Category Archives: Adventurers & Heroes

The unexpected Canberra mum who is behind an adventure travel Instagra...

June 21, 2019

When Cath Wallis tells people that she went on a 60-kilometre hike on the weekend, she admits she gets some pretty strange looks. Truth be told, a 60km hike is nothing compared with some of the other...

UK adventurer aims to become first person to fly around the world in a...

June 21, 2019

A British adventurer has experienced “hairy moments” as he aims to become the first person to fly around the world in a gyrocopter. James Ketchell, 37, has just crossed the open waters of...

Motorcycle adventurer Nick Sanders awarded MBE in Queen’s honours list...

June 21, 2019

Hardcore motorcycle adventurer Nick Sanders has been awarded an MBE in the Queen’s birthday honours list for his services to ‘endurance cycling and motorcycling’. The well-known eccentric started his...

Hero coach who stopped high school gunman: ‘Instincts just took over’...

May 27, 2019

PORTLAND, Ore. — Former University of Oregon football star Keanon Lowe said he had just entered a classroom at the Portland high school where he works as a coach and security guard when a student arm...

Explorer Goes Deeper Than Humans Have Gone Before to Find Our Trash Go...

May 27, 2019

When Victor Vescovo’s submarine hit the floor of the Mariana Trench, it sent the sediment swirling. “At bottom,” the Texas businessman-turned-extreme-explorer said into his headset....

72-year-old adventurer finishes trip across Atlantic in a barrel

May 27, 2019

A Frenchman who set out on his solo journey across the Atlantic Ocean in a large, orange barrel, has completed his trip. Jean-Jacques Savin, 72, departed from El Hierro, part of Spain’s Canary Island...

Adventurer begins round-the-world gyrocopter flight

April 30, 2019

Adventurer James Ketchell has taken off as he attempts to be the first person to fly around the world solo in a gyrocopter. The 37-year-old will fly over 22,800 nautical miles across 13 different cou...

Renowned Russian adventurer on last stretch of voyage before Cape Horn...

April 30, 2019

The traveler is now saving energy and is not turning on the light, and is using a head-mounted flashlight instead MOSCOW, April 17. /TASS/. Russian adventurer Fyodor Konyukhov, who is on a solo round...

An explorer took a $48 million submarine on 3 record-breaking dives to...

April 30, 2019

Reeve Jolliffe EYOS Expeditions At age 53, explorer Victor Vescovo has already climbed the world’s seven highest peaks. Now he is on a mission to explore the bottom of the ocean — a treacherous...

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...