Real Adventure in the Adirondacks

Go adventurous – experience rock and ice climbing in the Adirondacks with Cloudsplitter Mountain Guides is a full-service professional mountain guiding company based in Keene Valley, NY. Visit their web site to see the range of adventures they offer and for some awesome photos & video clips.

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Learn Ice Climbing in Middlesex Jan 30

Frozen waterfalls. Vertical Ice. Climbing ever higher. Nearby we have some great ice! This is a great way to add adventure to your winter! You will learn how to put on crampons, tie into a rope and use ice tools to climb a perfect beginner’s climb. Just walking up the gully to the frozen falls [...]

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Cross Country Hiker Passes Through Highland Forest

My friend Niblewill Nomad hikes the North Country Trail & is now passing through the Finger Lakes region. Read about it here & see his YouTube video.

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Zipping Across the Rain Forest Canopy in Costa Rica

If you posted a comment to my blog over the past 10 days you may have noticed it didn’t get posted until recently. That’s because Rich & I were in Costa Rica. We spent a week doing volunteer work to build facilities for a world peace conference that will occur in September.
We worked at the [...]

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Climb Mt. Marcy, Mt. Everest base camp, or Mt. Kilimanjaro with Journeys of Inspiration

by Kelly Ashworth
Pack Paddle Ski, a company that has been mentioned here several times in the past, began a program in 2008 with the American Cancer Society office in Rochester called Journeys of Inspiration (JOI). It is the creation of Rick French and Matt Flanigan that resulted in a community of individuals with cancer and [...]

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The Getaway Guy: Road Trip Getaways with Mike O’Brian

Mike O’Brian , a newscaster for RNEWS in Rochester, has gained recent popularity with his book, “The Getaway Guy: Road Trip Getaways with Mike O’Brian.” With 50 Upstate and Western NY locations featured in the book, there are destinations for the whole family, as well as the intrepid individual adventurer. Not all fall under the [...]

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The Quike: have four wheels, ready to pedal … and pedal

Now here’s a bike trip for you!

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Thinking of Doing Some Biking?

Long or short, let the resources at the Adventure Cycling Association guide your bike trip planning. Their mission is to inspire people of all ages to travel by bicycle. They help cyclists explore the landscapes and history of America for fitness, fun, and self-discovery.
Listed among their resources you’ll find these biking guidebooks:
Take Your Bike – [...]

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Roaming Buffaloes Adventure Club partnership with Paths, Peaks & Paddles

Roaming Buffaloes Adventure Club and Paths, Peaks & Paddles, Inc. are teaming up to provide Western New Yorkers with no excuse to stay indoors. Click here to read more.

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Volunteer Vacations on a Budget

By BETH J. HARPAZ MercuryNews.com, link to original article
You could pay a lot of money for the privilege of donating your labor to a worthy cause somewhere around the world on a volunteer vacation. Or you could just throw your sleeping bag in the car, drive to a nearby park, and for as little as [...]

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