Lassen, CA Wolf Pack Produces Five New Pups The alpha-female of the solitary Californian wolf pack, Lassen Pack, has emerged with 5 new pups on the east side of Lassen National Park. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife was able to trap her and give her a new tracking collar, for the one she was wearing, had run out of battery back in November. It was unknown […] Elliot Levey | July 7, 2020 6 Comments
Legendary Diver Merman Mike Retrieves $17k Ring From Sacramento River, CA Ultimate good samaritan Merman Mike comes to the rescue again! A very sentimental ring was dropped into the Sacramento River from the boat of Bill Fetty on June 23, 2020. The ring was a gift from his late brother and was valued at $17,000. Fetty was crushed when the ring quickly went out of sight sinking beneath the surface… then […] Elliot Levey | July 2, 2020 0 Comments
Grand Canyon Parks Service Takes to Social Media with Warnings of Extreme June Heat Grand Canyon is an unforgiving environment. The heat inside the canyon can cause shoes to come apart, and heavy hiking boots can trap sweat and lead to painful blisters. Before setting off on a hike, understand the limitations of yourself and your gear. https://t.co/PLebJv4uTz pic.twitter.com/fvB4DgHcl2 — Grand Canyon NPS (@GrandCanyonNPS) June 22, 2020 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Summer temperatures in Grand Canyon National […] Elliot Levey | June 30, 2020 0 Comments
VIDEO: Giant Sturgeon Living in Shasta Lake, CA! [arve url="https://youtu.be/BtlnK1RBa1A"] Elliot Levey | June 30, 2020 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
First Full-Sky Map Produced By eROSITA/Spektr-RG A German/Russian space program has advanced the field of intergalactic observation and discovery. An instrument specialized to take x-ray images, called the eROSITA mounted on the Spektr-RG, has just rendered some totally wild images of our universe. To give a sense of awesomeness, the image-producing instrument has been placed in orbit around our earth a cool 1.5 million kilometers out […] Elliot Levey | June 26, 2020 0 Comments
Northern Hem Resorts Looking to Adapt Social Distancing Measures Learned During Southern Hem Winter As summer returns to the Northern hemisphere, the Aussie and South American ski season starts to ramp up. But this winter is different. The novel COVID-19 pandemic shut Northern resorts in the middle of their season, and they’re not really sure what reopening for 20/21 is going to look like. This is usually the time when Navarro is dropping wild […] Elliot Levey | June 23, 2020 0 Comments
110 Humans Needed to Colonize Mars. You In? As the planet barrels faster and faster towards environmental collapse, humans will start to feel the pressure to acquire a proverbial Earth 2.0. Given our rate of technological advancement, it is reasonable that a strong effort to reach Mars, our planetary neighbor, will happen within the century. Related: Prediction: 2080 Will Be The Golden Age of Space Skiing A new […] Brains Elliot Levey | June 19, 2020 3 Comments
VIDEO: [MTB] 3 Hot Minutes of Pedro Burns in Chile Pedro Burns is seriously pushing the envelope down in Chili. And the variety of terrain he attacks is truly impressive. He keeps a wicked high pace on loose and gross scree while maintaining silky flow, then rips into an all-out urban line, and finishes mowing through deep techy ruts in the forest. Pedro is definitely on another level. Elliot Levey | June 17, 2020 0 Comments
Alzheimer’s Found in Children of Mexico City; Airborne Particulates Worse Than We Thought We’ve always known dirty air is not ideal for human health. Air pollution is known to cause significant damage to your lungs and heart; the lungs inhale toxins and then the blood circulates them around to all your organs. But researchers are now confident that those particulates can destroy neurons in the brain, too. Related: A Massive 96% of National […] Brains Elliot Levey | June 17, 2020 0 Comments
First US Paragliding Flight Over 500km Has Just Taken Place in Texas A new national paragliding record (507km) has been set by Sebastien Kayrouz in Texas this week, and also marks the first 500km paraglider flight ever in the USA. After launching by foot from 2,000 foot Caprock Mountain, Kayrouz was able to ride with the wind an astonishing 315 miles northward. He was in the air for over 10 hours, linking […] Elliot Levey | June 15, 2020 2 Comments
Trip Report: Bloody Mountain, CA – “Bloody Couloir” We rolled down 395 Sunday afternoon; Monday was supposed to be the first warm day after an anomalously cold June weekend with temperatures well below freezing. The week before saw a record-setting heatwave, so I figured that the refreeze over the weekend would be primo once the sun heated the snow back up by noon on Monday. I was stoked […] Trip Report Elliot Levey | June 10, 2020 0 Comments
Prediction: 2080 Will Be The Golden Age of Space Skiing Intergalactic travel has been the dream of humanity ever since we figured out that those twinkling stars actually have planets circling them. Perhaps those planets have fresh water, perhaps they have mountains, and perhaps we can shred powder in the Cassiopeia constellation. Let’s light this candle baby, we’re going to the moon with Dynafits. But rather than searching for 0.00001% […] Elliot Levey | June 10, 2020 0 Comments
The Spirit of Skiing is Alive and Well in Minnesota! 298-feet of pure frozen fun. Is that a ski hill or just the other side of the ditch? I can’t tell, but they keep the lights on till 10 pm and my mom gave me $5 for a chicken sandwich and fries. Related: Hometown Mountain Shoutout: Mad River Glen, VT: Ski It If You Can I grew up in Hudson, […] Elliot Levey | June 8, 2020 2 Comments
VIDEO: Miguel Tudela Surfs Monstrous Sea-Eating Waves “This Would Have Been The Wave Of The Decade, Easily.” -Michael Ciaramella of stabmag.com (original source) The demon-breath spits coming out of these massive tubes would vaporize a weaker man, yet Tudela sends them with amplitude. As Ciaramella says: “Miguel Tudela has tiger blood.” Surf Elliot Levey | June 5, 2020 0 Comments
HAPE: What Makes Altitude Sickness So Deadly in the High Mountains? Objective hazards in the mountains are comprised of two main categories: environmental factors and human factors. Before heading into the wilderness, a human will make considerations for what to bring in case of an emergency. HAPE is a risk, an almost silent killer which creeps in during situations where rescues are often impossible, like on the side of a mountain. […] Elliot Levey | February 1, 2020 0 Comments