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Welcome to Adventure Travel Guidebooks

Dedicated to engaging in discussion and exploration of adventure travel, however you define it. Our kind of travel is about life-changing encounters and experiences. Experiencing instead of just looking....a way to really experience the world!

If you are open to the unexpected adventure and to the thrill of spontaneity, this is the place for you!

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How To Run Up a $100K Cab Fare?

How To Run Up a $100K Cab Fare? This week I ran across an adventure story that totally grabbed me!  It's so ...

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Top Adventures in Newport Beach

Top Adventures in Newport Beach Just back from another great visit to Newport Beach, CA!  Here are my top ...

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25 Mar Posted by in News | Comments

How To Run Up a $100K Cab Fare?

How To Run Up a $100K Cab Fare?

This week I ran across an adventure story that totally grabbed me!  It’s so simple, but so complex to execute:  a drive around the world.   But it’s one thing to do it on a motorcycle or in a car, and a totally radical thing in a….TAXI!  From the Wall Street Journal on March 21,...

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05 Feb Posted by in News | Comments

Top Adventures in Newport Beach

Top Adventures in Newport Beach

Just back from another great visit to Newport Beach, CA!  Here are my top adventures for you to explore and enjoy when you visit: 1)  Newport Aquatic Center – Ever wanted to learn to flat-water canoe or kayak?  What about the hot new sport of SUP? How about try an outrigger canoe or rowing?  This...

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16 Jan Posted by in News | Comments

Why?

Why?

Why do you love to travel?  Why do you love adventure?  Why do you keep doing it again and again? As an introduction of it’s newest camera, Nikon featured three prominent adventure sport athletes to answer the above and much more.  Dane Jackson, the son of paddling’s king adventurer Eric Jackson and now a force...

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14 Jan Posted by in News | Comments

The BRO 100

The BRO 100

Blue Ridge Outdoors, a monthly magazine dedicated to the best in Southern U.S.outdoor adventure sports, activities, and lifestyle, recently published their 100 activities to do in 2012. Broken down by month, the list is a great guide to shedding excuses and getting out to do it. So, in it’s entirety, here is The BRO 100....

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01 Jan Posted by in News | 2 comments

UNREASONABLE ADVENTURE TRAVEL!

UNREASONABLE ADVENTURE TRAVEL!

Here at Adventure Travel Guidebooks we have been searching for over a year for a travel partner that could help us bring you the best in Adventure Travel. The search is over and we are thrilled to have partnered up with UNREASONABLE ADVENTURES.

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08 Aug Posted by in News | Comments

Race to Mackinac

Race to Mackinac

I had the great pleasure to cover the Chicago Yacht Club’s Race To Mackinac this year.  At 333 miles, the Race to Mackinac is the oldest annual freshwater distance race in the world.  The 2011 race marks the 103rd time it has been contested.  Starting this year just off Navy Pier in Chicago, 355 boats set...

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02 Aug Posted by in News | Comments

Fastest-Ever Thru-Hike of Appalachian Trail

Fastest-Ever Thru-Hike of Appalachian Trail

Asheville, NC woman sets Appalachian Trail record Averaging 46 miles and 6,000-7,000 calories a day, an Asheville, NC woman finished the fastest-ever thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail.  Jennifer Pharr Davis, 28, put in 15-18 hour days on the 2,181-mile trail to set an unofficial speed record of 46 days, 11 hours and 20 minutes when...

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24 Jul Posted by in News | 2 comments

Adventures with Marie Cleland

Adventures with Marie Cleland

It’s happened again!  I’ve said many times that the guidebook and travel writers we meet here at Adventure Travel Guidebooks are often way more interesting than the destinations we cover. Marie Cleland absolutely proves that!  I began following Marie on Twitter (@nzTravelWriter) a while back and found her tweets to be very captivating, and it...

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