Arctic Norway Expedition to the Lyngen Alps Exposed, remote, and unpopulated! These were the requirements for avid cave explorer Ian Peachey The eccentric Peachey only associates a true expedition with something still yet to be explored or achieved. The numerous trips up famous peaks such as the Matterhorn or Everest offer a great test of sporting fitness, however they are now littered with fixed lines and polished rock with almost guaranteed human presence in front...
Tim Moss, creator of the website The Next Challenge, has set off this week with his wife Laura to cycle to Australia. Fulfilling a pact they made in jest when they first got together, the pair made the daydream into a reality on August 18th when they embarked on this year long adventure. This month has been a busy one for the adventure community. There has been some newcomers to the scene; one named Simon...
Adventurer, film maker & author, Mark Beaumont, has become involved in the new, ambitious social enterprise project – My Million To One – in a bid to enable more adventurers to live their dreams. Mark was first inspired to go on expedition at the age of 12 after reading in a local newspaper about a cycle from John O’Groats to Lands End. For the next decade Mark’s ambitions and experience developed until, after leaving university,...
Adventurer Leon McCarron has successfully completed the ‘Six Peaks Challenge’ with an added twist by riding a folding bike between each peak. Nineteen days, six climbs featuring Slieve Donard, Carrantoohill, Snowdon , Snaefell , Scafell, Ben Nevis and a 750 mile road to cycle twixt them. One of the top names in the climbing world, Alex Honnold is trying his hand at something new. Later this year he will attempt to free solo a building...
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