(there should be pictures...)   I spend three days in Bettmeralp. It’s a small village made of chalets and located in the Swiss Alps. Behind it, if you go over a col, then you have an amazing view of

So we Summitted Mt Elbrus :) here are the Details. On the 23rd July 2010 we attempted the West Summit of Mt. Elbrus. We started the climb at 2nd Base camp (3700m) on the North Route at 1am. The climb

Hey all YEPers! I wanna write a blog about the camp right after coming back from it but it was ... too hard for me... I didnt know how to express my feelings about it. And now when the emotion calmed

As more and more application videos are appearing on the website, I thought that I maybe should give the applicants a bit of advice. First, you should really take your time to answer the questions of

  Hi everybody:)   Now I'm on a photo camp near Rabka – a little town in the south of Poland. I'm gonna stay there for 2 weeks. Even though it seems like I'm in the middle of nowhere – there is actu

  Yesterday evening I had soccer practice and it rained cats and dogs. First, I wasn't so happy about playing soccer or jogging in this weather, but I have to say: it was GREAT! Normally people a

I cannot remember a day on which I did fewer sports than 3 or 4 hours the last months. That's a strange addiction. I'm getting lazy, dizzy and tired when I'm not moving. It's like when I was younger a

Hey =) This weekend I've been camping with some friends - we've been a group of about 30 persons. It was great and we had a lot of fun togehter but I recognized a big, big problem: It was unbelievabl

Well I was going to write multiple posts about some things I did the last month, like walking to school (18km), going on a hiking trip in the High Vens, beeing here in the Faroe Islands, ... But I did

Good afternoon fellow Young Explorers,   The closure of the application window is drawing to a close and I'm very happy to see the first few application videos popping up... HOWEVER :) , there is litt