BY: ALEX BROWN Most of the time, if you’re looking for sexy nature photos on the internet, or a photographer wants to wow you with a landscape shot, or a “modern website” needs a shiny background photo for their homepage,…
Peru is building a jungle conservation area larger than Yosemite and Yellowstone combined
BY: DAVID LAO There are rivers gushing as far as the eye can see, their banks and tributaries pocketed with fragrant flowers and uncontrollably large plants. Along the streams is another expanse, one made of thick, lush jungle, sweltering in…
You can now virtually explore Yosemite and free-climb El Capitan on Google Street View
BY: ROB HOFFMAN On October 15th, Google officially launched their new branch of street view that allows you to virtually explore Yosemite National Park and climb the stiff face of El Capitan. Looking out from two-thirds up the mountain you…
This man fearlessly climbs 2,900 ft. cliff without ropes. (Video)
Alex Honnold is a 29 year old free-climber from Sacramento, California, who has ascended some of the world’s tallest and most difficult rock walls completely rope- and harness-free. He seems to harbour a natural talent—climbing walls with a calm precision…