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Issue # 213

Adventure Magazine - April - May 2019

WOULD YOU SURVIVE?

AVALANCHE
CLIFF FALL
GOING SOLO
30 FOOT WAVE
TRAPPED..

Lucky Charms

One moment, I was comfortably scrambling up the side of a mountain in the Sierra Nevada, California, USA. The next, I was knocked down by falling rock and lost consciousness.

9 mins

What's My Name?

What seemed like a moment ago, I was arcing turns in the hunt for windblown stashes of chalky goodness and now I’m trying to comprehend what has just happened.

8 mins

Mark Inglis - On Top Of The World

Imagine, you are 23 years old, trapped in an ice cave for 14 days by a sub-zero blizzard on the summit of New Zealand’s highest peak.

6 mins

Sergio Cosme- Helping Other's Survive

Portuguese resort Nazaré is home to some of the biggest waves in the world from October to March and jet-ski pilot Sérgio Cosme is one of the people who makes sure big-wave surfers end up safely back on dry land each time.

1 min

Suze Kelly - Survival On Everest

Being caught in an avalanche is not something anyone would like to experience, however being caught in an avalanche on the highest mountain in the world is beyond terrifying. On 25th April, 2015, Wanaka based Kiwi, and General Manager of Adventure Consultants, Suze Kelly, was in Camp 1 when a 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook the mountain killing 9000 people in Nepal and causing a huge avalanche that ran straight through base camp. The avalanche claimed the lives of at least 22 people.

4 mins

Into The White

We were competitive as brothers, always trying to one up each other. As brothers do. We would climb up snowy hills and huck ourselves off 40-foot cliffs, yelling "Fuck it!”. This was the motto. You stand on top of a crazy feature that is WAY bigger than you want to jump off, and you yell "Fuck it!”. Then you jump.

5 mins

Look Big

The need for survival is not always on our doorstep. Possibly, when we are most at risk, as New Zealanders, is when we travel and how naive we are when dealing with threats, particularly from animals off shore.

3 mins

Tararua Ranges

My first tramp in the Tararua ranges was along the famed ‘Jumbo Circuit’ in 2017. It was a misty experience, with no views and dense fog hiding those incredible views I’d longed to see up here.

3 mins

Going For Gold

Brrrrrrring. It’s 4:30am, so getting out of bed is a bit of a struggle.

5 mins

Doers Or Viewers?

Brian Megaw is the managing director and senior river guide at River Valley Adventure Lodge in Taihape. He has been working at River Valley since 1986 and still loves being part of something that he feels motivated and passionate about. He shares his thoughts on a recent experience at the lodge which gives us all food for thought...

2 mins

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Adventure Magazine Description:

ADVENTURE MAGAZINE is a lifestyle adventure magazine that features adventures from around the world. Everything that is extreme, from big wave surfing to kayaking in the Artic, from mountain biking in Queenstown to climbing Everest, if it is extreme it is in Adventure - every issue is filled with action. Adventure Magazine is this years winner of the prestigious Maggies sport cover competition.