Adventure

An adventurer from Western Washington cast off recently trying to become the first person to traverse the Northwest Passage on a standup paddleboard. The passage is the fabled, but normally frozen, sea route between the Atlantic and the Pacific across the top of Canada.

A Northwest adventure race that some call "the best worst idea" has returned after a long, pandemic hiatus. The 2022 running of the Race to Alaska for engineless boats cast off at the first light of dawn Monday amid high winds in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, conditions the organizers characterized as "between seasick and dangerous."

The pianist Hunter Noack and members of Pink Martini bring classical music and high tech headphones to WPA sites and parks across the region.

We talk to legislative representatives on both sides of a bill that would eliminate the use of coal energy by Oregon's two biggest utilities by 2035. The Oregon Secretary of State discusses how the implementation of the state’s automatic voter registration law is going. And we speak with the backcountry guide who led a trip down a previously undocumented slot canyon for Oregon Field Guide.

A few adventurous explorers share their tales of venturing into the remote gorge nicknamed Valhalla.

What does it take to pull off the adventure of a lifetime? A picture may be worth a thousand words, but the numbers speak for themselves.

An uncharted slot canyon was recently found deep in an Oregon forest, which left us wondering, what exactly is a slot canyon?

How a chance glimpse from a helicopter launched a five-year quest to document an uncharted Oregon wonder. 

Fly-fishing expert Amy Hazel shows us how much we don't know about the sport and how hard it would be to learn.