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Video: One giant rope swing
Feb 18th, 2012 at 8:00AM: As a kid, who hasn't tossed a rope over a tree branch and swung through the air with wild abandon? Well, that is exactly what the folks in the video below tried to replicate, only on a much grander scale. The rope swing, in this case, was actually attached to the 140-foot tall Corona Arch, located not far from Moab, Utah, and the riders used a cliff as their launching pad. The result is one wild ...
Raft for the Cure in Moab this June
Apr 19th, 2011 at 8:00AM: This June, the Moab Adventure Center, located in Moab, Utah will play host to the fifth annual Raft for the Cure. This fun and unique event that will offer visitors a unique blend of outdoor adventure, live music, and great food, while also raising funds for the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation.
The Raft for the Cure event begins with a full day of rafting along the famous Colorado River, ...A travel guide to the 2011 Oscar movies
Feb 2nd, 2011 at 4:00PM: The 83rd annual Academy Awards are coming up in a few weeks and the Oscars race is on. This year's nominations contained few surprises, with many nods for Brit period piece The King's Speech, Facebook biopic The Social Network, and headtrip Inception. While 2010's ultimate travel blockbuster Eat, Pray, Love failed to made the cut, there's still plenty to inspire wanderlust among the Best Picture ...24-Hours of Moab mountain bike race begins today
Oct 9th, 2010 at 8:00AM: Ever wonder what it would be like to ride a mountain bike across a scenic, but challenging, course for 24 hours straight? Me neither! But that's exactly what competitors in the 24-Hours of Moab mountain bike race are preparing to do when the event gets underway today at noon local time in Moab, Utah. As you can probably deduce from the name, the ride won't end until noon tomorrow, after a very ...Moab promises adventure and fun this fall
Oct 5th, 2010 at 8:00AM: For many outdoor enthusiasts, Moab is the epicenter of adventure in the western United States. Located in eastern Utah, the city is home to 5000 residents and serves as a great home base for travelers who visit the region in search of an adventurous escape. The area boasts some of the best hiking, paddling, and mountain biking found anywhere in North America, and Moab's proximity to the ...LandRover Adventures in Moab
Apr 11th, 2006 at 10:17AM: It seems like every old movie
showing a vehicle moving across the yawning African landscape features one kind of vehicle: a Land Rover. Am I right?
OK, maybe you'll see a Jeep now and again, but if the characters in the film are at all wealthy, colonial or scientific
types, it's ALWAYS a Land Rover. The fact is the Land Rover is synonymous with
driving across forbidding territory. And they seem to ...Cycling Moab
Apr 9th, 2006 at 6:52AM: Moab. Even though I cannot say I've ever biked
there, I am a massive fan of the IDEA of biking there. Now, I've posted here about mountain biking in Utah many times,
and have talked up Moab and several other great places in Utah to ride out your fat tire fantasies. And there's no harm
in repetition, so I am going to do it again. First, check out this piece over at (of all places) ABC News, that ...
