RIP THROUGH THE HIMALAYA ON JUNKYARD SCRAPS The chaotic streets of Kathmandu may not seem like a typical breeding ground for world-class mountain bikers, but then again nothing is typical about Rajesh (RJ) Magar and his beat-up clunker. RJ’s story is one of boundless childhood dreaming and unstoppable [...]
ORGANIC LITTER AND WHY YOU SHOULD TOSS THE HABIT How many of you have tossed the skin, core or flesh of your recently eaten fruit into the wilderness before? Perhaps an apple core out the car window on a road trip through the bush, or a banana peel [...]
ADVENTURE GIFT SURVIVAL GUIDE: THE LAST MINUTE EDITION Sorry but we’re here to tell you that you have now officially missed the shipping deadline for pre-Christmas deliveries. But the good news is we are here to solve your Christmas woes, with a list of 5 epic Christmas presents for [...]
BEYOND Winter On The Blade Climbing Tasmania’s Federation Peak during the wettest winter on record would be enough to dampen the spirits of even the most hardened adventurers, but for the team behind the Aussie epic Winter on the Blade that toured with the 2018 Banff Mountain Film Festival, [...]
Wander along a deserted beach, stumble upon a glassy treasure, and find yourself peering into another world, one that’s made up of soft, powder snow covering tree-filled mountainsides. Sound magical to you? Well it’s a real place! Welcome to Hokkaido, Japan, as seen by Frank Pickell in his film, [...]
WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO CAPTURE THE BANFF WORLD TOUR POSTER SHOT: WE ASKED AUSSIE PHOTOGRAPHER JOHN PRICE Just how do you go from being a kid in a lecture theatre in Canberra to a professional adventure photographer living in Canada? For many it is a dream but John [...]
5 essential phone apps for wilderness trips Nothing will ever replace the reliability of the good old map and compass, and it is essential to know how to use them before heading out into the wild. Nonetheless, phones and electronic devices have become an incredibly helpful resource and a [...]
Brisbane climber Josh Worley gets vertical. It was a beautiful summer’s day in the Bernese Alps of Switzerland. After spending a couple of days rock climbing I was now trying something “a little more Swiss”, ice climbing in a glacial crevasse. Attached to the vertical blue ice by the [...]
Catching up with Ace Kvale. We know Ace Kvale as the 60 year old backpacker who loves his blue heeler and the Utah desert, but there is more to the man than first meets the eye. Ace began his relationship with photography working in front of the lens as [...]
