// What is Adventure? // Nanga Parbat First Solo Ascent - Reinhold Messner 1978 // In nature there is danger and that is where adventure lives // Expeditions // 7 Summits // Everest // K2 // Global Explorers //

Nanga Parbat First Solo Ascent - Reinhold Messner On Nanga Parbat Summit August 9 1978

What is adventure? 

In this short documentary interview with Reinhold Messner he explains his view on adventure, he explains - when you are exploring where you are far from human civilization or rescue support. It is less about the 7 highest summits to climb in the world, and more about remote locations where you go to self-survive the nature because in nature is danger and the art of surviving it is where adventure lives.

Reinhold Messner is a mountaineer, adventurer, explorer, and author from the Italian autonomous province of South Tyrol. [Wikipedia] He became famous as a lumberjack style mountaineer who chose to climb 14 8000 meter + peaks like Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen. On December 30, 1989, Messner crossed Antarctica to the South Pole on skis with his partner Arved Fuchs. He speaks of the dangers of exploring, where nature and you meet face-to-face and surviving those conditions while exploring is the simple definition of what adventure means to him.

What is controversial about "World First Expeditions?" Even Reinhold Messner refutes the importance of completing the First/8000+ meter summits, while including the 7 Summits in his interview, lesser mountain First Ascents 6000+ meter peaks still remain - So, I ask the same question what is adventure? Messner suggests it's going places on your own remote from civilization, local support or chance of rescue and surviving all the inherent dangers that can occur in nature - alone. Nearing the human limits, this is definitely where adventure can end a journey to the soul. Few will ever risk their lives to experience this first hand.

[Authors notes] Reinhold Messner is acclaimed as one of the greatest mountaineers of all time. He was the first person to climb all 14 8,000-meter peaks—the tallest mountains in the world—and one of the first to climb Mount Everest without any supplemental oxygen. Hear Messner recount what it was like to climb Everest and what drives his passion for adventure.[National Geographic]

// What is Adventure? // Nanga Parbat First Solo Ascent - Reinhold Messner 1978 // In nature there is danger and that is where adventure lives // Expeditions // 7 Summits // Everest // K2 // Global Explorers //

Nanga Parbat First Solo Ascent - Reinhold Messner On Nanga Parbat Summit August 9 1978

What is adventure? 

In this short documentary interview with Reinhold Messner he explains his view on adventure, he explains - when you are exploring where you are far from human civilization or rescue support. It is less about the 7 highest summits to climb in the world, and more about remote locations where you go to self-survive the nature because in nature is danger and the art of surviving it is where adventure lives.

Reinhold Messner is a mountaineer, adventurer, explorer, and author from the Italian autonomous province of South Tyrol. [Wikipedia] He became famous as a lumberjack style mountaineer who chose to climb 14 8000 meter + peaks like Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen. On December 30, 1989, Messner crossed Antarctica to the South Pole on skis with his partner Arved Fuchs. He speaks of the dangers of exploring, where nature and you meet face-to-face and surviving those conditions while exploring is the simple definition of what adventure means to him.

What is controversial about "World First Expeditions?" Even Reinhold Messner refutes the importance of completing the First/8000+ meter summits, while including the 7 Summits in his interview, lesser mountain First Ascents 6000+ meter peaks still remain - So, I ask the same question what is adventure? Messner suggests it's going places on your own remote from civilization, local support or chance of rescue and surviving all the inherent dangers that can occur in nature - alone. Nearing the human limits, this is definitely where adventure can end a journey to the soul. Few will ever risk their lives to experience this first hand.

[Authors notes] Reinhold Messner is acclaimed as one of the greatest mountaineers of all time. He was the first person to climb all 14 8,000-meter peaks—the tallest mountains in the world—and one of the first to climb Mount Everest without any supplemental oxygen. Hear Messner recount what it was like to climb Everest and what drives his passion for adventure.[National Geographic]

A TransAm bicycle tour // Recumbent cycling through Wyoming USA // Adventure Cycling in America // Deserts of China // The Himalayas on tour //

Cycle touring across the Taklamakan Desert in 2011 [Perich travels, Korean-World]. This tour was awesome, I started on the slow boat to China from South Korea. And continuing from Beijing, I took a train to Urumqi in northwest China [Turkestan] and cycled the deserts first along the southern Silk Road before entering the Aksai Chin and returning to Kashgar. I continued my trek through Sichuan (western Tibet) and Yunnan Provinces via Chengdu, Kangding, Xicheng, Lugu Lake, Lijiang, Deqin. 3200 kilometers or 2000 miles later, I lost 53 pounds (24 kilograms) preparing and riding the tour. [Video from HimalayasX2011]



I discovered some great cycle touring video collections, this one covers the Trans American route across Wyoming, United States and seeing the scenery reminds me of motorcycling there 1994-1996.
[Authors notes:] I rode my bicycle self supported across the USA in the summer of 2011. This is a little video series that highlights parts of my trip.


Adventure Cycling Association just published this great short film on bicycle touring the American TransAm route. Videos like this are inspiration to go out and ride anywhere. [Authors notes:]With the incomparable Madison Range as a backdrop, cyclists explore the backroads, farmer's markets, and small towns of Big Sky Country using pedal power alone.

A TransAm bicycle tour // Recumbent cycling through Wyoming USA // Adventure Cycling in America // Deserts of China // The Himalayas on tour //

Cycle touring across the Taklamakan Desert in 2011 [Perich travels, Korean-World]. This tour was awesome, I started on the slow boat to China from South Korea. And continuing from Beijing, I took a train to Urumqi in northwest China [Turkestan] and cycled the deserts first along the southern Silk Road before entering the Aksai Chin and returning to Kashgar. I continued my trek through Sichuan (western Tibet) and Yunnan Provinces via Chengdu, Kangding, Xicheng, Lugu Lake, Lijiang, Deqin. 3200 kilometers or 2000 miles later, I lost 53 pounds (24 kilograms) preparing and riding the tour. [Video from HimalayasX2011]



I discovered some great cycle touring video collections, this one covers the Trans American route across Wyoming, United States and seeing the scenery reminds me of motorcycling there 1994-1996.
[Authors notes:] I rode my bicycle self supported across the USA in the summer of 2011. This is a little video series that highlights parts of my trip.


Adventure Cycling Association just published this great short film on bicycle touring the American TransAm route. Videos like this are inspiration to go out and ride anywhere. [Authors notes:]With the incomparable Madison Range as a backdrop, cyclists explore the backroads, farmer's markets, and small towns of Big Sky Country using pedal power alone.

Jammin India // Jay Kannaiyan // RTW Round the World by Motorcycle // Introduces his Suzuki DR650 known as sanDRina // 100,000km+ around the world // Jupiter Traveller

[From Yahoo Travel] Starting April 29, 2013, biker Jay Kannaiyan will go on an 8,000-km ride from his parents' hometown Chennai to Kanyakumari and thereon to Kashmir and eventually New Delhi in the second week of June. Follow him exclusively on Yahoo! India Travel. In this video, Jay introduces sanDRina, his beloved Suzuki DR650. Follow Jay @ Jammin Global @ Yahoo Travel @ Ted Simon Foundation

Jammin Global South Trip Stats

Days on the road*: 1186

Countries Visited: 33

Ridden: 100,655 kms / 62,557 mi

CouchSurfed: 315 nights

Flat Tires: 6 | Oil Changes: 17

Chickens Sacrificed for Curries: 56

Passport Pages Used: 48

Photo: Jay Kannaiyan at the foothills of the Indian Himalayas

Jammin India // Jay Kannaiyan // RTW Round the World by Motorcycle // Introduces his Suzuki DR650 known as sanDRina // 100,000km+ around the world // Jupiter Traveller

[From Yahoo Travel] Starting April 29, 2013, biker Jay Kannaiyan will go on an 8,000-km ride from his parents' hometown Chennai to Kanyakumari and thereon to Kashmir and eventually New Delhi in the second week of June. Follow him exclusively on Yahoo! India Travel. In this video, Jay introduces sanDRina, his beloved Suzuki DR650. Follow Jay @ Jammin Global @ Yahoo Travel @ Ted Simon Foundation

Jammin Global South Trip Stats

Days on the road*: 1186

Countries Visited: 33

Ridden: 100,655 kms / 62,557 mi

CouchSurfed: 315 nights

Flat Tires: 6 | Oil Changes: 17

Chickens Sacrificed for Curries: 56

Passport Pages Used: 48

Photo: Jay Kannaiyan at the foothills of the Indian Himalayas

Jammin India // Jay Kannaiyan // RTW Round the World by Motorcycle // Introduces his Suzuki DR650 known as sanDRina // 100,000km+ around the world // Jupiter Traveller

[From Yahoo Travel] Starting April 29, 2013, biker Jay Kannaiyan will go on an 8,000-km ride from his parents' hometown Chennai to Kanyakumari and thereon to Kashmir and eventually New Delhi in the second week of June. Follow him exclusively on Yahoo! India Travel. In this video, Jay introduces sanDRina, his beloved Suzuki DR650. Follow Jay @ Jammin Global @ Yahoo Travel @ Ted Simon Foundation

Jammin Global South Trip Stats

Days on the road*: 1186

Countries Visited: 33

Ridden: 100,655 kms / 62,557 mi

CouchSurfed: 315 nights

Flat Tires: 6 | Oil Changes: 17

Chickens Sacrificed for Curries: 56

Passport Pages Used: 48

Photo: Jay Kannaiyan at the foothills of the Indian Himalayas

Special Feature: Living Bigger with Colostomy - Paul Riome's Trekking and Awareness Expeditions in the Himalayas of Nepal

[Photo courtesy: Paul Riome of Mount Everest from Kala Patthar, Nepal]

Paul Riome shows there is much work still to do, he informs and inspires others while sharing a personal message about IBD (what is IBD? Inflammatory Bowel Disease... is a chronic (long-term) disease of the gut, that requires medical surgeries or expensive medications to treat or care for.

Reference for a scientific classification of the disease

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inflammatory_bowel_disease

Learn more from the IDEAS foundation

(from reading Paul's recent posts...In developed countries, many receive the treatment and live better lives afterwards. In developing countries, the treatment is too expensive or unavailable, and those IBD sufferers often die.)

It's a serious disease and it can either take life, or as Paul shows, create inspiration when he has a chance to overcome it. Paul is very fortunate and shares inspiration while trekking in Nepal to Everest Base Camp and other Peaks. Read more about his preparation and reflections on IBD, and reports for Nepalese supporting his expedition. 

http://www.livingbiggerwithcolostomy.com/2012/03/nepal-summit-kala-patthar.html

Special Feature: Living Bigger with Colostomy - Paul Riome's Trekking and Awareness Expeditions in the Himalayas of Nepal

[Photo courtesy: Paul Riome of Mount Everest from Kala Patthar, Nepal]

Paul Riome shows there is much work still to do, he informs and inspires others while sharing a personal message about IBD (what is IBD? Inflammatory Bowel Disease... is a chronic (long-term) disease of the gut, that requires medical surgeries or expensive medications to treat or care for.

Reference for a scientific classification of the disease

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inflammatory_bowel_disease

Learn more from the IDEAS foundation

(from reading Paul's recent posts...In developed countries, many receive the treatment and live better lives afterwards. In developing countries, the treatment is too expensive or unavailable, and those IBD sufferers often die.)

It's a serious disease and it can either take life, or as Paul shows, create inspiration when he has a chance to overcome it. Paul is very fortunate and shares inspiration while trekking in Nepal to Everest Base Camp and other Peaks. Read more about his preparation and reflections on IBD, and reports for Nepalese supporting his expedition. 

http://www.livingbiggerwithcolostomy.com/2012/03/nepal-summit-kala-patthar.html

Special Feature: Living Bigger with Colostomy - Paul Riome's Trekking and Awareness Expeditions in the Himalayas of Nepal

[Photo courtesy: Paul Riome of Mount Everest from Kala Patthar, Nepal]

Paul Riome shows there is much work still to do, he informs and inspires others while sharing a personal message about IBD (what is IBD? Inflammatory Bowel Disease... is a chronic (long-term) disease of the gut, that requires medical surgeries or expensive medications to treat or care for.

Reference for a scientific classification of the disease

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inflammatory_bowel_disease

Learn more from the IDEAS foundation

(from reading Paul's recent posts...In developed countries, many receive the treatment and live better lives afterwards. In developing countries, the treatment is too expensive or unavailable, and those IBD sufferers often die.)

It's a serious disease and it can either take life, or as Paul shows, create inspiration when he has a chance to overcome it. Paul is very fortunate and shares inspiration while trekking in Nepal to Everest Base Camp and other Peaks. Read more about his preparation and reflections on IBD, and reports for Nepalese supporting his expedition. 

http://www.livingbiggerwithcolostomy.com/2012/03/nepal-summit-kala-patthar.html

Brians Adventures in the World of Bicycling and Expeditions!: HIMALAYAS X 2011-2012 / EXPEDITION SHORT 6.5 MINUTE

HIMALAYAS X 2011-2012 / EXPEDITION SHORT 6.5 MINUTE

HIMALAYAS X 2011-2012 / EXPEDITION SHORT 6.5 MINUTE from Brian Perich on Vimeo.

HimalayasX2011 banner with foundations, IDEAS and ETE

Mountain bike expedition in the Aksai Chin Mountains of western China

Fully-loadedd Mountain bicycle touring (custom build)

Bicycle mechanic, shop owner, AN DAE GI @ Gangneung Bike Mart, South Korea

Building an expedition mountain bike, start with a hard tail frame and 26" wheelsets

Local shop where you can build trust and relationships

Lugu Hu Lake on the border between Sichuan and Yunnan Provinces, China 3000 meters above sea level

The majestic and difficult to be seen on a cycle, Himalaya Mountains

Tibetan Buddhists prayers scripted in stones

Tibetan Buddhist Stupas used to reach for the Heavens

Crossing the Taklamakan Desert, HimalayasX2011

Meeting friends along the journey, and the lone cow.

Sichuan summer vacation for these students.

Landslides caused by earthquakes in southwestern Sichuan, China. Group helping me through here.

A rural doctor in Sichuan Province who came to help me pass the landslides.

Exotic, challenging, political and cultural regions combine in the Himalayas of Asia.

Brians Adventures in the World of Bicycling and Expeditions!: HIMALAYAS X 2011-2012 / EXPEDITION SHORT 6.5 MINUTE

HIMALAYAS X 2011-2012 / EXPEDITION SHORT 6.5 MINUTE

HIMALAYAS X 2011-2012 / EXPEDITION SHORT 6.5 MINUTE from Brian Perich on Vimeo.

HimalayasX2011 banner with foundations, IDEAS and ETE

Mountain bike expedition in the Aksai Chin Mountains of western China

Fully-loadedd Mountain bicycle touring (custom build)

Bicycle mechanic, shop owner, AN DAE GI @ Gangneung Bike Mart, South Korea

Building an expedition mountain bike, start with a hard tail frame and 26" wheelsets

Local shop where you can build trust and relationships

Lugu Hu Lake on the border between Sichuan and Yunnan Provinces, China 3000 meters above sea level

The majestic and difficult to be seen on a cycle, Himalaya Mountains

Tibetan Buddhists prayers scripted in stones

Tibetan Buddhist Stupas used to reach for the Heavens

Crossing the Taklamakan Desert, HimalayasX2011

Meeting friends along the journey, and the lone cow.

Sichuan summer vacation for these students.

Landslides caused by earthquakes in southwestern Sichuan, China. Group helping me through here.

A rural doctor in Sichuan Province who came to help me pass the landslides.

Exotic, challenging, political and cultural regions combine in the Himalayas of Asia.

Brians Adventures in the World of Bicycling and Expeditions!: HIMALAYAS X 2011-2012 / EXPEDITION SHORT 6.5 MINUTE

HIMALAYAS X 2011-2012 / EXPEDITION SHORT 6.5 MINUTE

HIMALAYAS X 2011-2012 / EXPEDITION SHORT 6.5 MINUTE from Brian Perich on Vimeo.

HimalayasX2011 banner with foundations, IDEAS and ETE

Mountain bike expedition in the Aksai Chin Mountains of western China

Fully-loadedd Mountain bicycle touring (custom build)

Bicycle mechanic, shop owner, AN DAE GI @ Gangneung Bike Mart, South Korea

Building an expedition mountain bike, start with a hard tail frame and 26" wheelsets

Local shop where you can build trust and relationships

Lugu Hu Lake on the border between Sichuan and Yunnan Provinces, China 3000 meters above sea level

The majestic and difficult to be seen on a cycle, Himalaya Mountains

Tibetan Buddhists prayers scripted in stones

Tibetan Buddhist Stupas used to reach for the Heavens

Crossing the Taklamakan Desert, HimalayasX2011

Meeting friends along the journey, and the lone cow.

Sichuan summer vacation for these students.

Landslides caused by earthquakes in southwestern Sichuan, China. Group helping me through here.

A rural doctor in Sichuan Province who came to help me pass the landslides.

Exotic, challenging, political and cultural regions combine in the Himalayas of Asia.