Adventurer takes on deadly Alps challenge
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...
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Three New Tools Every Adventure Photographer Should Have
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
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
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...
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...
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...
Kiwi adventurer Mark Sedon is at the forefront of Antarctic exploratio...
Mark Sedon, Leo Houlding and Jean Burgun were 18 days into a 10-week Antarctic expedition which had been dubbed “the most audacious and potentially groundbreaking polar expedition in a generati...
These Badass Women Are Taking on Poachers—and Winning
The all-female Black Mambas guard South Africa’s most precious wildlife with their lives. Members of the all-female Black Mamba Anti-Poaching Unit perform a routine patrol through a wildlife reserve ...
Climber Breaks From Team, Attempts and Abandons Solo Ascent of ‘...
Polish mountaineers are attempting a historic—some would say insane—winter summit of K2. And then one of them tried for it alone. As the world watched the end of the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, a...
Adventurer Ben Fogle completes Mount Everest climb
44-year-old dedicates ascent of 8,848-metre peak to stillborn son, Willem Ben Fogle with Sherpas on Mount Everest. Photograph: Instagram Adventurer Ben Fogle has made it to the summit of Mount Everes...
Go Inside the Empowering World of All-Women’s Adventure Travel
This movement is a force to be reckoned with. Join the party. A hiker treks through a valley on the Paine Circuit in Torres del Paine National Park. Photograph by Hage Photo/Aurora After suffering a ...
An interview with solo adventurer Buck Nelson
Buck Nelson paddling up the Missouri River while retracing the Lewis and Clark Trail in 2016. Buck Nelson fishing for salmon during the 70 days he spent surviving off the land on Admiralty Island in ...
4 Years on the Road With Adventure Photographer Travis Burke
The story of how this talented outdoor photographer found his calling. Sometimes just finding the trailhead is the hardest part. Growing up in San Diego’s stoke-rich North County, a young Travi...
Adventurer attempts to conquer waves and winds in ‘roaring 40s’ as clo...
Grant Rawlinson rowed from Singapore to Australia, cycled from the Eastern Seaboard and is now rowing across the Tasman home to New Zealand Grant Rawlinson faces huge waves and high winds as he rows ...
The Most Breathtaking Wild US Locations Every Adventurer Should Visit
There are all kinds of ways to use your vacation time. Maybe you prefer to opt for a budget European extravaganza, or perhaps your style is more beachfront oasis or even a scenic trip away from the w...