by Gregg Treinish | Mar 7, 2017 | adventure, adventurer spotlight, boating, freshwater microplastics, himalaya, kayaking, microplastic pollution, nepal
By: Gerrit Egnew and Kirra Paulus The moment when our boats first touched water – after seventy hours of travel – was intensely gratifying. This summer, noting that there was a dearth of data in Nepal, we sought to use our particular river skills to take...
by Gregg Treinish | Feb 8, 2017 | adventure, adventure science, adventure scientists, adventure trekking, adventurer spotlight, climbing, collect, conservation, expeditions, freshwater microplastics, himalaya, lonnie dupre, microbe collection, microplastic pollution, mountaineering, scat
By: Pascale Marceau of Vertical Nepal Vertical Nepal team working their way up the glacier on Langju. Photo by Elias de Andres Martos. Exploration, adventure, pioneering, remoteness – all words that describe this fall’s Vertical Nepal expedition. The team...
by Gregg Treinish | Nov 2, 2016 | adventure science, freshwater microplastics, himalaya, mountaineering, nepal, scat
By Adventure Scientists Staff Vertical Nepal, a team of elite mountaineers and seasoned Adventure Scientists, recently sent us some photos and an update from their expedition, which has included collecting scat samples for our Global Microbe Study and water samples...
by Gregg Treinish | Nov 4, 2015 | himalaya, snow
By Graham ZimmermanASC Adventurer Learn more about these and other ASC projects on our website, the Field Notes blog,and on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Read more about ASC athleteGraham Zimmerman at...
by Gregg Treinish | Feb 27, 2014 | adventure, adventurer spotlight, adventurers and scientists for conservation, climate change, climbing, himalaya, science, snow
Dr. Hari Mix has his PhD from Stanford University in Environmental Earth Systems Science and is an avid alpinist, making regular climbing trips around the world. Hari climbed in the Himalaya in 2012 and 2013 and worked on a number of ASC projects. In 2014 Hari will...
by Gregg Treinish | Nov 8, 2013 | climbing, himalaya, mountaineering, National Geographic, nepal, skiing, snow
ASC interviews Pro Snowboarder Jeremy Jones About Nepal and Collecting Data for ASC Jeremy Jones at the office. Photo by Clark Fyans Recently ASC was connected with professional snowboarder and environmental advocate Jeremy Jones through our incredible friends at Clif...
