{"id":9217,"date":"2019-11-14T20:45:31","date_gmt":"2019-11-14T20:45:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/?page_id=9217"},"modified":"2025-03-02T20:52:59","modified_gmt":"2025-03-02T20:52:59","slug":"articles","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/index.php\/articles\/","title":{"rendered":"Articles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/index.php\/around-the-world-on-new-years-eve\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Around the World on New Years Eve<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nA unique way to spend New Year&#8217;s Eve<br \/>\nOriginally published in the Telegraph Herald, Dubuque, Iowa. December 31, 1997.\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/index.php\/living-simply-in-siple-dome\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Living Simply in Siple Dome<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nDelays and adventures in Antarctica\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/index.php\/antarctic-solstice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Antarctic Solstice<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nOriginally published in the Telegraph Herald, Dubuque, Iowa. June 25, 1998.\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/index.php\/flying-high-in-australia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Flying High in Australia<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nParagliding in the Australian sun\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/index.php\/riding-on-the-edge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Riding on the Edge<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nA tale of mountain biking in Alaska\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/index.php\/dueling-with-denali\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dueling with Denali<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nDoing battle with North America&#8217;s highest peak.\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/index.php\/biking-in-paradise\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biking in Paradise<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nA 100 mile winter race in remote Alaska\n<a href=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/index.php\/the-mooses-tooth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Close Call on Moose&#8217;s Tooth<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nA solid attempt and a close call on Moose&#8217;s Tooth in the Alaska Range\n<a href=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/index.php\/mt-marathon-calls\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Mt. Marathon<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nSecond oldest and most grueling foot race in the country\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/index.php\/one-step-at-a-time-up-mt-alice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">One Step at a Time<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nPrecarious steps up pristine Mt. Alice\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/index.php\/andes-dreams\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Andes Dreams<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nLessons well learned on South America&#8217;s highest peak\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/index.php\/traveling-to-the-ends-of-the-earth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Traveling to the Ends of the Earth: Ushuaia<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nRoad tripping to the ends of the Earth\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/index.php\/its-not-real-its-reality-tv\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">It is not Reality, its Reality TV<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nMaking it through the first round of Global Extremes<br \/>\nOriginally published in the Telegraph Herald, Dubuque, Iowa, March 28, 2004.\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/index.php\/african-extremes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">African Extremes<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nGlobal Extremes in the Kalahari Desert<br \/>\nOriginally published in the Telegraph Herald, Dubuque, Iowa, April 4th, 2004.\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/index.php\/costa-rican-bliss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Costa Rican Bliss<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nGlobal Extremes in the heart of Costa Rica<br \/>\nOriginally published in the Telegraph Herald, Dubuque, Iowa, April 11th, 2004.\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/index.php\/icelandic-dreams\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Icelandic Dreams<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nGlobal Extremes in Iceland<br \/>\nOriginally published in the Telegraph Herald, Dubuque, Iowa, April 18th, 2004.\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/index.php\/everest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Everest<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nBig Decisions on the World&#8217;s Highest Peak<br \/>\nOriginally published in the Telegraph Herald, Dubuque, Iowa, April 25th, 2004.\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/index.php\/its-never-too-late\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">It&#8217;s Never Too Late<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nLessons to learn from our elders.\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/index.php\/jamaica-calling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jamaica Calling<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nAn unexpected outcome in Jamaica\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/index.php\/dead-end-roads\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dead End Roads<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nSometimes a Dead End Road is just what is needed\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/index.php\/bering-strait\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bering Strait<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nTrying to bear the Strait\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/index.php\/bering-odyssey\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bering Odyssey<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nSixty Miles on the Bering Strait\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/index.php\/traveling-through-life-on-a-bmw\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Traveling through life on a BMW<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nA motorcycle odyssey through Central America\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/index.php\/pioneer-peak\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pioneer Peak<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong>A wild climb on a wild peak in the Chugach Range, Alaska\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/index.php\/the-love-hate-relationship-aboard-the-belgica\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Love\/Hate Relationship Onboard the Belgica<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong>A web entry from the Belgica Antarctic expedition describing life on board a 47&#8242; sailing yacht\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/index.php\/birthday-aboard-the-belgica-in-antarctica\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Birthday on board the Belgica in Antarctica<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong>A short web entry about celebrating yet another birthday in the Antarctic\n<a href=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/index.php\/alone-along-the-alcan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Alone Along the Alcan<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n3,600 miles of open road leading back to Iowa\n<a href=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/index.php\/utivera\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Utivera<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nIcelandic Outside Magazine article about Alaska featuring Troy&#8217;s writing and photography\n<a href=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/index.php\/a-long-day-out\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>A Long Day Out<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nIn my 40s now: a fourteen hour hike in the Chugach Range tests my endurance\n<a href=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/index.php\/another-date-with-the-strait\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Another Date with the Strait<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nYet another attempt on the Bering Strait\n<a href=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/index.php\/tough-times-on-the-harding-icefield\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Tough Times on the <\/strong><strong>Harding Icefield<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nAccount of a kite expedition crossing the Harding Icefield in 2012\n<a href=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/index.php\/wild-times-on-the-bagley-icefield\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Wild Times\u00a0<\/strong><strong>on\u00a0the <\/strong><strong>Bagley Icefield<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nEpic kite ski expedition crossing the Bagley Icefield in 2013\n<a href=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/index.php\/baseball-in-your-blood\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Baseball In Your Blood<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nOne day in Iowa hitting baseballs with my Dad\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/troyhenkels.com\/index.php\/winter-ride-across-iowa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Winter Ride Across Iowa.\u00a0\u00a0<\/a> \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A Six day, 330 mile solo bicycle ride across Iowa during the worst week of winter weather of 2020. 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