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Navigating the Impenetrable Darien Gap

Continuing from Xplorer Journal: Darien Gap Trek to the Monkey Stone, aka Yarre Mongara...

Leaving Puerto Quimba, Darien Province, Panama our expedition team traveled by motor boat from Puerto Quimba along the Rio Turia passed Isla Mangle, and onto its southern fork, Rio Balsas, or “River of Rafts”. Rio Balsas journeys through the heart of Darien Gap all the way to the Colombian border. Most…

XplorMor Community Got Wet for Project H2O!

Our global XplorMor Community got wet with Project H2O!

    Project H2O took place on the June Solstice, June 21, 2014.  2100 people from 73 countries joined the event!  The assignment was to capture water in its three forms (liquid, solid, gas) in as many settings and situations as possible as seen through each participant’s perspective, and to promote getting out there and sharing a global…

Project H2O Aims to Focus the XplorMor Community on Water in all its Forms

Project H2O seeks to create awareness as to the intertwined existence of water, our planet and us. During these times of population explosion, technology advancement, increased building and global climate change, it is imperative we work together to ensure our future is bright and wet with cool, clear, flowing water. XplorMor Team wishes for Project H2O’s assignment of observing and photographing…

Darien Gap: Trek to the Monkey Stone, aka Yarre Mongara

First entry in the XplorMor Team journal on our trek to the mysterious Monkey Stone, aka Yarre Mongara, in the Darien Gap of eastern Panama.

Destination: Darien Gap

Mission: To cross the Darien from Puerto Quimba to Playa Muerto in order to locate lost petroglyphs (ancient stone engravings or carvings) and mark a new route through the jungle

End of the road at Puerto Quimba

Our…

On Friday April 25, a SUV caught on fire in a parking lot, Immokalee, FL. As a crowd gathered, a Policeman unsuccessfully tried to put out the fire. Fire Dep...

National Parks Week is Here!

Get out there and take advantage of free admission to our National Parks and lands this weekend: April 19th and 20th!  In honor of National Park Week, our park lands will waive entrance fees this Saturday and Sunday.

North Fork Trail, Inyo National Forest, California

National Park Week celebrates all 401 amazing national park sites around the United States. This year’s theme is “Go Wild!”.…