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What Lies Beneath

What Lies Beneath

Robert Macfarlane has pioneered the resurgence of nature writing in the British bestseller list. He shares his beliefs on how the darkness beneath our feet can shed new light on the marks we are making above ground. ...

Running Northern Patagonia – A Photo Essay

Running Northern Patagonia – A Photo Essay

Why do we run? Why do we travel? These are the questions posed by photographer Daniel Almazan Klinckwort, as he runs through Chilean Patagonia. It's a journey that is at once exhausting, enlightening and life-affirming....

Ocean Film Festival 2019 – An Interview with Tony Plant

Ocean Film Festival 2019 – An Interview with Tony Plant

As the 2019 Ocean Film Festival UK & Ireland Tour launches, we speak to artist Tony Plant who features in one of the world's best ocean films from both above and below the surface. ...

Review: KEEN Innate Hiking Boots

Review: KEEN Innate Hiking Boots

A 24-hour escape to Scotland's Cairngorms National Park was the perfect opportunity to test the new KEEN Innate boots, a money-raising collaboration with Sherpa Adventure Gear ...

Lure of the North

Lure of the North

Goh Iromoto is a director and cinematographer based in Toronto, Canada. In Lure of the North, he explores the beauty and hardship of winter travel. ...

One Woman Walking The World, From Bottom To Top – Lucy Barnard

One Woman Walking The World, From Bottom To Top – Lucy Barnard

Lucy Barnard is two and a half years in to her attempt to walk the length of the earth....

On the ITERA Expedition Race

On the ITERA Expedition Race

The ITERA Expedition Race across Scotland is one of the most gruelling challenges. Johny Cook follows the teams, some of who find comfort in the most unexpected place. ...

Paradise lost?

Paradise lost?

Glen Etive is one of the most beautiful and untouched places in Britain, but it is at risk. We spoke to Cal Major, founder of Paddle against Plastic and Klean Kanteen brand ambassador, about the challenges, and what we can do to keep it pristine....

Confronting the Cold Coast – An Interview With Chris Kendall

Confronting the Cold Coast – An Interview With Chris Kendall

Chris Kendall is a cold-water surfer, who relishes surfing the freezing cold, murky-brown swell off the east coast of England....

Review: Merrell Choprock

Review: Merrell Choprock

Cat Sutherland and Alex Jones test and review the Merrell Choprock water compatible hiking shoes whilst on a source to sea journey in the Lake District....

Against the Wall – Tommy Caldwell

Against the Wall – Tommy Caldwell

'We hear the wind racing from a half mile away, a roar in the darkness mixed with the pitch of a scream. The volume rises, drowning out all other sounds.' – Tommy Caldwell...

Perfecto Mundo

Perfecto Mundo

Perfecto Mundo is an extreme 30-metre Catalonian route that defines the limits of sport climbing. It’s a brutal and unforgiving line that, in parts, allows the use of nothing more than a single middle finger....

Landlines Art Exhibition

Landlines Art Exhibition

An art exhibition hosted at the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) to raise awareness of our precious natural landscapes, and share inspiring wilderness stories....

Expedition: An Interview with Aldo Kane

Expedition: An Interview with Aldo Kane

Expedition is a new series that sets out to undertake a series of world firsts in remote, previously unchartered locations across the globe. We chat to Aldo Kane about the series and some of the challenges faced. ...

Cruzar: Crossing Northern Patagonia

Cruzar: Crossing Northern Patagonia

Cruzar is a film by Jay Kolsch about the planning of a new adventure combining biking and hiking through the wildest regions of Patagonia. ...

The Arctic Arts Project

The Arctic Arts Project

Artists on the Arctic Arts Project document the visual reality of global warming in Greenland ...

Review: Helly Hansen Odin 9 Worlds Jacket

Review: Helly Hansen Odin 9 Worlds Jacket

James Forrest puts the Helly Hansen Odin 9 Worlds Jacket to the test whilst on a kayaking and hiking trip to Senja, Norway. ...

Trail of Tears Update Three: Together We Walk

Trail of Tears Update Three: Together We Walk

Ian Finch and Jamie Barnes are currently on a 1,200-mile journey to retrace the steps of the Cherokee. In this update, Ian tells of the final brutal stage of the journey....

Mountain In The Sea – BikingMan Corsica

Mountain In The Sea – BikingMan Corsica

Known for its steep mountain passes, stunning vistas, impossibly beautiful beaches, ancient villages, and an abundance of wildlife, this can only be Corsica – truly one of the most amazing places on Earth, and aptly named ‘the mountain in the sea’....

REVIEW: adidas TERREX Free Hiker

REVIEW: adidas TERREX Free Hiker

The knitted adidas Terrex Free Hiker are a hiking shoe like no other. It's ultra light, ultra comfortable and very versatile. ...

Natural Highs

Natural Highs

Photographer Johny Cook documents a team of highliners rigging up and attempting the highest-altitude highline in the UK....

Trail of Tears Update Two: Where Rivers Collide

Trail of Tears Update Two: Where Rivers Collide

Ian Finch and Jamie Barnes are currently on a 1,200-mile journey to retrace the steps of the Cherokee. In this update, Ian recounts the canoe phase of the expedition...

BALKAN RIVERS TOUR 4

BALKAN RIVERS TOUR 4

Balkan River Defence (BRD) is a kayaker-founded river conservation movement fighting to protect the last wild rivers left in Europe. Watch the trailer for The Undamaged....

The Silent World: The Arctic Whale project

The Silent World: The Arctic Whale project

Andreas B. Heide, a Norwegian marine biologist and adventurer, and the man who freedives with wild orcas, is a champion for the ocean and its inhabitants....

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