by Adventure Scientists | Jul 31, 2014 | adventurer spotlight, adventurers and scientists for conservation
Photos by Dylan Jones By Dylan Jones As we rounded the bend in the rocky trail, rock walls of gneiss and schist soared from the sagebrush meadows above us like magnificent giants guarding the pristine wilderness ahead. Carrying a winter’s worth of precipitation...
by Adventure Scientists | Jul 30, 2014 | adventurers and scientists for conservation, microplastics, oceans, surfing
Story and Photos by Aaron Teasdale People have different definitions of paradise, but they always know it when they find it. When my family and I arrived at the untrammeled beaches of Popoyo, Nicaragua, we’d found ours. My wife, two sons, and I stayed in other...
by Adventure Scientists | Jul 25, 2014 | adventure, adventurers and scientists for conservation
By Dylan Jones No two days are alike in the mountains. I’m flying solo on an eight-week road trip in the interior West this summer, enjoying my fill of hiking, biking and climbing. So far, my adventures have included strenuous day and overnight hikes to alpine...
by Adventure Scientists | Jul 22, 2014 | adventurers and scientists for conservation, microplastics
First Ocean Rowing Team Lands in Honolulu After 43 Days By Emily Wolfe Team Uniting Nations has taken their last oar strokes in the 43-day, 2,400-mile row from Monterrey, California to Honolulu, Hawaii. After 2,400 miles and more than a month rowing across the...
by Adventure Scientists | Jul 17, 2014 | adventurers and scientists for conservation, microplastics, sailing
Gathering marine plastic pollution data. (Photos courtesy of ORP) By Emily Wolfe Matt Rutherford and Nicole Treholm just spent 63 days sailing across the Pacific Ocean in a prototype WD Schock 29 called the Sakura. During the 6,500-mile voyage from California to...