Issue 72 | No sleep til Zermatt

Issue 72 | Sep 16, 2022

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No Sleep Til Zermatt

​In this article, Aaron Rolph, attempts to ski tour the entire Haute Route in a single go. The route is a 125km (77 mi) high altitude journey that connects the iconic Alpine towns of Chamonix and Zermatt.

Aaron admits he’s “no superhuman skimo racer, but a 90+kg Brit who learnt to ski pretty late in life, attempting to do in a day what capable skiers aspire to do over a week.”

The arduous combination of traversing, skating, and poling, the slushy runs takes Aaron across glaciers and close to the alpine giants of the Matterhorn and Dent d’Hérens.

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Hiking South Africa – The Drakensberg

In this short film, Harmen Hoek takes us along on his 8-day trek in the Drakensberg mountains on the border of South Africa and Lesotho. Along the way, he encounters wildlife, sleeps in a cave, waits out a thunderstorm, and treks through incredible landscapes.

The cinematography is outstanding. If you can’t get enough, here’s the full length version.

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Maldivian Magic: Into the Manta Vortex

In this article, we share our experience cruising the Maldives aboard Blue Force One, a premium liveaboard diving vessel that is equipped with everything you need to be safe and comfortable at sea.

The waters around this island nation are packed with plankton, a favorite food of mantas and whale sharks. In fact, the Maldives are home to the largest population of reef mantas in the world. Watching these elegant creatures loop and swirl through the water is incredible.

Motorcycling Teton National Park

In this video, Noraly aka Itchy Boots rides her motorcycle around Teton National Park and the national Elk refuge.

The footage does an excellent job at capturing the beauty and majesty of the area. She also geeks out on the geology of the Teton mountain range and gives a quick lesson.

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Sea of Cortez Aerial Video

Here’s 8 minutes of beautiful aerial and underwater footage of some of the creatures you can find in Baja California’s Sea of Cortez.

Leaping mobulas, whale sharks, orcas and pygmy sperm whales are some of the highlights.

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Path of the Panther

The Florida panther is the last surviving big cat in the eastern United States. The panther once roamed the entire southeastern United States but now occupies less than 5% of its historic range due to habitat loss, prey declines, and attempts to eradicate panthers in the early 1900s.

The survival of this big cat depends on the protection of a network of statewide public and private lands, known as the Florida Wildlife Corridor.

The Path of the Panther organization is working with scientists and landowners to tell the Florida panther’s story in hopes to find a common ground between development and land protection.

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