It’s coming up on the 100 year anniversary of the day that Hiram Bingham, a history lecturer from Yale, climbed the mountain and spotted the ruins of Machu Picchu. Today it’s a heavily trodden tourist destination, but 100 years ago Hiram must have felt like he’d stumbled onto a lost city made of gold. In fact, he did hope it was made of gold, and it must have been terribly disappointing when it wasn’t. We’re lucky it’s on a mountain top or he might have hauled the bricks off and sold them for pennies.

National Geographic Adventure has an interview with the writer of the upcoming Bingham bio, which is heavy on the references to Indiana Jones.

A brother and sister duo was robbed at gunpoint in broad daylight while hiking in Garden of the Gods park. Police are investigating their claim that the robbers grabbed a wallet, handbag, and camera before peeling out in a white van.

“We’re here because we wanted to see Garden of the Gods and we’ll never forget it,” said Joan Kunkler.

Besides vehicle break-ins, there historically hasn’t been a lot of crime at this ultra-popular tourist destination.

Meet Teva’s new director of stoke.

I watched the video and found myself at a bit of a loss until I found this website. Seems like it might be the best/lowest-paying job in the world, and I understand that everyone who meets Teva’s Lifestyle Coach likes him pretty well. He’s going to tear through that $10k in a couple weeks buying beers for everyone.

Thanks Jonny

A motorist who did nothing but follow the directions on her vehicle’s GPS ended up stranded on a backcountry road in the snow. They were about 15 minutes from their campground when the dashboard robot instructed them to drive off-road and take a shortcut. They would later use the GPS to give rescuers their coordinates to facility speedy recovery. If they’re following these kinds of directions in a car, it’s probably a good thing they didn’t make it to the campground where they would have had a chance to really get lost.

It’s been a nice spring for people who people who don’t own bikes. A group of friends rip down 4,800ft of Mount Moran.

via The Snaz