Soroche, acute mountain sickness (AMS), altitude sickness — whatever you call it, it does not discriminate. The simple fact is, the higher you go above sea level, the thinner the oxygen in your blood becomes. By 10,000 feet oxygen levels have gone from roughly 98% saturation to 89%. This catches many travelers off-guard; young, old, man, woman, fit or not — anyone is potentially at risk. The good news is [...]
It has been such an exciting April at Adventure Life – first with Outside Magazine’s announcement naming us one of nation’s Best Places to Work, and now National Geographic Traveler has selected our Bolivia Backroads + Oruro Festival trip as one of their 2010 Tours of a Lifetime. Margaret Loftus from National Geographic Traveler explains why this trip is so special: Kicking off with Carnaval de Oruro, Bolivia’s most spectacular [...]
As part of Adventure Life’s policy, we welcome newborns in the office for the first 6 months to help make the transition back to work easier on Mom, Dad and baby … and budget! And believe-you-me, we’ve put it to good use. Our Adventure Life family continues to grow — sometimes, exponentially. For a while there it looked like pregnancy was contagious: four out of sixteen staff members [...]
Machu Picchu reopens as scheduled, April 1, 2010. Celebrations were held in Machu Picchu Town (Aguas Calientes) and in Cusco — not to mention in our Adventure Life office. The Inca Trail to Machu Picchu is also opened. Access to Machu Picchu is very limited — the rail is the only practical way to the ruins, other than your own two feet on the Inca Trail. When downpours in January [...]
For the second year in a row, Outside Magazine names Adventure Life one of the 50 Best Places to Work in the nation. We are truly honored. To see our company on a list with household names, globally recognized brands, and publicly traded companies really speaks to the quality work environment here at Adventure Life. We are very proud of our company; a group of folks who work as hard [...]
