In this weeks Roundup, we learn 10 tips for better travel photography, find out why the Grand Canyon is flooding, take a look at an expedition that is absolutely amazing in vision and scope, and find out what all the fuss is about with these wolverines in Tahoe.
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This is a video of 10 top tips for travel photography from What Digital Camera magazine
Grand Canyon Flooding:
National Geographic has a great report on the recent flooding of the Grand Canyon. If you weren't aware, more than 300,000 gallons of water per second were release from Lake Powell into the Grand Canyon to simulate flood conditions, raising the water up to 15 feet in some areas. The flooding helps create sandbars and beaches required for wildlife habitat.
Daren Wendell Sets out to Walk Around the World
Speaking of expeditions, we have been doing some writing about expedition design. For an example of spectacular vision and scope look no further than Darrell Wendell who is setting out to walk around the world carrying only 38 pounds in his backpack. That's not a misprint.. around-the-world.
He is doing it to raise awareness for bloodwatermission.com, a clean water and AIDS relief effort founded by one of my favorite bands, Jars of Clay. He will walk 18000 miles over three years.
The following is a list of thoughts from his website. Absolutely amazing:
- Legacy: I dont have any children, in fact I havent dated for about a year because of the expedition, but there will be a day when I am gone and my children will say "My father gave back to this world instead of just taking from it, he saved lives, and he was a voice for the voiceless" I cant think of a better legacy
- One of my biggest fears is to look back on my life and wished I would have lived it differently. Therefore I refuse to live a life of mediocrity. I meet so many people who have lost sight of their dreams and ambitions and settle for something else. I feel like I have been given this gift of life and I want to live it to the fullest.
- I also want to raise awareness and move people to action when it comes to the Water Crisis and Aids Pandemic that ishitting Africa by advocating for http://www.bloodwatermission.com/
- I want to inspire people to follow dreams and help figure out why they are on this earth. I feel If you miss out on that then they will miss the reason they were created.
- I am fiercly wild at heart. I love adventure, change, new people, cultures, mental challenges, languages physical challenges, spiritual challenges.
- I am sure that I will discover a lot more of the why as I walk. But for now... I stick with just "Life to the fullest"
"Dream no small dreams. They have no power to stir the souls of men."
You can track him on a map by following this link:
http://skyshield.positionlogic.com/Login.aspx
User Name: earthexpedition
Password: earthexpedition
Wolverines, Thought to Be Extinct, Discovered in CA
A few years ago, I was amazed that a new waterfall was discovered in a California National Park. About that time, a World War II era airplane wreck was discovered in the Sierra's. It never ceases to amaze me the treasures and discoveries that California holds to explorers willing to venture into road-less places.
The most recent discovery was of a wolverine in the Tahoe National Forest. Thought to be extinct, this is said to be the first sighting in more than 75 years. The discovery occurred when an automated camera, placed by a graduate student to photograph a different species, caught the wolverine investigating the bait.