask Chile to arrest the men and it doesn't appear that Norway reached out to them either. Chilean authorities report that the skipper gave false names for both himself and the ship when it was approached, which led to them being stopped and taken to the naval base at Puerto Williams.

When they set out in January they did so with such haste that they didn't even allow a mechanic, who was on board making repairs at the time, to leave the vessel. As a result, that man found himself on a 2+ month long excursion in some of the more dangerous seas on Earth.

I'm happy to hear that the entire crew is safe and sound, but quite frankly I hope Andhoy is never issued a sailing permit again. He has shown a reckless disregard for the rules and regulations for sailing in the Southern Ocean and he is very lucky that no one else, him included, lost their lives this time out either.

Thanks to Outside Online for the tip.

Everest 2012: And So It Begins!

Over the past few weeks we've had a few teases for the start of the 2012 Everest and Himalaya climbing season as some climbers began arriving early and have already set out for Base Camp. But as we all know, April 1st is the unofficial start to the season and right on cue we've started to get a slew of updates from Nepal and Tibet.

As usual, one of the bigger teams on Everest each year is the Himalayan Experience (Himex) team which always brings a large and experienced contingent to BC. This year is no exception of course and according to the expedition's first dispatch, there are 24 climbers hoping to get a crack at the summit this season. The group spent two days getting to know one another in Kathmandu before setting out to Lukla and beginning their trek to Base Camp on Saturday. Today they should be enjoying a rest day in Namche Bazaar and starting their acclimatization process for the long days ahead.

Similarly, the Peak Freaks, IMG and Jagged Globe teams have all started their treks to BC over the weekend as well and they'll soon be joined on the trail by the Altitude Junkies as well. That trek will take each of the teams roughly ten days to complete, depending on how many rest days they take or if they stop to acclimatize on nearby peaks before proceeding to Everest itself. Those long and winding trails to Base Camp are very crowded at the moment with plenty of climbers, guides, and most importantly Sherpas carrying gear to what will be their home for the next two months. It is an exciting time in the Khumbu to say the least.

Amongst those climbers is Ian Ridley, who is currently in Dingboche on a rest day as well. Ian says that he's been feeling a bit under the weather the past few days, which is not uncommon when trekking through the region. A combination of the cold weather and exertion from the trek can develop the "Khumbu Cough," which I can tell you from experience is not a lot of fun. Additionally, a lot of people are simply fatigued from the travel and it is easy to pick up a virus or bug from others or develop a stomach issue from the food. Fortunately it sounds like Ian is on the mend, and his team will be hanging out in Dingboche for several days as they acclimatize on nearby hills.

Phil Purdy seems to be on the same schedule, and may be traveling with Ian, as he is also in Dingboche, which is a popular spot along the way. I spent a couple of days there on my trek a few years back and found it to be a beautiful place for a rest day. The views of Ama Dablam are excellent and will remain with me always.

Finally, the North Side of Everest should start to see some action soon. The border into Tibet opened yesterday and teams are already moving into the country, but they usually spend a few days in Lhasa before starting the drive to Base Camp. Yep, that's right, on the North Side of the mountain climbers can actually drive to BC. They generally take a few days doing do so that they can slowly acclimatize as well, but it is an easier way to get to the start of the climb. The 7 Summits Club has arrived in Kathmandu, but they don't plan on leaving for Tibet until the 12th of April, which gives you an idea of the schedule some of the North Side teams are currently on.

If you're an Everest junkie there are certainly plenty of dispatches and team updates to read today. They've left me a little wistful for the Khumbu as I read about the treks that are currently underway. Enjoy the start of another season. Plenty of action to come.

Final Reminder: Win The Ultimate Hiker's Gear Guide by Andrew Skurka

For the past couple of weeks I've been gearing up to give away several copies of Andrew Skurka's new book The Ultimate Hiker's Gear Guide and in fact had planned on announcing winners as early today. Unfortunately I forgot to post one last reminder on Friday as I had planned, so I've decided to extend the contest one more day. That means you have through today to send me your entries and I'll pick the winners tomorrow.

Entering the contest is easy. Simply send me an email to kungfujedi@gmail.com with a subject of "Ultimate Hiker's Gear Guide." In the body of that email tell me which of Andrew's big hiking adventures you would most like to do yourself. You can find a complete list of the long distance hikes that he has done by clicking here.

That's it! Send that email my way and you'll be automatically entered to win. I have eight copies of the book to give away and will be shipping them out as soon as possible. The winners will be announced after I've had a chance to get in touch with all of them and I'll post the names here as well.

Good luck to everyone who enters and apologies for extending out the suspense on those of you who have already sent in your emails. I wish I had a copy for everyone!

April Fool's Day Post: The Seven Plummets

One of the yearly traditions at Gadling.com is our annual April Fool's Day posts during which we tend to poke fun at the travel industry and generally not take ourselves too seriously for a day. Yesterday there were a host of great fake articles written by the talented crew on the site with some very funny stories hitting throughout the day. I particularly enjoyed the new Donner Party adventure tour for example and thought that the "Up In The Air" dating service on airlines as hilarious too.

My particular contribution to these creative endeavors is usually an attempt to skewer some aspect of the outdoor adventure community that strikes me as kind of funny. For instance, two years ago, amidst all the controversy over who would be the youngest person to scale Mt. Everest, I wrote this piece on a woman who planned to climb the mountain while pregnant, making her unborn fetus the youngest on top. I followed that up last year with the tale of one Bob "Gnarly" Goldstein, a mountain biker who planned to ride his bike to the summit as well.

This year Bob's back with another crazy idea. After giving up on his attempt to pedal to the top of the highest mountain on the planet, he has now decided he wants to take on the Seven Plummets. That is to say, he hopes to go over the biggest waterfalls on each of the seven continents. The story is meant to be good fun and thought some of you might enjoy reading it too. I had fun writing it and it seems to have tickled the funny bone of more than one reader. I hope you enjoy it too. :)

Rhyming slang: they haven't got a Scooby

There have been some interesting responses to last week's story about Cockney Rhyming Slang's supposed death. In The Independent the linguist, Tony Thorne questions whether it actually constituted a genuine dialect and looks at the new slang that's taken its place:

The cliques who occupy the high ground of cool these days, at least in their own minds, are the hipsters of Shoreditch and Hoxton, the patois-speaking street gangs and their imitators, Lady Gaga and Nicky Minaj-fixated teens, and their gloomy emo counterparts. These groups all have one thing in common: they completely lack humour, and rhyming slang is above all a joke, a feature of a mind-set for which cheerful irony, back-and-forth banter and self-mockery are mainstays.

He goes on to describe  the language of these "patois-speaking street gangs" as "pseudo-Afro-Caribbean 'Jafaican'", which I'd argue isn't really a good way of describing it, but he has a point about the constant reinvention of slang, and as an author and expert in the field, he knows his onions.

Elsewhere, Jenny McCartney in The Daily Telegraph laments the passing of Cockney Rhyming Slang describing it as "obscure and expansive, relishing the playful drawing-out of speech" (scroll down to last item here). This is worth considering from a Language Change (ENGA3 and ENGB3) perspective, as there are many reasons why people use language and they're not always related to making things quicker and simpler, often being connected to wordplay and acts of identity.

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Video: 200 Foot Fall Caught On GoPro

A 13-year old skier hiking along the Aspen Highlands takes a big fall in this video. Lucky for him he wasn't seriously hurt and lucky for his us his GoPro camera was recording everything at the time. Looks pretty scary, and I said "ouch" a few times on the way down.

North Pole 2012: Norwegians Call Off Expedition To The Pole

It looks like there won't be any full-length expeditions to the North Pole after all this year. Earlier today the Norwegian team of Mads Agerup and Rune Midtgaard announced that they are calling off their attempt at a speed-ski to the Pole after Mads' frost-bitten thumbs took a turn for the worse and have now deteriorated to the point that it is dangerous for them to continue. According to their home team, the two men have now broken camp and are searching for a suitable landing spot for a plane to come retrieve them from the ice.

While just 12 days into their journey, Mads and Rune were making excellent progress towards the top of the world. While conditions weren't always as good as they had hoped, they were none the less routinely knocking off 20+km (12 miles) each day, which is a solid pace for the early days of any Arctic expedition.

We first learned about Mads' condition in a dispatch yesterday but the situation didn't sound all that serious at the time. It appears that his thumbs have gotten significantly worse since that time, prompting their call for an evacuation.

At the moment, the weather in the Arctic is quite good, with low winds, relatively warm temperatures and plenty of visibility. That is expected to change tomorrow however when bad weather is expected to hit the area. With that in mind, the two men are hoping to still get picked-up today in order to avoid further frostbite damage.

It now appears that the Arctic has fended off all challengers for yet another year. Yes, there will be some skiers still heading to the North Pole, but none will be making the epic journey on foot that we've seen in years past. I've said it before and I'll say it again, the days of the expedition to the Pole may be coming to an end, as climate change have made it increasingly difficult to complete such a journey. I already know of a couple of teams that are planning to give it a go in 2013 but the Arctic window of opportunity definitely seems to be getting narrower.

Everest 2012: Taking Olympic Gold To The Summit

The 2012 climbing season in the Himalaya is starting to ramp up and by next week we'll be getting a steady stream of updates from Kathmandu, Everest Base Camp, Tibet and beyond. As I've mentioned before, a number of teams are already in Nepal and are either on the trail to Base Camp or are putting the finishing touches on their plans before they set out. Those traveling to the North Side of Everest won't be able to enter Tibet until Sunday, but we should start hearing about those expeditions soon as well.

One climber who is no stranger to Kathmandu or Everest is Brit Kenton Cool. He just arrived in KTM earlier today and will be heading out to the Big Hill soon enough. If successful this season, Kenton will notch his tenth summit of Everest and while each of them has been special in its own way, this year he has extra incentive to reach the top. When he heads to the summit in approximately two months time Cool will be carrying a gold medal from the 1924 Olympics with him, and in doing so he hopes to fulfill a promise made 88 years ago.

Back in 1922, one of the earliest expeditions to Everest made a summit bid that was ultimately denied. But in doing so, the team led by Lt. Colonel Edward Strutt, set a new altitude record of 8230 meters (27,000 ft). Attaining that height gave people hope that Everest would soon be conquered and that man could indeed go to amazing heights. The accomplishment was highly celebrated, even though it fell some 618 meters (2029 feet) short of the summit, and Strutt and his team were awarded 21 gold medals at the 1924 Olympic games in Paris. When he received his medal, Strutt vowed to Baron Pierre du Coubertin that he would carry it with him when he went to the summit.

We all know that Strutt was never able to make good on that promise and  it would be another 29 years before Hillary and Norgay would stand on top of the world's tallest mountain. So for 88 years Strutt's promise to the Baron has gone unfulfilled, but in the year that the Olympics come to London, Kenton Cool hopes to take Strutt's gold medal to the top of Everest at last. You'll be able to follow his progress in the days and weeks ahead.

Meanwhile, climber Ian Ridley is on the trail to Everest Base Camp and has been posting some excellent articles to his blog along the way. He and his team are currently in Namche Bazaar where they are enjoying a rest day today before continuing up the Khumbu Valley. For those who haven't visited Namche, it is the largest town in the region and one of the last places to pick-up any gear you may have lost or forgotten. The village actually has quite a few amenities, including a pool hall, multiple Internet cafes, several excellent bakeries, and a row of gear shops.

Reading Ian's posts have made me wistful for my trek through the Khumbu from a couple of years back and they are a good read for anyone who is planning on going to Everest in the future. He's just three days into the trek at this point, so there is plenty more to come.

I'm eager for the start of another season. Wish I were there in Nepal again, but I'll have to settle for following along from afar. It is shaping up to be another great spring in the Himalaya.

Video: Antarctic Explorer Finds Supply Cache

When the Antarctic season was in full swing, one of the explorers that we followed on a regular basis was Aleksander Gamme, who made a solo expedition from Hercules Inlet to the South Pole and back again. It took the Norwegian 100 days to complete that journey, which was in an incredibly challenging one to say the least. Just how challenging? The video below shows Aleksander on Day 86 when he came across his final supply cache. The pure joy he exhibits at finding a package of Cheese Doodles amongst his supplies has to be seen to be appreciated. He does speak in Norwegian throughout the video (translation here) but his reaction is probably one that we can all relate to in any language. You'll see that reaction around the 55 second mark.

Video: Rafting Over Condit Damn

We've seen some paddlers drop over absolutely massive falls over the past few years, but the video below is certainly right up there in terms of being scary. It features paddler Dan McCain going over Condit Dam on the White Salmon River in Washington in a raft. Yep, he makes a 125-foot drop over the dam in just a raft. Crazy!

Thanks to Canoe & Kayak magazine for sharing this.

Antarctic History: Scott's Last Journal Entry

Over the past few months I've written several times about certain milestones in Antarctic history. After all, it has been 100 years since Norwegian Roald Amundsen and his British rival Robert Falcon Scott raced one another across Antarctica to be the first person to reach the South Pole. Today marks yet another milestone in that race and sadly this is one of those dates that still haunts us a century later.

As I mentioned last week, Scott and his two remaining companions, Edward Wilson and Henry Bowers, were caught in a vicious snowstorm that lasted for at least nine days. Over that period they slowly ran out of food and fuel. With nothing to eat and unable to keep themselves warm, their last remaining strength fled their tired bodies. At that point they had been marching through the Antarctic for more than four and a half months and they were throughly exhausted in mind, body and spirit. The physical toll on that journey was heavy one, but arriving at the Pole to find that they had been beaten by Amundsen was truly the worst blow imaginable.

So, Scott, Wilson and Bowers found themselves in that tent, hoping beyond hope that the weather would clear long enough for them to cover the eleven remaining miles to their "One-Ton Depot." A supply cache that would give them everything they would need to complete their journey back to their ship, the Terra Nova, which waited off the coast for their return. Considering the distances they had already covered on the Antarctic continent, eleven more miles hardly seemed like much at all. It might as well have been eleven light years however, because they were unable to travel anywhere in that storm.

It was on this date, exactly 100 years ago today, that Scott made his final entry into the journal that he had been so diligently keeping for all those weeks. That final entry simply said:  "Last entry. For God's sake look after our people." Those words tell us that Scott knew that they were done for and that he would never see Britain or his family again. Historians say that when their tent was discovered some eight months later, that it was believed by the positions of their bodies that Scott was the last of the expedition to die.

Those weren't the last words we heard from Scott however as he also wrote a number of letters to those closest to him. They were discovered on his body and while we don't know the contents of all of them, he did write a "Message to the Public" that was in many ways an explanation of why he felt compelled to explore the Antarctic for King and Country. That letter concluded with the following statement:

"We took risks, we knew we took them; things have come out against us, and therefore we have no cause for complaint, but bow to the will of Providence, determined still to do our best to the last ... Had we lived, I should have had a tale to tell of the hardihood, endurance, and courage of my companions which would have stirred the heart of every Englishman. These rough notes and our dead bodies must tell the tale, but surely, surely, a great rich country like ours will see that those who are dependent on us are properly provided for."

Those words showed his indomitable spirit and stiff English-upper lip that were his trademark to the very end. They were also the words that would make him a hero back home in the U.K. where he is revered to this day. Scott is a symbol of that country's great legacy of exploration and while he may have failed in his mission, he remained a true Englishman even in the face of his inevitable end.

For me personally, Robert Falcon Scott remains one of history's most tragic characters, yet someone who is incredibly inspirational as well. He had a spirit for adventure and exploration that I think is no less important in this day and age as it was 100 years ago. His story is one that we should never forget and think about when we are looking for excuses to stop our own adventures. After all, I can think of worse things to ask than "What Would Scott Do?"

North Pole 2012: More Teams Prep For The Arctic

There may be only one team scheduled for the full journey to the North Pole on skis this year but a host of others are now gearing up to hit the ice. The Barneo Ice Station is still on track to open in the next few days and a number of explorers and skiers will start their expeditions from the Russian side of the Arctic. Many of those will be doing one or two degree journeys to the Pole, but others will simply be conducting research and studying the region.

One of those setting out early next week is Mark Wood who is currently in Norway and waiting for a lift out to the ice. He'll start his approach to the Pole at about 88ºN and hopes to finish up in just a few weeks time. The journey will cap his North-South Expedition which began with a successful solo-ski to the South Pole in January. When he's done in the Arctic, Mark will continue sharing his message of environmental protection through public speaking and interaction with classrooms.

According to their Facebook page, the three-man French team that will be conducting research at the North Pole this spring should be getting ready to depart soon as well. They've spent the last few days preparing gear and doing last minute prep work and yesterday that posted an update saying that a weather window has now opened for travel. Presumably that means they'll also be airlifted to Barneo first and then take a helicopter to the North Pole. Their original plan was to stay at 90ºN for six weeks but it remains to be seen if that will happen.

The team of Six Ordinary Men will also be starting their North Pole expedition soon as well. They appear to be doing a last degree journey to raise funds for the Sparks Charity. The group has been silent for the most part so far, although they do promise to start blogging on March 31st. The countdown clock on their website currently lists their time of departure as a day and a half away.

Finally, an update on the Norwegians who are taking the long and difficult route to the Pole. After picking up speed in the early part of the week, they've now started to run into some challenges. Just a few days ago they were routinely hitting 20-25km (12-15 miles) traveled each day, which is actually a great pace at this stage of the expedition. But the past few days as brought them upon some large open leads that have slowed them down. They began the day today with an open water crossing and their home teams reports that had they decided to go around it would have taken them 100-150km (62-93 miles) out of their way. Worse yet, they anticipate hitting another lead later today or tomorrow as well.

The news isn't good for Mads Agerup either. Apparently he has picked-up some frostbite in his thumbs which isn't looking particularly good at the moment. The rest of his hands and fingers are fine, but they'll definitely be keeping an eye on his damaged digits in the days ahead.

The death of Cockney (part 175)

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Today's Daily Mail provides a feast for those of you who like a bit of doom and gloom in the shape of "English being destroyed by text language" headlines. This time round, texting is not making us stupider (d'oh) or turning us into a nation of chavs, but destroying that loveable old variety, Cockney Rhyming Slang.

The article looks at a recent survey of 2000 people by the Museum of London which suggests that most of them don't encounter much Cockney rhyming slang and would be baffled by terms such as apples and pears for stairs or brown bread for dead (although genuine Cockneys would never use the rhyming part of the term and stick to apples or brown, to confuse the casual listener yet further). It's not really that much of a surprise because, after all, Cockney speakers are and have probably always been a small group, although admittedly one whose influence was greater than their number.

What helps the Mail turn this into a sad tale of prescriptivist woe is not that the dialect is dying a natural death, with its users shuffling off to Romford or drinking too many Britneys and keeling over, but that the good old Cockney dialect is being destroyed by textisms like LOL and OMG. This is the Cockney variety which, if you look back through the decades, has often been damned - by the selfsame mainstream media that now bemoans its loss - for its coarseness, vulgarity and general untrustworthiness. They're having a bubble. A couple of years ago, texting wasn't the threat to Cockney: Multicultural London English was, apparently.

For Language Change students this makes for a great example of a declinism discourse, with some of the "bottom half" - the comments below the story from Daily Mail readers - adding to the sense that this is yet another symptom of a language, a nation, a proud island race in decline. There's not much that doesn't upset some of these commenters: one day it's pasties, the next it's patois. But it's fantastically fertile ground for a bit of Language Discourses analysis...Look there's a Crumbling Castle! And there's an Infectious Disease! OMG, I can even see a Damp Spoon!

Thankfully, the Daily Telegraph takes a slightly more restrained view, quoting the world's favourite linguist, David Crystal who says "Cockney slang was never very widely known as it started as a secret way for people to talk to each other. As soon as the slang became known the Cockney’s stopped using it".

The elevation of Cockney to its place in a theme park of English identity is an odd one. In 1909, S.K.Ratcliffe of the English Association described it as a "debased dialect, which is spreading from our schools and training colleges all over the country", and he added, "in ten years' time the English language will not be worth speaking". Its origins lie in East End criminals developing a language of inclusion among their own (in-group language) and exclusion of outsiders (the out-group), so it was always meant to fox and confuse outsiders and keep the business of the insiders to themselves.

So, why celebrate such a dubious dialect? Will the Daily Mail in thirty years' time be running a headline "Innit dies. Arks is on its last legs. A nation mourns."? I doubt it...

Cockney has become part of a heritage industry, a set of linguistic markers of a passing (or in some cases, passed on to the other side) English identity which some still cling on to. In times of uncertainty over identity - globalisation, mass immigration, economic downturn, social change -  people often hang on to those things that signal tradition. And while RP might be a more prestigious marker of Englishness, Cockney has also developed a place in this theme park because it's associated with more innocent, more certain times.

But, as anyone who has looked at language change knows, these certainties, these notions of a shared and communal language identity are a myth. Language has always had different varieties which have pretty much universally been looked down upon by the ruling classes and their media: Cockney is no exception. Working class varieties like Cockney might well signal higher solidarity than more overtly prestigious forms like RP, and therefore trigger feelings of warmth and nostalgia, but when Cockney was in its prime, the users of it probably wouldn't have been looked on as cuddly old-fashioned figures, but unpleasant and antisocial criminals.

So, perhaps Cockney is on its way out - maybe it's been on its way out for a long time already - but if we look at why it's being mourned we can see that so many other strands of concern about change - not just language change - are apparent.

Edited on 30.03.12 to add this link: Take the Cockney Rhyming Slang quiz here.

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Video: First Ascent of Cerro Autana Teaser

Cerro Autana is is a remote table mountain located in the jungles of Venezuela. It features a 1400 meter (4593 ft) rock face that until recently had never been scaled. Brit Leo Houlding made the journey to take on the mountain and later this summer we'll all get treated to a documentary of that adventure. Below you'll find a teaser for that film which will be coming our way via Posing Productions.

The film, when it is finally released, will be called Autana - First Ascent in the Lost World. Judging from what is shown here, the climb was only part of what the team had to deal with. It looks like there were plenty of big bugs and other critters, not to mention a generally hostile environment, for them to wade through before they even touched the rock.

Considering this is a part of the world that I would really like to visit, I can't wait to see what more they show in the final film.

Reminder: Win a Copy of The Ultimate Hiker's Gear Guide

Just a quick reminder to let you know that there are still a few days to enter my contest to give away eight copies of Andrew Skurka's new book The Ultimate Hiker's Gear Guide. Andrew just might be the best long distance hiker ever and he shares a ton of wisdom in this book. You can read my review on the guide here.

To win a copy of The Ultimate Hiker's Gear Guide all you have to do is drop me an email at kungfujedi@gmail.com telling me which of Andrew's great adventures you would like to do yourself. Trust me, he has plenty of awe inspiring expeditions under his belt and even though us mere mortals will probably never do them, it is still fun to dream. Please use "Ultimate Hiker's Gear Guide" as the subject in your email so that I'll know what it is in regards to. I'm accepting entries into the contest through March 31st and with in a day or two after that I'll be picking the winners.

When I last posted on this contest I noted that there weren't a lot of entires yet and that most people seemed to be interested in the Rim-to-Rim-to-Rim hike. Since that time I've received a lot more emails and some of Andrew's other excursions have started to gain more votes. At the moment, I'd say his Alaskan adventures are in the lead with the Alaska-Yukon Expedition out in front. That is one grueling choice, which only proves that Adventure Blog readers love to suffer on their outdoor excursions.

Good luck to everyone!

Video: Last of the Great Unknown Trailer

The Grand Canyon is, without a doubt, one of the most spectacular outdoor settings on the planet. But when most people think about it, they conjure up images of the immense rift in the Earth's surface that stretches for 277 miles (445km) in length and is as wide as 18 miles (29km) at points. What most people don't know however is that Grand Canyon also has a series of twisting, narrow, labyrinthine canyons that are seldom visited and haven't been completely explored.

In a few weeks time a new documentary will be unveiled at the 5Point Film Festival entitled Last of the Great Unknowns. That film follows a team of explorers who descended into those canyons and explored some of the more remote areas of the GC, and in the process may have become the first humans to ever see some of those places. The trailer for that documentary is below and it looks amazing.

Thanks to the Best Hike Blog for the tip.