Patagonia is a clothing company based in Ventura California that makes high quality outdoor clothes for both serious and "sofa" adventurers. The company runs a Pro Deal programme for professional guides and various types of adventure businessess and just recently, Borea Adventures became part of that programme. It´s hard to get into the programme and that makes it more satisfying to be chosen.

 

 

 

 

 

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Our good friend Baldvin Kristjansson in Qaqortoq, Greenland is launching the "Kayaks to Schools" project, where he will deliver kayaks to schools in remote Greenland villages. Check out is message here....  let's give him a hand with this wonderful project. Help them give a little back to the people of the kayak!...
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Last few weeks SW winds have been predominant on the Denmark Strait instead of the more usual NE winds. This has served to interupt the usual flow of the polar ice south and hold it further north and push towards Iceland. The NE winds normally pushes the ice away from the Icelandic coast and up to the coast of Greenland.  Now the ice edge is only 30 nautical miles from the West Fjords. Take a look at the attached chart from the Norwegian Ice Service.

"Adventure and risk-taking sports such as mountaineering, kayaking, rock climbing, downhill mountain biking and base jumping have increased in popularity in recent years. These activities court significant dangers and attract individuals who are prepared to gamble their personal safety, and at times their life in search of a rush of excitement or an unusual accomplishment. Public attention in these sports generally focuses on tragedies and as such are highly emotive and sensationalized. Dramatic accounts of accidents and hardships often lead to fierce debates on the merits and ethics of these sports."

Erik Monasterio is a Bolivian/New Zealand medical doctor and mountaineer. We came across the following article that he authored and thought it must be of interest to some of you. It's based on mr Monasterio's four year study of mountaineers and BASE jumpers. Erik Monasterio kindly gave us a permit to post it here.
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