Adventure

Who says you can’t get good snow in the middle of April?

Eric Adams travels to the Faroe Islands to chase down a total solar eclipse.

As I left the surface above Martha’s Vineyard, the chaos of the rolling surf and wind gave way to an infinity of calm blue.

Some might have you believe that the best way to see New Zealand is dangling from the end of a bungee cord.

Milford Sound is one of the most beautiful places in the world.

Microadventures don’t take excessive amounts of time or money. They also don’t take excuses.

Last winter, Great Lakes sailors suffered the worst ice navigation season in 30 years. Over 95 percent of Lake Superior was covered with blue ice, some of it 50 inches thick.

On January 14, after 19 straight days of clinging to Yosemite’s El Capitan, climbers Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson successfully completed the first free ascent of the 5.14d Dawn Wall, widely considered the most difficult big wall rock climb in the world.

Outdoor enthusiasts sometimes turn their backs on organized, outfitted tours.

Dan had mentioned his novel idea before our summer trip to Switzerland: we’d go backpacking, in the Alps — no huts. Bring your sleeping bags and bivy sacks, he said.

Meeting a fishy relative in beautiful Cairngorms National Park.

As we drove toward the Storr we could see the cliffs and the jagged rock pinnacles rising in the distance, partially obscured by clouds.

On a road trip your car becomes your home.

Freddie Wilkinson makes his home in the White Mountains, where he climbs and guides most of the year between putting up alpine first ascents on expeditions to Alaska, Nepal, Patagonia, India and Antarctica.

Iceland is perhaps the most exotic place on Earth. And it’s only a five-hour flight from Manhattan.

In the past decade, the Volvo Ocean Race has seen boats dismasted and sunk, sailors break bones and lose teeth — and in one tragedy, a Dutch crew member washed overboard and was killed. It’s no wonder the race is called the “Everest of sailing”.

The North Cascades aren’t exactly user friendly. There are no drive-up views for the minivan crowd.

Trail Ridge Road is the highest continuous paved road in the United States, stretching from Estes Park to Grand Lake, Colorado.

When we invited Forest Woodward, one of our favorite photographers, to Montauk for the weekend, we had no idea we’d be graced with the best waves we’ve seen in years.

Unlike the America’s Cup, which is all about speed over a short distance, the Volvo Ocean Race is a challenge of endurance. In this year’s running of the race, starting in October in Alicante, Spain, crews of eight sailors will race around the globe in stages lasting up to four weeks at a time, stopping in various ports such as Capetown, Auckland and Newport along the way.