Dispatches: Media & Events in the World Outside Radar
June 4-8 Tori Allen, Brad Ludden, and 700 other athletes compete in Vail, Colorado, during the TEVA MOUNTAIN GAMES, a festival of climbing, kayaking, and biking. www.tevamountaingames.com
June 5-July 5 Ian and Erick Regnard's world-touring surf and music photography exhibition, "THE REEF (on unfavorable days)" comes to Soho, New York's Edward Carter Gallery. www.edwardcartergalleries.com
June 9-15 The 2003 O'NEILL DEEP BLUE OPEN, a five-star World Qualifiying boat drop surfing event, kicks off in the azure waters of the Maldives. www.deepblueopen.com
June 10 Fifty Everest vets, including Sir Edmund Hillary and Tom Hornbein, come together in San Francisco for the American Himalayan Foundation's 50TH EVEREST ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION. www.himalayan-foundation.org
June 14-22 Kayakers from more than 15 countries race the clock down Class III-IV rapids on California's Kern River during THE WILDWATER WORLD CUPS. www.kernwildwater.com
June 21-July 13 The Loving Light Amazon Lodge in Peru hosts STAYING ALIVE: THE AMAZON SURVIVAL CHALLENGE, in which contestants vie for a $50,000 prize. www.junglelodge.com
June 27-30 Wild Food Adventures presents the GINGERROOT RENDEZVOUS, a four-day conference on simple living and the use of North America's wild, edible plants. www.wildfoodadventures.com.