Travel
Early Detection System Against Identity Theft
You're walking down a street in a foreign country and someone grabs your wallet. Or, you hung your purse on the back of your chair while eating in an outdoor cafe and when it's time to pay the bill you realize it's gone. If you're a member, just call ProtectMyID and they'll call all your credit card companies and monitor the Internet for other illegal uses of your identity.
...Adventure Travel Wannabees: Win the Adventure of Your Dreams
Ask ten travelers their definition of adventure travel and you'll get ten different answers. If they've entered the competition for Outside magazine's first annual Adventure Grant, one of them might win a $10,000 endowment. To celebrate its 35th anniversary, the magazine will "help fund a smart, creative, and (perhaps) slightly foolhardy project" that will be featured in an upcoming issue.
...Would You Follow His Footsteps?
He's one of several adventurers on an expedition led by famed mountaineer Conrad Anker, along with photographer Cory Richards. The team seeks to repeat the historic climb of the 1963 National Geographic-sponsored American Mount Everest Expedition.
...Summer Trips For Adventure Travelers
Would you like to watch polar bears running through wildflowers instead of snow? How about swimming with sea lions? Does mountain biking and hiking in the Rockies, or kayaking in Alaska sound appealing. Here are some terrific adventurous summer vacations.
...It's "Never Too Old to Play" Month
May is "Older American's Month" and some of the adventure travel companies that cater to the active travelers age 50+ are promoting active vacations for this age group. "How older vacationers travel today is far different than from just a generation ago."says Alan. E. Lewis, Chairman and CEO of Overseas Adventure Travel.
...Peer Into Modern Lives While Walking on These Ancient Walls
Walking on centuries-old walls that surround a blend of ancient and modern buildings is a novel way to see a city. Here's where to find some of the best wall walks.
...Where Are the Most Dinosaur Tracks in North America?
Put your foot in one of these dinosaur footprints and you'll get a sense of the massive size of a brontosaurus and other dinosaurs. In Colorado, there are several places where you can hike among dinosaur tracks and see fossils of these fascinating distinct creatures.
3 Guide Books For Travelers Seeking Volunteer Trips
Here are three guide books that offer different takes on where to find great volunteer trips and what to expect when you go. Between them, you'll find lots of entertaining ways to go off-the-beaten path wen you travel, help others and enrich your own experiences. To check out the adventures take a look at these guide books.
Jeep Tours Reveal a Country's Rugged Side
Our jeep dislodged rocks that fell a thousand feet toward the Dead Sea far below. We were on the last part of a trek through Israel's Negev desert, inching downward on a road that was as tightly coiled as a rattler about to strike. Jeep tours reveal a country's rugged side.
...Active Travelers & Students Combine Volunteering & Adventure
Would you like to go scuba diving in the Caribbean off the coast of Mexico to do coral research? How about monitoring the elusive white lions in Zambia? Smaller Earth has lots of exciting trips that combine volunteering and adventure travel.
...Trek in the Himalayas or Europe With Just a Daypack
We've all seen pictures of heavily laden hikers trekking in the Himalayas but on trips with One World Trekking you only need to carry a daypack. The rest of the gear is carried by a strong support team including a cook, various assistants and porters and/or pack animals.
...Top Day Hikes in Switzerland's Alps
The other day a reader asked for information about hiking in Switzerland. Contributing author Greg Witt spends much of his time walking around the Swiss Alps. Here are his top day hikes around the Swiss countryside.
...Would You Ride 100 Miles in 100-Degree Heat?
This is the challenge for anyone entering the Hotter/N Hell 100 summer race in Wichita Falls, Texas. This endurance bicycle race had almost 40,000 entries last summer! Of course, you could just go to the parties wrapped around the four-day race event. There's also a USA Cycling Road Race and USA Cycling Criterium racing at this too-hot-to imagine event.
...Where to Combine Luxury and Hiking in Colorado
Some Coloradans have a mission in life: to climb the 54 mountains in this state that rise more than 14,000 feet above sea level. Park Hyatt Beaver Creek offers the luxe route to climbing one of Colorado's14ers.
...Easy Way to Double Your Smartphone's Battery Life
The Mophie Juice Pack is a rechargeable battery that looks just like any other iPhone4 or iPhone 4s case. But, it can double your phone's battery life. Here's a review.
New Hands-free Zip Line Tour Includes 9 Lines and 9 Sky Bridges
With the opening of two new zip lines this weekend, you'll be able to soar over a river and through the trees on the largest set of zip lines in the Midwest. This new experience in the Midwest is a hands-free guided Tour on nine zip lines and nine sky bridges. Ozone Zipline Adventures is located between Cincinnati and Columbus.
...Where to Find Extreme Sports
Searching for places to experience extreme adventures, such as BASE jumping, inbounds skiing and snowboarding on serious steeps, parcour or cliff diving? Here's where to find extreme sports.
Photo (c) Dick Friedland
Digging Up Ancient Trash On an Archeological Dig
You get filthy and crawl through caves, but it's so much fun. Joining an archeological dig for a day tells you if you want to volunteer for an archeological dig in Israel or other countries for a week or much longer.
...