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Lost in Action: The Adventurers, Series Teaser

Kuba — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 23:02:40 +0000

Extreemblog presents a small preview of a new articles series called: Lost in Action: The Adventurers. Every week, I will present you one famous adventure personality that changed the world we now live in.

Extraordinary lives are almost always rich in action, travel, passion, dreams, sometimes love and treasures. When you live life to the full, you don’t worry about the future, you just grab what you have and seek for more adventures.

That’s in short a personality of a true globetrotter, treasure hunter and extremity lover.

For those people living on the edge and risking own life was what they ate for breakfast every day.

Sir Ernest Shackleton. When his Endurance ship got stuck in ice of Antarctida during his third expediton, one of the world’s difficult survival challenges begun on the snow and icy desert.

Raymond Maufrais. He set out on a suicidal expedition into guyanian jungle. Friend and locals advised to turn back, because he was heading for the meeting with death. But Raymond still forced his way through. So hungry, he was shooting humming birds with bullets bigger than them!

Steve Fossett. Kidnapped by UFO, run away with a lover, hiding because of financial problems, discovered a secret US Army mission and had to die? Such are supposition, because heroes don’t just disappear without any sound.

Percy Harrison Fawcett. Just the prototype of Indiana Jones, who was looking for acient gold in tropical rainforest of Amazon.

Stay tuned.

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Interlaken Basks In the Limelight As the Nissan Outdoor Games Reaches Its Climax

Kuba — Fri, 29 May 2009 17:46:51 +0000

Note: This Is A Press Release by NISSAN Outdoor Games

A sports film competition attracting world-class sportsmen, athletes turned film-makers and actors in a race against the clock – they have one week. This is the original concept of the NISSAN OUTDOOR GAMES at Interlaken.

This “Extreme Games” is the only event of its kind and brings together the best kayakers, climbers, mountain bikers, paragliders and BASE jumpers in the world for a show that can be watched by the public on the big screen in the centre of town on Saturday 30^th May.

The NISSAN OUTDOOR GAMES event will be held at the foot of the mythic mountains of the Eiger, the Mönch and the Jungfrau in the Bernese Oberland, an area full of natural treasures. It’s no coincidence that the amazing destination of Interlaken will welcome the best outdoor sports athletes in the world for the 5^th consecutive year!

Five teams competiting against each other, have one week to direct, edit and deliver a killer five-minute movie.

They are free to come up with their own script; the only constraint being that they need to include the the following five sports: Kayaking, mountain biking, climbing, paragliding, hang-gliding and BASE jumping with or without wingsuit.

The action is condensed and each day is filled with achievemnets. Besides making a short film within the time allowed, the sportsmen and women undertake unusual feats They are there to demonstrate their talents in front of the camera, far from the stopwatches and competition vests, judges and other pressures that they are faced with in the traditional sense of their sport. At the Nissan Outdoor Games they will be judged against: beauty, creativity, commitment and team spirit.

The athletes and the film crew get together at the end of each day in the impressive building of the Mattenhof Resort to share the accomplishments of each day which might include sporting ‘firsts’ of death defying jumps or turns that have never been filmed before.

The atmosphere in Interlaken is electric with the athletes challenging themselves each day to exceed even their own expectations. The athletes are happy doing what they do best and the timer is still ticking. The show will be open to the public on Saturday evening. The day will begin with BASE Jumpers and acrobatic paragliders giving aerial demonstrations over the town. Then the music kicks off with a live concert “The Blue Van” group followed by official projections of the team’s films in the competition from 10:15pm.

To end the evening, the lucky winners of the “Best Film 2009”, the “Special Judge’s Prize”, the “Best sequence” and the “Best Photograph” will be announced at the prize-giving ceremony. The prize money is 70,000 Swiss Francs and will be shared amongst the winning team making this event the biggest of its kind in Europe.

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Introduction of the official jury for the film and photo competition:

The organisers of the event have selected a jury of professionals to judge and make an official selection of the short films. After viewing the films they give their verdict on Saturday 30^th May after the public projection.

The jury 2009 comprises of:

- Glen Plake (USA) – President of the jury, professional skier and actor

- Serge-Alain Simasotchi (SUI) – Film-maker and TV producer, former high-level athlete

- Eric Themel (AUT) – Professional snowboarder

- Dino Raffault (FRA) – Journalist and extreme sports event organiser

- Simon Hirter (SUI) – Professional kayaker

- Cyril Neri (SUI) – Professional snowboarder, worked on the mountain film festival in les Diablerets

- Tero repo (FIN) –Professional photographer, outdoor sports specialist

- Christophe Margot (FIN) – Professional photographer, outdoor sports specialist

Born to Explore: How to Be a Backyard Adventurer

Kuba — Thu, 21 May 2009 20:17:29 +0000

Navigate by the stars,
Tell time without a watch,
Start a fire without a match,
Make an igloo,
Build your own canoe,
And be prepared for any challenge.

That’s in short what the book, Born to Explore: How to Be a Backyard Adventurer, is about. The guidebook, actually, is a great position for any adventure parent.

Make your kid adventurer

So if you want to pass the joy of outdoor adventures to your kids in this computer age, Born to Explore will help them learn the essentials.

It’s not only about the adventures and how to survive while exploring remote areas of the backyard, but also how to find pure nature everywhere at anytime. Start thinking like an explorer!

“One part adventure manual, one part travel inspiration, this book is full of delightful surprises.”

“After reading this book with my 15 year old son, there are so many projects we would like to try in our own backyard this summer. This book is like having your own personal Summer Camp Instructor. Richard Wiese has created a Must Have masterpiece. Easy to follow instructions and wonderful graphics!” – Online Mum

Buy Now($13)

A Voyage Long and Strange (…) – fresh book preview

Kuba — Sun, 17 May 2009 15:32:09 +0000

Do you know what actually happened between Columbus’s discovery of America in 14920 and the Pilgrims’ immigration in 1620 on that very continent?

Neither did me or the author, Tony Horwitz, when paying a visit to famous Plymouth Rock. He realized he didn’t have any clue just as any other average American.

So he set off across the continent to rediscover the wild era of Europeans roaming the New World in search for gold, glory, youth, peace and… of course Adventures!

Horwitz tells the story of many brave, yet crazied explorers while retracing their steps on the treck.

The 464-page book will transport you from conquistadors’ sunny Florida to an Indian lodge in subarctic Canada in moments.
First chapter will help you bring back the early history of America, even if you’re from the different part of the globe… or not. : )

“Wonderfully written, and heroically researched…Horwitz unearths whole chapters of American history that have been ignored.”–The Boston Globe

A Voyage Long and Strange: On the Trail of Vikings, Conquistadors, Lost Colonists, and Other Adventurers in Early America now in bookstores for just $12.