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Adventure News – A Week In Review
Ultrarunner Kilian Jornet has smashed yet another record. This time on Alaska’s 20,237-foot Mount McKinley in 11 hours and 40 minutes, beating the current record by an incredible five hours. It is all a part of Jornet’s bigger plan dubbed ‘Summits of my Life‘. For the next few challenges, Jornet has his eyes s on Mt. Elbrus, Aconcagua, and Everest. Meanwhile, the Greenland Ice Expedition has ended in success. The team of Dixie Dansercoer and...
Adventure News – A Week In Review
Mountaineer Wang Jing is the first to summit Everest following this year’s tragic climbing season. The 41-year old reached the summit on May 23rd, however her climb has been mired in some controversy. She used a helicopter to bypass the section that killed the sixteen mountaineers in April this year, but a group of Sherpas had wished the season to end as a sign of respect to those who were lost. This expedition was a...
Adventure News – A Week In Review
Tom Allen is in the midst of an experiment to rid the armchair adventurers of their main excuse: lack of money. Last year he compiled a cycle touring kit totalling £25.17. Now for part two, he will put his money where his mouth is and, over the course of twenty days, will cycle from Land’s End to John O’Groat’s using no money. At all. He will swap labour for food, in his quest to answer...
Adventure News – A Week In Review
Unfortunate news has reached us from the Arctic. Another participant in the push to the North Pole has been forced to finish early. Solo skier Yasu Ogita’s expedition has come to an end, due to dwindling supplies. That leaves just one team remaining, that of Ryan Waters and Eric Larsen. A distance of over 200km remains between them and their goal. Meanwhile, Bernice Notenboom, Eric Philips and Martin Hartley – the Expedition Hope team –...
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