Driven toward the gold fields of California, miners, adventurers, and fortune seekers blazed a path across the scorched earth of the Anza-Borrego desert, a route now known as the Great Overland Stage Route of 1849.…
After a week of waiting out weather delays in Talkeetna, Alaska, climber and polar guide Lonnie Dupre successfully reached the Kahiltna Glacier on Tuesday, the first step in a bid to become the first solo climber…
Mike Morton, 41, and Ellie Greenwood, 33, have been named 2012 Ultrarunners of the Year by a panel assembled by UltraRunning Magazine. Morton, 41, of Lithia, Florida, won all of the races he entered this…
It’s becoming an increasingly more popular superlative to insert before endurance events — “The World’s Toughest Race.” From sailing to mountain biking to an Australian ultramarathon once dominated by a 61-year-old farmer, it seems everyone is…
Navigation is a fundamental component of any adventure, but for most of us, it’s not as simple as reading the stars or sniffing the wind. Personally, I possess a near-complete lack of any natural sense…
After pedaling more than 18,000 miles around the world in 152 days, becoming the first woman to complete the challenge within the “world record” parameters, Juliana Buhring emerged with this insight: There’s no such thing…
While we were away on holiday break here at Half Past Done, Antarctic cyclist Eric Larsen decided to halt his ride toward the South Pole and turn around to pedal back to the coast. He…