Category Archives: Adventurers & Heroes

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...

Three New Tools Every Adventure Photographer Should Have

October 9, 2018

During the last few years traveling the globe on assignment as a pro photographer, I have come to realize how important it is to have the latest and greatest technology. From the race track to the di...

5 near-death experiences and what one adventurer learned from them

August 28, 2018

Explorer Ash Dykes has had more close shaves than a cutthroat razor. As he gears up for an insane 4,000-mile solo trek across China’s Yangtze River, the Welshman reveals his scariest moments to date....

Adventurer breaks swimming record off Skye coast

August 28, 2018

Ross Edgley, who has broken the record for longest sea swim. An adventurer attempting to swim round the UK mainland broke the record for the world’s longest sea swim off the Skye coast yesterday. Ros...

Portrait of a Nation: the Dubai adventurer with an unusual approach to...

July 31, 2018

Fareed Lafta skydives over the Pyramids in Egypt this year. Courtesy Fareed Lafta Fareed Lafta’s life sounds like it has sprung from the pages of a book. The Dubai resident, 40, is a trained cosmonau...

Lifetimes: Adventurer, world traveller and supporter of Tibetan refuge...

July 4, 2018

Vivian “Vivie” Hunter of Elmira, born: Aug.18, 1926 in Toronto, died: May 20, 2018, of age-related illness. Vivian Hunter at a Tibetan gallery opening of the carpets she imported to support Tibetan r...