Adventure Sports Info

Fujairah: A secret world of tropical wonders

Mark Cowan for the Birmingham Mail

"Hands up who knows where Fujairah is?

No, me neither until I was offered the chance to sample some unspoilt scuba diving in one of the last unsung underwater spots in the world..."

Area river rats gear up for wild runoff

Charles Agar for the Aspen Times News

"Heavy winter snow still hangs in the hills above Aspen, and local river runners are anticipating the highest spring runoff in a decade..."

Briton drowns in river boarding accident

 
Barbara McMahon for the Guardian UK

"The woman and her boyfriend were in a group of tourists tackling the descent of the Kawarau river in the Kawarau gorge, near Cromwell, on New Zealand's South Island. The river is known for its fast-moving rapids..."

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Canadian fails attempting record dive of 91 metres on one breath

Mandy-Rae Cruikshank once described free diving as a mental battle with evil monkeys who rode on her shoulders, chattering destructive thoughts as she swam deep into the ocean with nothing but a face mask and the air in her lungs...

Surviving rapid heartbeats

As I sit beside the raging North Johnstone River in far north Queensland and face four days rafting on the world's highest grade of rapids, I wonder if this time I have gone far too far...

Speed climbing the Eiger

Scaling the treacherous north face of the Eiger in less than three hours is the pinnacle of the extreme sport of speed climbing...

Kartchner Caverns: How Two Cavers Discovered and Saved One of the Wonders of the Natural World

Two Tucson cave explorers — Gary Tenen and the late Randy Tufts — discovered majestic Kartchner Caverns southwest of Benson in 1974. Then, fearing that the cave's fragile limestone formations would be damaged by mobs of unregulated sightseers, they kept their find a closely guarded secret for 14 years...

Caving into pain at Mulu

A one-day lightning tour of the Gunung Mulu National Park caves can prove taxing in more ways than one. Feeling sore in many places, ZALINA MOHD SOM advises doing it at a more leisurely pace.

Summer getaways: Moab offers variety of happy trails

Kirk Taylor for the Daily Utah Chronicle

"Moab has got to be one of my favorite vacation destinations. This place is incredible for outdoor enthusiasts, and it's simply hard to beat..."

Green Valley Spa offers a zip line to adventure

Ellen Fagg for the Salt Lake Tribune

"Ask the family who founded the place what sets apart Green Valley from other destination spas, and a couple of hours later you might find yourself sitting on the edge of a sandstone cliff, 120 feet in the air, trying to talk yourself into shoving off..."