Category Archives: Adventurers & Heroes

Hero Jumps Into Frozen Reservoir to Save Two Dogs

March 18, 2019

His loyal English Golden Retriever joined him on the rescue mission. If you happen to need your faith in humanity restored, allow us to treat you to some footage of a man saving two dogs from drownin...

‘A near run thing’: Daring British navy rescue saves 27 af...

March 18, 2019

The fire had been burning for hours before the crew was finally saved This handout picture released on March 12, 2019 by the French Marine Nationale shows flames on the Italian merchant ship Grande A...

60 Days on the Streets: A tough-guy adventurer discovers living on Bri...

March 18, 2019

Rocky road: Ed Stafford slept rough in Manchester, London and Glasgow ( Channel 4 ) Ed Stafford is a 43-year-old explorer and adventurer, a former British Army captain and security consultant in Afgh...

Extreme adventurer: When winter weather gets rough, Ben Weaver gets go...

March 18, 2019

Ben Weaver of East Hempfield Township likes to seek out harsh winter weather when he camps. RACHAEL WEAVER   Ben Weaver is the kind of guy who looks out a window of his East Hempfield Township h...

Schloss and team set to be first Godzone international team

March 18, 2019

UPDATE: Sunshine Coast athlete David Schloss and his team are still on track finish third overall at New Zealand’s most prestigious adventure race. While holding third for much of the first thr...

Wealthy adventurer just became the first person to touch the bottom of...

January 21, 2019

Last week, private equity investor and adventurer Victor Vescovo became the first person to touch the deepest spot in the Atlantic Ocean, 27,480 feet down to the floor of the Puerto Rico Trench, in h...

Me and My Motor: Bruce Parry, adventurer

January 21, 2019

Parry’s camper van has a woodburning stove and is “perfect for going off grid” BRUCE Parry, a former Royal Marine commando turned adventurer, was responsible for hefty military vehicles before he had...

Man hailed a hero after catching baby dropped from burning building in...

November 29, 2018

With flames rising Shuntara Thomas had no choice but to let go of one-year-old, before jumping from the third floor herself. A have-a-go-hero has been hailed after he caught a baby dropped from the t...

Mexicans hail ‘hero dogs’ as photographer tweets portraits...

November 28, 2018

Ecko (left) and Evil wearing their protective goggles Mexicans have been expressing their admiration and affection for the navy’s search and rescue dogs on social media after a photographer pos...

Adventurer Bertrand Piccard On Breaking Records, Fulfilling Legacies A...

November 28, 2018

Breitling Swiss adventurer, psychiatrist, environmentalist and philanthropist Bertrand Piccard comes from a long and proud line of explorers, thinkers and do-ers. His grandfather was a famous physici...

Space telescope retired after finding thousands of planets

November 9, 2018

TUCSON, Ariz. – It was a space explorer that taught us Earth is not one of a lonely handful of planets. The Kepler Space Telescope taught astronomers there are billions of planets — some ...

Hero neighbour rescues sleeping couple as fire rips through their home...

November 9, 2018

A hero passer-by alerted a sleeping couple to a blaze engulfing their home before leading them to safety. Firefighters damp down after the fire in Horsebrook Lane Station manager Paul Shaw, who led t...

Adventurer Becomes First Person to Swim 1,780 miles Around British Isl...

November 9, 2018

Adventurer Ross Edgley became the first man to swim around the coast of mainland Britain as he completed a 1,780 mile-trip to make a triumphant return to dry land in Margate on Sunday. The 33-year-ol...

Scottish adventurer becomes fastest woman to cycle around the world

October 29, 2018

Jenny Graham is now fastest woman to cycle around the world (Photo: @adventuresynd) A Scottish adventurer has become the fastest woman to cycle around the world. Jenny Graham, from Inverness, circumn...

Adventurer takes on deadly Alps challenge

October 9, 2018

Cameras follow Steve Backshall as he attempts to climb the north face of the Eiger in the Bernese Alps for the TV series Steve Backshall vs The Vertical Mile. Leo Houlding   Steve Backshall is s...