Afghan Cycles: Pushing Gender and Cultural Barriers on Two Wheels
Afghan Cycles: Pushing Gender and Cultural Barriers on Two Wheels
Afghan Cycles: Pushing Gender and Cultural Barriers on Two Wheels
I didn’t go to Afghanistan to ride a bike. Yet six years ago, I started mountain biking in various parts of the country. I was working in the country with women and girls and discovered that despite the flood of bikes that swarmed the roads in cities and villages across the country, girls were not…
Afghanistan Quiz, Part 1
Afghanistan Quiz, Part 1
Afghanistan Quiz, Part 1
This East-West crossroads has long been a hot spot of culture, tradition, and turmoil. How much do you know about it?
Afghanistan Quiz, Part 2
Afghanistan Quiz, Part 2
Afghanistan Quiz, Part 2
This East-West crossroads has long been a hot spot of culture, tradition, and turmoil. How much do you know about it?
Improving Women’s Rights in Afghanistan with Bikes – Join the Global Solidarity Ride 8/30
Improving Women’s Rights in Afghanistan with Bikes – Join the Global Solidarity Ride 8/30
Improving Women’s Rights in Afghanistan with Bikes – Join the Global Solidarity Ride 8/30
“The bicycle has done more to emancipate women than anything else in the world.” — Susan B. Anthony in 1986 In Afghanistan it’s not technically illegal to ride a bicycle, but a woman riding a bicycle is a deep-seeded taboo and is seen as controversial, provocative, and immoral. In this video, Shannon Galpin, a National Geographic…
Afghan Cycles: Following the First Afghan National Women’s Cycling Team
Afghan Cycles: Following the First Afghan National Women’s Cycling Team
Afghan Cycles: Following the First Afghan National Women’s Cycling Team
Shannon Galpin was honored as a National Geographic Adventurer of the Year in 2013 for her work in Afghanistan. She will be returning to Afghanistan on Monday to distribute 50 bikes, cycling clothing, and gear to the Afghan Women’s National Cycling Team and to set up the country’s first mountain bike team. Follow her adventures on Twitter…
Behind the Cover: October 2013
Behind the Cover: October 2013
Behind the Cover: October 2013
A closer look at ten of the images on our October cover inset.
Adventure in 60 Seconds: This Week in Exploration
Adventure in 60 Seconds: This Week in Exploration
Adventure in 60 Seconds: This Week in Exploration
Text by Tetsuhiko Endo Here at Adventure, we have the tendency to focus our climbing expedition coverage on the largest and most dangerous mountains. In doing so, it is easy to forget that, besides Everest and K2, there are 13 other 8,000-meter peaks that can often be just as challenging to climb. The Polish team of…
Three Cups of Trouble: Climber Greg Mortenson’s Taliban Problem
Three Cups of Trouble: Climber Greg Mortenson’s Taliban Problem
Three Cups of Trouble: Climber Greg Mortenson’s Taliban Problem
Text by Cliff Ransom This summer Greg Mortenson’s book, Three Cups of Tea, will hit 125 weeks on the best seller list. The tale of a K2 climber who started building schools in the mountains of Pakistan and Afghanistan, and its message that only education can combat the ignorance that fosters religious extremism, has inspired…
Are National Parks in Afghanistan’s Future?
Are National Parks in Afghanistan’s Future?
Are National Parks in Afghanistan’s Future?
Here in America, we love our National Parks. All told, almost 400 of them dot the country. But in the harsh terrain of the Hindu Kush mountain range in Afghanistan, National Parks are a foreign concept. Resources aren’t preserved for the benefit of tourists; they are necessary for survival. But that may soon change according…