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Climbing History of the Peaks of the 2024 Cutting Edge Grants. Part 1: Shivling
Explorersweb· 10 hours agoEvery spring for over a century, the American Alpine Club announces the American expeditions they...
Rafting through the Grand Canyon is every bit as magical as it sounds
The Columbian· 2 days agoThe National Parks Service uses a weighted lottery system each February to award these noncommercial...
Glory to the Grand
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 2 days agoHopi say that a boy named Tiyo, who was searching to understand the river, was the first person to travel down the San Juan and Colorado...returned with...
How the United States Laid Claim to the Mississippi River, One Mile at a Time
Smithsonian Magazine· 4 days agoOn October 27, 1815, Prospect Robbins arrived by boat at the point in the alluvial swamps where the Arkansas and Mississippi rivers meet. Both surveyors were veterans—Brown a captain, Robbins ...
Window on a hill
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 2 days agoMain street, showing the post office and the city’s first store, in 1864, by Marsena Cannon. | Utah State Historical Society This was a time of Western...
Early Arkansas hunting wars | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette· 2 days agoThe borders of the Arkansas River may be termed the paradise of our territory for the wandering...
Zimbabwe’s new dinosaur discovery: inside the find
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 4 days agoLake Kariba expeditions Lake Kariba sits at the heart of a vast geological feature, the Mid-Zambezi Basin, which covers north-western Zimbabwe and extends ...
The 25 best last-minute summer holidays to book now
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 4 days agoIn just a few short weeks, the holiday season will soon be upon us – so what does it have in store for you and your family? Perhaps a hideaway villa with...
9 Classic Travel Books to Inspire Your Next Epic Trip
AFAR· 4 days agoIf you’ve missed reading these classic travel books, you can make up for it now. A Time of Gifts...