by Adventure Scientists | Apr 18, 2017 | adventurer spotlight, microplastic pollution, mountaineering, nepal, scat
By: Sequoia Schmidt It wasn’t until my early adulthood that the desire to learn about climbing really took hold. At the recommendation of a close friend, I signed up for an alpinism course with the American Alpine Institute (AAI). This course was seven days of...
by Adventure Scientists | Feb 8, 2017 | adventure, adventure science, adventure scientists, adventure trekking, adventurer spotlight, climbing, collect, conservation, expeditions, freshwater microplastics, himalaya, lonnie dupre, microbe collection, microplastic pollution, mountaineering, scat
By: Pascale Marceau of Vertical Nepal Vertical Nepal team working their way up the glacier on Langju. Photo by Elias de Andres Martos. Exploration, adventure, pioneering, remoteness – all words that describe this fall’s Vertical Nepal expedition. The team...
by Adventure Scientists | Nov 2, 2016 | adventure science, freshwater microplastics, himalaya, mountaineering, nepal, scat
By Adventure Scientists Staff Vertical Nepal, a team of elite mountaineers and seasoned Adventure Scientists, recently sent us some photos and an update from their expedition, which has included collecting scat samples for our Global Microbe Study and water samples...
by Adventure Scientists | Jul 21, 2015 | climbing, mountaineering, skiing, snow
By Ian Bolliger ASC Snow and Ice Adventurer On May 20, Peter McCarthy and I landed at Kahiltna Base Camp with the goal of summiting Denali and skiing the Orient Express or Messner Couloirs. Two days later, Dave and Hollie Leonard joined us and we set off. The week or...
by Adventure Scientists | Oct 7, 2014 | mountaineering, snow
By Pericles A. Niarchos Rupal Peak signified more than an introduction to mountaineering for me. An Eagle Scout who once spent summers in the Adirondack Mountains, New York, I went to college with an interest in the hard sciences and exploration, but after years in...
by Adventure Scientists | Mar 25, 2014 | expeditions, greenland, microplastics, mountaineering, National Geographic, sailing, skiing, snow
Shifting Ice + Changing Tides is an all-female expedition to ski first descents and raise awareness to climate change and conservation issues through storytelling and data collection. They depart today. Armed with skis and professional-caliber mountain skills, the...
