Courchevel Altiport (French:Altiport de Courchevel) (IATA: CVF, ICAO: LFLJ) is an altiport serving Courchevel, a ski resort in the French Alps. The airfield has a very short runway of only 537 metres (1,762 ft) with a gradient of 18.6%. There is no go-around procedure for landings at Courchevel, due to the surrounding mountainous terrain. The airfield primarily sees u...

Madeira International Airport Cristiano Ronaldo CR7, commonly known as Madeira Airport or Funchal Airport (Aeroporto do Funchal) (IATA: FNC, ICAO: LPMA), is an international airport in the civil parish of Santa Cruz in the Portuguese archipelago and autonomous region of Madeira. The airport is located 13.2 km (8.2 mi) east-northeast of the regional capital Funchal aft...

The Dave Evans Bicentennial Tree, originally a fire lookout tree, was pegged for climbing to celebrate Western Australia's 1988 bicentennial. Along with the Diamond and Gloucester Tree, it is one of three lookouts which remain climbable in the Warren National Park of southwestern Australia. The two tonne platform, at a height of 75 metres (246 ft), is reached by climb...

Trek the same route of the The Badwater Ultramarathon, described as "the world's toughest foot race". It is a 135-mile (217 km) course starting at 282 feet (86 m) below sea level in the Badwater Basin, in California's Death Valley, and ending at an elevation of 8360 feet (2548 m) at Whitney Portal, the trailhead to Mount Whitney. The Trek could take you all the way t...

Devils Tower is an igneous intrusion or laccolith located in the Black Hills in northeastern Wyoming. It rises dramatically 1,267 feet (386 m) above the surrounding terrain and the summit is 5,112 feet (1,558 m) above sea level. In recent years, about 1% of the Monument's 400,000 annual visitors climb Devils Tower, mostly through traditional climbing techniques. The f...

El Capitan is a vertical rock formation in Yosemite National Park, located on the north side of Yosemite Valley, near its western end. The granite monolith extends about 3,000 feet (900 m) from base to summit along its tallest face, and is one of the world's favorite challenges for rock climbers. The formation was named "El Capitan" by the Mariposa Battalion when it e...

On August 25, 1875 Captain Matthew Webb of the British Merchant Navy was the first person to swim the English Channel without the use of artificial aids. He swam the 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Dover, England to Calais, France in the Strait of Dover in less than 22 hours. In the 1920’s the Channel Swimming Association (CSA) was formed to authenticate the swimm...

There are two base camps on opposite sides of Mount Everest: to the south in Nepal, and to the north in Tibet. Located at an altitude of 5,360 metres (17,590 ft) South Base Camp is in Nepal , and at 5,545 metres (18,192 ft) North Base Camp is in Tibet. These camps are rudimentary campsites on Mount Everest that are used by mountain climbers during their ascent an...

Want to climb a frozen waterfall? The ice climbing is the sport for you. Ice climbing, as the term indicates, is the activity of ascending inclined ice formations. Usually, ice climbing refers to roped and protected climbing of features such as icefalls, frozen waterfalls, and cliffs and rock slabs covered with ice refrozen from flows of water. For the purposes of cli...

Whitewater rafting enthusiasts count an adventure on the glacier fed Futaleufu River in the Patagonian region of Chile among their favorite trips. Futaleufu, translated as “Big River” in the local dialect, is a rafter’s dream with aqua blue water in an alpine setting. Large waves, ever present boulders and Class III to Class V rapids provide all the ...

Gibraltar International Airport or North Front Airport (IATA: GIB, ICAO: LXGB) is the civilian airport that serves the British overseas territory of Gibraltar. The runway is owned by the Ministry of Defence for use by the Royal Air Force as RAF Gibraltar. Civilian operators use the civilian-operated terminal. National Air Traffic Services hold the contract for provisi...

Gnaraloo Bay in Western Australia’s Coral Coast is a pristine white beach that stretches for almost 60 kilometers. There is a surf break off Gnaraloo Point referred to as “Tombstones” that presents ideal conditions sought by Windsurfers and Kitesurfers alike. Practitioners come from all corners of the globe to experience Tombstones on their boards. T...

Entering the ocean in the presence of a Great White Shark may not be for everyone. On the other hand, there are those of you that dream of being able to observe a Great White in its natural habitat. Watching a Great White Shark tear into a Sea Lion or socializing with other sharks may be the adrenaline adventure you crave. It’s not only possible to do so but the...

High altitude military parachuting (or military free fall (MFF)) is a method of delivering personnel, equipment, and supplies from a transport aircraft at a high altitude via free-fall parachute insertion. Two techniques are used: HALO (high altitude - low opening) and HAHO (high altitude - high opening). In the HALO technique, the parachutist opens his parachute at a...

Perhaps no creature in the ocean generates the level of simultaneous awe and curiosity as a Hammerhead Shark when seen in the wild. The nine known species of Hammerhead Sharks range from just under 1 meter (3 feet) to 6 meters (20 feet) in length. The thinking is that the “hammerhead” is an evolutionary result that provides a 360 degree vertical vision pla...