Overseas Adventure Travel

‘Record’

Seattle climber aims to set speed record on Everest, and honor fallen wife
Seattle climber Chad Kellogg was on a mission in the spring of 2010: Set the world speed record for climbing Mount Everest, and scatter the ashes of his beloved wife, who’d lost her life in a climbing accident three years before. The story of his attempt is one of love, commitment and courage, plus a determination to set the record by himself, without oxygen in the thin air.

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Watch an exclusive video clip of Yves Rossy – aka Jetman – as he throws himself from a plane and flies like a bird. See more clips and add your adventures at www.natgeoadventure.tv

Lyle Phetteplace of Renaissance Adventure Guides sets a World Record in a kayak- for racing it down the side of a mountain in Colorado.

Climber Tejas reclaims Seven Summits record at age 57
Alaska mountaineering legend Vern Tejas reached the top of Mount McKinley on Monday afternoon to break the world speed record for climbing the Seven Summits — with two days to spare.

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24DP Becomes Agency of Record for SASS and SGT
New York based Advertising Agency 24DP announced today it has become Agency of Record for the adventure sports travel company, South America Snow Sessions . The ski and snowboard program was started in 2004 and has exploded with a 1,500% growth between 2005 and 2009.

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