Monthly Archives: March 2015

Adventurer makes second attempt at becoming Hartlepool’s first man to ...

March 24, 2015

ADVENTUROUS Ellis Stewart will get a second shot at becoming the first person from Hartlepool to scale Mount Everest. The dad-of-three’s hopes were dashed last year just days before he was due to sta...

Thrilling airport beach lets tourists sip cocktails while planes blast...

March 24, 2015

Most go to the beach to relax and soak up some sun. But there’s one beach on the west side of St. Maarten that attracts people not for its picturesque views of paradise or sunsets, but its prox...

Richard Branson calls on Indonesia to spare Bali Nine pair

March 23, 2015

Richard Branson has campaigned against the death penalty, calling it “inhumane” Richard Branson has written to the president of Indonesia to ask him to spare the lives of two Australian d...

Daredevil rider tackles death-defying trail

March 18, 2015

A daredevil mountain bike rider has braved certain death to tackle one of the globe’s most jaw-dropping tracks – the Sedona White Line trail. Situated on the side of sandstone cliff in Sedona, ...

From rags to riches: What one CEO learned from his biggest mistake

March 18, 2015

You should never underestimate the importance of hiring the right people. The Leadership Insider network is an online community where the most thoughtful and influential people in business contribute...

How These Entrepreneurs Failed Their Way to Millions

March 18, 2015

Shae Hong is no stranger to failure. His first company, ePods, which made a precursor to the tablet, didn’t survive the 2000 dot-com bust. His second venture, a line of countertop kitchen appliances,...

Afghanistan’s only woman taxi driver braves death threats to def...

March 18, 2015

MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan – Sara Bahai’s decision to become Afghanistan’s only known female taxi driver was motivated less by ideals of equality than by the need to support an extended ...

British teen survives 2,500-foot fall, says he tumbled down Alpine mou...

March 1, 2015

BANET12/GETTY IMAGES/ISTOCKPHOTO A 14-year-old British teenager survived a death defying 2,500-foot fall in the Alps of southern Austria after he slipped off a mountain cliff trying to take pictures ...

Death defying freerunner rooftops his way round the world, in pictures...

March 1, 2015

Sourcehttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/ ,1st March, 2015

The adventurer and his life as a lonely snow leopard

March 1, 2015

Ash Dykes earned his nickname from the locals on his gruelling trek across Mongolia last year. He talked to Chris Bond about surviving everything that nature could throw at him. Ash Dykes survived ex...

INSPIRATIONAL: Brave Chorley adventurer inspiring others and raising m...

March 1, 2015

An energetic mum-of-two, who was almost left paralysed, is raising cash for adventure holidays for people with disabilities. Inspirational adventures: Ann Wheeler on one of her climbs Ann Wheeler, 57...

Living On The Edge: Adventurer Chronicles Polar Peril

March 1, 2015

Editor’s Note: Paul Nicklen, an internationally recognized photographer who specializes in documenting wildlife and change in the polar regions, will appear March 13 at the Bushnell Center for ...

Malcolm X: A Look Back at the Charismatic Leader

March 1, 2015

(CBS News)- Malcolm X was a minister, an orator and a revolutionary, but for Attallah Shabazz, he was simply her father. She is the eldest of his six daughters, and was a child when he was assassinat...

Woman gets BBC to change its men-only rule for SAS endurance challenge...

March 1, 2015

A female adventurer decided to take the matter in her own hands after the BBC refused her application to compete in a special forces endurance challenge on the basis that she is a woman. Sophie Radcl...