

Today’s guest blogger, REI employee Ching Fu, recounts the soaring highs and chilly lows of her bike tour of the entire Skyline Drive and Blue Ridge Parkway last summer: It had been raining for 3 days straight, and I was ready to just be home. But I had to keep pedaling. The bitter cold rain was an unwelcome surprise, especially since it was July in the southeast... ...
A new name is trending on the Cryptozoology Top 10: • Bigfoot (aka Sasquatch) • Nessie (Loch Ness Monster) • Abominable Snowman (Yeti) • Bunyip (Australia) • Chupacabra (or "goat sucker" of Central and South America) • Giant Squid • Birdzilla • Swamp Monster • Donald Trump's hair • Lagarfljotsormur Lagarfljotsormur is the name of an alleged lake-bound giant worm filmed by a seemingly rational, salt-of-the sheep farmer, Hjortur Kerulf, in a remote area of Iceland. His story and worm video are ...
Posted by T.D. Wood on June 13, 2012 7:06 PM & Tagged Cryptids, Iceland, Loch Ness, bigfoot, cryptozoology and giant worm | permalink | Comments
All of us here at REI Adventures have been keeping a close watch on the volcanic activity in Iceland. We’ve always known Iceland as the land of “Fire and Ice” (hence the name of our trip), and the volcano eruption certainly validated that. We love Iceland because it is truly an adventurer’s playground. It is filled with bubbling mud pools, bursting geysers, glaciers, magnificent waterfalls and, as the world now knows, active volcanoes. Our trip coordinator in Iceland sent us these amazing ...
Posted by Belinda G on April 28, 2010 6:53 PM & Tagged Hiking, Iceland, REI Adventures, Travel, fire and ice and volcanoes | permalink | Comments
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