'Climbers with their glinting ice axes and clinking karabiners, trekkers with their bright rucksacks and hiking poles were all heading for the high peaks, along trails that had been used by nomads for generations.'...
Ultrarunners Ryan Sandes and Ryno Griesel take on their most ambitious journey yet: a circumnavigation of Lesotho. They face extreme weather, delays, and some difficult decisions....
Seeking the self-reliance of a solo packrafting journey into the Swedish fjälls, Rachel Murray treads the fine line between safety and adventure....
Coastal mining is destroying once-pristine beaches on the West Coast of South Africa. A team of peaceful protestors takes a journey into a devastated landscape as an act of resistance....
Dan Milner embarks on a six-day, 120-mile mountain bike traverse of the landlocked country of Lesotho, in South Africa....
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