Tag: ski

First Ascent and Ski Descent of ‘Little Rakaposhi’

In late spring, after the monsoon has closed down the Himalayan season but before teams head for Pakistan’s 8,000ers, conditions remain good enough on many of Pakistan’s lower peaks for some climbing and skiing. Yannick Boissenot and Julien Herry made the best of both options by bagging a first ascent of an unnamed 5,050m peak […]

Ski Portillo Blanketed by 45 Inches of Snow Overnight

Winter has arrived in Chilé, where the ski season exists oppositely to our North American one. Ski Portillo, a ski resort in the Andes mountains of Chile, just announced that things are kicking off in spectacular fashion with a dumping of nearly four feet of snow in the last 36 hours. Another look at the […]

Aggressive Shark Repeatedly Rams Florida Man’s Jet Ski

A Florida man was riding his jet ski when an aggressive shark began aggressively circling and even jumped out of the water to multiple times to ram the craft. The encounter occurred just days after a series of shark attacks have hit the region. The video was first posted to Facebook by Walton County mortgage […]

2 injured after jet ski accident on Intracoastal Waterway, SCDNR says

HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) — Two people were injured Monday afternoon after a jet ski crash on the Intracoastal Waterway, First Sgt. Ryan Williams with the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources said. The crash is under investigation and the current condition of the two injured is unknown at this time, Williams said. No other […]