Travel

How To Backpack Alberta’s Most Scenic Trail

Alberta’s Skyline Trail is popular for a reason. It offers stunning alpine scenery, exciting hiking, and it’s easy to access. We spent two days trekking it; here’s everything you need to know to tackle it yourself. Why should you go? Hikers are greeted with alpine country within a few hours of embarking on the Skyline…

Tech News Chris Brinlee Jr Nov 10

The 5 Most Gruesome Tourist Murders of All Time

There are plenty of things to worry about while traveling, without adding being brutally murdered into the mix. But it happens more often than you’d think, even in places that seem like paradise. Read on for terrible tales of vacations gone nightmarishly wrong. 1. Michael and Thelma King Michael and Thelma King weren’t typical tourists.…

Tech News Cheryl Eddy Nov 9

In the Future, International Airline Travel Will Actually Be Fun Again. No, Really.

Traveling abroad is inherently thrilling — but then there’s that interminable, soul-sucking trek to get there. In the future, things might be very different. Imagine an eight-hour flight that’s actually enjoyable, with ergonomically designed seats and an in-flight entertainment system that syncs to your personal devices. You could get through security faster with biometric scanning.…

Tech News Bryan Lufkin Nov 4

Enchanting video reveals the secret beauty of Iran

Stanislas Giroux, the guy who filmed this video, puts it quite simply: this is the video he would like to show people when they ask him why the heck would he want to go to Iran. And after watching it, I kind of want to go with him. The beauty of the country and the…

Sploid Casey Chan Oct 29

Six Months After The Earthquake, Nepal Is Open For Adventure

Nepal is home to the best climbing, trekking and mountaineering on earth. But, earlier this year, it also had a massive earthquake, an avalanche on Everest and is right now subject to a “blockade” by its neighbor India. Can you still visit? Surprisingly, now may be the best time ever. An avalanche on Everest killed…

Tech News Chris Brinlee Jr Oct 28

Use This Handy App to Find What’s Open Around You

Whether you’re looking for somewhere to have just one more beer, you need a late-night store that sells cough syrup, or you want to do something productive in the early hours of the morning, Wotsopen can tell you which places are open for business near your location. Wotsopen is free on Android and iOS and…

Gadgets David Nield Oct 14

How GoPro Is Turning Its Athletes Into Storytellers

Sport photography isn’t shot from the sidelines anymore, it’s made by athletes as they do their thing. But before they can do that, they have to learn to shoot like a pro. We went inside the camp where they’re trained. The GoPro athlete camp I attended was geared specifically towards the company’s adventure athletes: rock…

Tech News Chris Brinlee Jr Oct 13

Your Boarding Pass Barcode Can Reveal Your Future Flight Schedule

When you pick up a boarding pass, it has many of your personal details splashed all over it. But the innocuous-looking barcode contains an even richer seam of information about your travel plans and habits — and it may pay to keep it hidden away from prying eyes. Brian Krebs reports that one of his…

Privacy & Security Jamie Condliffe Oct 7

Traveling Is Far More Enjoyable When Your Suitcase Turns Into a Water Park

When all you’ve got is a magazine or some over-played smartphone games at your disposal, waiting out airport delays is a nightmare. But not if your carry-on luggage opened to reveal an epic water park inside, instead of clothing. In fact, you might actually be glad to be bumped from an over-sold flight and put…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Oct 2

Video: A portrait of beautiful Southeast Asia

If you ever find yourself with an itch to leave your desk job and like, never come back, I highly recommend disappearing away into Southeast Asia. It’s such a stunning place with so many different cultures and landscapes and wonderful food and to properly do it right, you need to be leaving something behind with…

Sploid Casey Chan Oct 1

How To Survive a Long Flight With Just Your Smartphone

Even if you get the privilege of a rather clunky entertainment system built into the seat in front of you, having to sit inside a tin can for a stretch of several hours is always going to be a struggle. Thankfully, your most dependable gadget can help the time to quite literally fly by, even…

Gadgets David Nield Sep 25

This delightful video of traveling to Japan is just so much fun to watch

Francisco Fuentes’ amazing visual diary of his trip to Japan is so awesomely captured and so well edited and so fun to watch that it makes me want to take a trip there immediately. It’s because every video in the series (there are 12 15-second videos) basically acts as a teaser for his time in…

Sploid Casey Chan Sep 24

What Happens When You Get A Parasite

The experience of living with a stomach parasite is not something a decent person would ever want to share. Which brings me to the point of this article: the parasites I contracted in Guatemala. My bowels were bleeding, my intestines sounded like a rockslide, I was diuretic, bloated and weak. So, I had some reason…

Tech News Cameron Smith Sep 21

The TSA’s Response to Its Master Key Scandal Is Priceless

“Scandal” might be too strong a word. But you’d think the TSA would have been ashamed when hackers released 3D-printer files for its master keys, which can open any any TSA-recommended luggage lock. Does the TSA feel ashamed? Not even close. In fact, the TSA seemingly gives zero fucks that anybody can now 3D-print master…

Privacy & Security Adam Clark Estes Sep 17

Biking through Bali is like exploring a wonderland

Called Surfing Trails, you would think this beautiful video about Bali is about, well, surfing. But nope! It’s a biking video that travels through the wonderland that is Bali, exploring trails on volcanoes and cuts through the forest and jumps through the hills. It’s a lovely exploration of the island. ION: On Bali, there is…

Sploid Casey Chan Sep 10

Watch This Guy Open a Hotel Room Safe With a Pocketknife and Paperclip

Did you pay extra for a deluxe hotel room that came with a safe? It doesn’t matter how complex you think you four-digit code is, it turns out the safe’s keypad can probably be over-ridden using a secret keyhole that’s surprisingly easy to hack. In this video Jim Stickley demonstrates that the fancy metal nameplate…

Privacy & Security Andrew Liszewski Sep 10

What Happens If You Take Frozen Liquids Through Airport Security

Nobody enjoys going through airports. Despite the miracle of air travel for the masses and the systems for funnelling the right people into the right places being a magnificent example of engineering and system design, it is basically impossible to board a plane without being intensely frustrated. Modern security is just as torturous. Remove your…

Privacy & Security James O Malley - Gizmodo UK Sep 10

So You Want to Become a Mountaineer?

According to Hemingway, “There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely games.” I just learned that last one. Here’s how you can too. My first real mountain backcountry experience didn’t come until I was 24; it was the one that started it all. I experienced the call of…

Tech News Chris Brinlee Jr Sep 8

How Traveling to Deep Space In Cryogenic Sleep Could Actually Work

Our bodies aren’t meant for space. We require too much maintenance to speed through the stars. We need a steady supply of things absent from space — namely water, food and oxygen. We crave warmth but won’t find it in deep space, where the average temperature is -455 degrees Fahrenheit. Even if we could survive…

Space & Spaceflight Adam Bulger Aug 21

JFK Now Tracks Passengers’ Cellphones to Predict Airport Wait Times

The worst part about air travel isn’t the cramped airplane cabins, the terrible food, or the awkward security pat-downs–it’s all the waiting and lining up you have to do at the airport. So New York’s JFK is now using a new cellphone tracking system to predict just how long you’ll be standing around. At JFK’s…

Privacy & Security Andrew Liszewski Aug 20

How To Backpack Alberta’s Most Scenic Trail

The 5 Most Gruesome Tourist Murders of All Time

In the Future, International Airline Travel Will Actually Be Fun Again. No, Really.

Enchanting video reveals the secret beauty of Iran

Six Months After The Earthquake, Nepal Is Open For Adventure

Use This Handy App to Find What’s Open Around You

How GoPro Is Turning Its Athletes Into Storytellers

Your Boarding Pass Barcode Can Reveal Your Future Flight Schedule

Traveling Is Far More Enjoyable When Your Suitcase Turns Into a Water Park

Video: A portrait of beautiful Southeast Asia

How To Survive a Long Flight With Just Your Smartphone

This delightful video of traveling to Japan is just so much fun to watch

What Happens When You Get A Parasite

The TSA’s Response to Its Master Key Scandal Is Priceless

Biking through Bali is like exploring a wonderland

Watch This Guy Open a Hotel Room Safe With a Pocketknife and Paperclip

What Happens If You Take Frozen Liquids Through Airport Security

So You Want to Become a Mountaineer?

How Traveling to Deep Space In Cryogenic Sleep Could Actually Work

JFK Now Tracks Passengers’ Cellphones to Predict Airport Wait Times

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