// 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]

Street Style // Road Bike Party 2 - Martyn Ashton //

Pro bike: Martyn Ashton's Colnago C59 

[Authors notes] Martyn Ashton, Danny MacAskill and Chris Akrigg take you on a new journey with a new bike in RBP 2. RBP2 has incredible stunts and amazing tricks all completed on a £15,000 Colnago C59 Disc. Martyn was in the middle of filming when his life was transformed by an accident during a trials display which has left him paralysed from the waist down. Courage, determination and great friends have helped Martyn to complete his vision for Road Bike Party 2.

PIPEline Surf // Surfline's 6 Weeks on the North Shore // Epic Surf Film Short //

[Image: Pipeline Masters, Oahu-Hawaii, Professional Surfer Vincent Laforet]

[Authors notes] It is a pilgrimage like no other, offering equal parts gore and glory. An island that's as hostile as it is holy. A beachfront where the potential is envisioned, the consequences are real, and the bravest, most bewildering acts on boards of all shapes and sizes manifest in the most pressurized environment imaginable. It's the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii. And for at least six weeks every winter, there's no place like it on Earth. [End notes], Surfing the Banzai Pipeline of Oahu, Hawaii. Short film with great music, images, ideas for an epic adventure from any corner of the world, to the lands end of the North Shore.

Off-grid, handcrafted life on Oregon farm & workshop // Sustainable living // Adventure Living // Designing a low-consumption home with sustainable energy and materials //

When you think of the concept of Permaculture, there are various elements interconnected. The home or shelter; the environment surrounding; the soil and water; and the way one connects with their surroundings. This video shows home designs using solar powered energy, and how homes can be built using recycled and natural materials.

[Sustainable living off the grid in Oregon, United States, Authors notes]
The farm is completely off the grid and Schulz points out that this doesn't mean they rely on propane or lots of photovoltaics. Nearly all their tools for living have been adapted to fit the off-grid lifestyle. For his prototype solar-powered bathhouse Schulz used recycled solar hot water panels, salvaged hot water tanks (from the dump), a solar thermal window and a recycled soaking tub. Indoors, Schulz has adapted a chest freezer to create a low-consuming refrigerator (using a tenth of the electricity of a regular fridge) and a 1940s wood-fired stove to cook, heat and as a heat-exchanger, harvesting waste heat and thermo-syphoning water to heat up the home's hot water.
They do have a limited number of photovoltaic panels which produce about 1000 watts of electricity when the sun is shining (for the entire farm), as well as a micro hydro generator in the creek and solar thermal panels.
Schulz models much of what he builds on the Japanese aesthetic and tries to make everything in his life not just functional, but beautiful (e.g. his bathhouse was designed not just as a shower, but as a way to de-stress). 
Schulz is an avid kayaker and for his day job, he builds skin-on-frame kayaks (as well as teach others to build their own).
Cape Falcon Kayak: http://capefalconkayak.com/

VISION // Motivation beyond all the boundaries in your life, you need to believe in who you are and what you want to do // INSPIRATION

Embrace the day, the passion, the dream. 
But you cannot quit. 
Make a promise to yourself. 


It started with a VISION, 
you cannot overcome problems unless you take on the CHALLENGE.

FEAR is not REAL. The only place it can exist is in our THOUGHTS of the fear of the FUTURE.

FEAR is a CHOICE. 

EAT YOUR FEAR TO FEED YOUR DREAM.

Only those who RISK going too far can possibly find out 
HOW FAR ONE CAN REALLY GO.

I want your DREAM to become so CLEAR 
that when you WAKE UP in the morning
all you have to do is STEP INTO YOUR DREAM

And the first step for me was 
SEEING SOMETHING I WAS NOT, 
BEFORE I WAS.

YOU CAN DO IT, where you are is temporary, you will not be there for the rest of your life.

EVERY SINGLE DAY YOU WAKE UP, 
YOU HAVE GOT TO START WITH THAT VISION.

Just like a mentality, 
you have got to LIVE THIS, EAT THIS, BREATHE THIS, BECOME THIS.

IT HAS GOT TO BECOME 
A WAY OF LIFE.

I WANT TO SEE HOW FAR I CAN GO, HOW MUCH I CAN HAVE,

I WANT TO SEE HOW MUCH FURTHER I CAN GO.

FIND YOUR INSPIRATION.
MAKE IT HAPPEN.
BELIEVE.

MOTIVATION
IS 
TAKING
EVERY STEP
IN 
FRONT OF YOU.

NEVER GIVE UP.

IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU IN THE PAST, 

WHAT MATTERS IS WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?


MAKE THE REST OF YOUR LIFE
THE BEST OF YOUR LIFE.

GIFT by F.One // Kitesurfing in Mauritius // Epic rides // Kiteboarding epics //

Kitesurfing Epic rides where the winds take you...

[Authors notes] “GIFT”, one word to sums it all: the ocean delivered incredible conditions that thrilled more than one happy. Wave riders and freestylers benefited from great wind conditions and shared amazing moments on the water, in the air and on the shore. Pure emotions in Mauritius, nothing to add.

Edit: petoleprod.com

MUSIC: 

"Smile" Télépopmusik - Natural High Remix / natural-high.bandcamp.com

"Not Afraid" Betty

"Shaft", "Through Leaves" - Sparkling Bts / sparklingbits.bandcamp.com

Because it is there...Find your Inspiration. Share with others. Dig deeper into Adventures Because it is there.

Inspiration is a part of life, an ingredient to the best recipe to enjoy it all. GoPro creates some HD (High Definition) video and collectively the landscape of Adventure on Earth recreates it, share your inspiration and epics with others, big and small. Why journey, why take risks, why sacrifice to get there, why try so hard, why fight the forces of boredom?

Because it is there. Find your own inspiration. Share inspiration with others.

 MongoliaX2012, 2499km of Adventure Inspiration Travel

Dream and find Inspiration for your next Great Journey on Earth.

George Mallory -  "Because it is there."

George Herbert Leigh MalloryBorn: 18 June 1886,  Mobberley, Cheshire, England
Died: 8-9 June 1924 (aged 37), The North Face, Mount Everest, Tibet

Manawai Surf Camp // Endless Summer on Vimeo - is Awesome!

When you search in Vimeo.com you'll find the gems like this development from Manawai Surf Camp.

(Authors notes) Endless summer on Fuerteventura with Manawai Surf Camp

music:

Foster The People - Don't stop (Color on the walls)

fosterthepeople.com/us/home

Caine's Arcade: Cardboard arcade become a reality, inspiration for those who dare to dream

[Los Angeles Times] "Caine's Arcade" -- a short film about a 9-year-old boy who built an elaborate cardboard arcade in his dad's used auto parts store in East L.A. -- is one of the sweetest videos we've seen all year.

And now it's going viral: The 11-minute video has picked up 1 million views  on Vimeo in just two days, and another 438,000 views  on YouTube.

"Caine is a killer," filmmaker Nirvan Mullick, who directed the video, wrote in a recent tweet. "He has been making thousands of grown men weep at work."

RELATED: Caine's Arcade viral video raises $100k for scholarship fund

The star of the film is 9-year-old Caine, a precocious little boy who spent his summer vacation at his dad's used auto parts shop in East Los Angeles.

To pass the time, Caine -- who loves everything about arcades -- started building his own arcade entirely out of cardboard boxes, eventually taking over almost the whole store, while his dad sold auto parts on eBay in the back.

The first game was a basketball game with a little plastic hoop that he got at Shakey's and taped to a cardboard box. He also made a soccer game with two little plastic green army figures acting as fixed goalies, and he even created a claw machine with an s-hook and a piece of yarn.

Since school started back up, Caine's Arcade is only open on weekends, when Caine gets out his turquoise Caine's Arcade T-shirt that he designed himself. It says "staff" on the front and "Caine's Arcade" on the back.

Caine charges $1 for four turns at the arcade, but for $2 you can get a handmade fun pass that allows you 500 turns for one month.

When you win a game, Caine will climb inside the box and push tickets out a slot. The prizes include his old matchbox cars, silly sunglasses and bubbles.

He also attached calculators to each box, which he uses to verify the validity of the fun passes he sells.

In other words, it's just like a real arcade, except a million times better.

Mullick discovered the homemade arcade when he fortuitously stopped into Caine's dad's auto parts store to get a handle for his '96 Corolla. Smitten with Caine and the arcade, he asked Caine's father, George, if he could make a film about the arcade and the answer was yes.

But the father warned the filmmaker that Caine doesn't get many customers.

"Well, actually, it's kind of like a joke around here because you are his only customer," he says in the film. Well, Mullick changed all that.

In the film, he explains how he decided to create a flashmob of people who would arrive at Caine's Arcade eager to play some games.

He created a Facebook event for the mob, which got posted on Hidden LA, and then got posted on Reddit, and suddenly people from around the world were lamenting that they weren't able to go to Caine's Arcade.

It's worth watching the video to see Caine's reaction to the crowd of people lined up outside of his cardboard arcade, but we suggest you have a box of tissues nearby.

When it was all over, Caine told his dad that it was the best day of his life.

And if this story isn't sweet enough, Mullick set up a scholarship fund for Caine, which has already raised more than $80,000.