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Will Run for Chocolate: America’s Sweetest Race

Posted by Derek Markham 12 HOURS AGO | 0

Would you run for chocolate? Over 60,000 did in 2011, by racing in the Hot Chocolate 15K, and it looks like 200,000 are expected to put one foot in front of the other in order to get a chocolatey ... Read more

In Yosemite, a Waterfall That Glows Like Molten Lava

Posted by Erik Trinidad Tue Feb 21, 2012 03:35 PM ET | 0

In mid-February — i.e. right now — an incredible optical illusion of Nature occurs in Yosemite National Park: Horsetail Fall, one of the lesser-known waterfalls cascading over the famed granite face of El Capitan, glows like it’s on fire. ... Read more

7,000 Miles, 7 Rivers, 2 Oceans, Zero Fuel: Fatbikerafting the Arctic

Posted by Derek Markham Tue Feb 21, 2012 01:53 PM ET | 0

Next month, one man will set off from Bellingham, Washington, on an incredibly ambitious journey: 7000 miles across the Arctic, propelled solely by his own power, using his feet, a paddle, and a fatbike. And he’s documenting it for ... Read more

Rock Climbers Build an Epic 150′ Rope Swing in Utah (Video)

Posted by Alexander Davies Mon Feb 20, 2012 03:03 PM ET | 0

It may not be the world’s largest, but this 150′ swing in Moab Utah, gets extra points for the fact that it was built by a group of rock climbers in just two hours. Not to mention that based ... Read more

The Ice Run: 1500km Across Siberia on Ural Motorcycles (at -40C)

Posted by Derek Markham Mon Feb 20, 2012 12:25 PM ET | 0

What do you get when you combine 12 teams of hardcore adventurers, old-school Ural sidecar motorbikes, 1500km of frozen rivers and ice roads, and temperatures cold enough to freeze your tookus off? An epic adventure, that’s for sure, but ... Read more

LED-Clad Snowboarder Makes Night Riding Ghostly Cool

Posted by Alexander Davies Sat Feb 18, 2012 03:13 PM ET | 0

Usually, night skiing or snowboarding involves lighting up the slopes, not the rider. But for a video titled “LED Surfer” from fashion photographer Jacob Sutton and produced by NOWNESS, William Hughes spent three nights in the French... Read more

Archeologists May Have Found the Queen of Sheba’s Gold Mine. Does This Mean We’ll Finally See the Lost Ark of the Convenant?

Posted by Erik Trinidad Fri Feb 17, 2012 12:02 PM ET | 0

According to The Guardian and Discovery News, archaeologists have just discovered an ancient gold mine in northern Ethiopia, along with the ruins of a lost temple and bones at the site of an old battlefield. It has been hypothesized ... Read more

Runners Cross 100 Miles in Palestine to Support Fair Trade Farming

Posted by David DeFranza Fri Feb 17, 2012 09:44 AM ET | 0

It was a simple, albeit ambitious, idea: Run 100 miles across Palestine and Israel, planting olive trees along the way in support of a Fair Trade farmers alliance. However, in a narrow portion of the world where territory is ... Read more

Rain, Waves and Ice: Sailing through the World's Worst Weather

Posted Thu Feb 16, 2012 04:37 PM ET | 0

The Volvo Ocean Race is called the world's toughest sailing competition for good reason. As they race around the globe, sailors encounter just about every kind of weather imaginable. Read more

Ingenious Mechanism Turns Any Fixed Gear Frame into a Folding Bike

Posted by Derek Markham Wed Feb 15, 2012 12:55 PM ET | 0

Bikes which fold up aren’t new, but the idea does tend to be along the same lines as most new products – you can’t really retrofit your old bike, so you need to buy a whole new one. But ... Read more

Going Downhill Fast: From Shovels to State-of-the-Art Sleds

Posted by Stephanie Pearson Wed Feb 15, 2012 06:45 AM ET | 0

Buzzkill of the day: You missed the annual World Championship Shovel Races at New Mexico’s Angel Fire Resort last weekend. But here’s the good news: The best crashes of the day were captured in the video below. This year, ... Read more

This Is What It’s Like to Meet a 300-Pound Gorilla in the Wild (Video)

Posted by Erik Trinidad Tue Feb 14, 2012 12:17 PM ET | 0

If you’ve done some research on gorilla trekking, you know that gorillas are peaceful creatures, despite being sometimes portrayed as menacing beasts in Hollywood films. They are in fact, tranquil beings, as I learned in a recent visit to ... Read more

Man Creates a Winter Wonderland Out of Ice in Colorado (Video)

Posted by Erik Trinidad Mon Feb 13, 2012 04:19 PM ET | 0

There lies a castle made of ice, as grand and mystical looking as one out of a fairy tale — but this castle was built in our reality, and in Silverthorne, Colorado. The work of ice artist Brent Christensen, ... Read more

Ultimate Tazer Ball Is the Most Shocking Sport Ever (and It’s No Hoax)

Posted by Alexander Davies Mon Feb 13, 2012 12:10 PM ET | 0

If you think that existing sports like professional football and ultimate fighting are rough, you’re in for a real shock. The extreme sports world is making room for a new, especially electrifying kind of competition: Ultimate Tazer Ball,... Read more

Concept Wheelchair Is Made for Ultra Long Distance Racing

Posted by Alexander Davies Sat Feb 11, 2012 07:31 AM ET | 0

To the non-initiated, wheelchair design seems pretty straightforward. But just as non-cyclists know little of the world of difference between mountain and touring bikes, there’s more to wheelchairs than most would think. This concept, from UK... Read more

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LED-Clad Snowboarder is Ghostly Cool

Jump on This Epic 150 Foot Rope Swing

1500km Across Siberia on Motorcycles