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6 days ago

Chinese paraglider survives accidental 8,000-metre-high flight above the clouds

A strong updraft propelled Peng Yujiang thousands of metres high, in line with flight paths and nearly as high as Mount Everest

A Chinese paraglider who was accidentally propelled more than 8,000 metr…

8 days ago

Peak speed: Sherpas say their traditions are at risk after record Everest ascents

Use of xenon gas and hypoxic tents before recent expeditions has triggered alarm in Nepal, where guides fear it could encourage inexperienced climbers

There is nothing unusual about records being brok…

12 days ago

British MP makes history as he scales Everest just five days after leaving London using gas to help acclimatise for ascent that usually takes two months

A British minister has climbed to the summit of Mount Everest in just five days, thanks to a special gas that dramatically cut his prep time and allowed him to make a record-breaking ascent.

13 days ago

The Salt Path by Raynor Winn audiobook review – a life-changing journey

Facing homelessness and incurable illness, a couple sets out on a 630-mile hike in this lyrical memoir read by the author

A few days after Raynor Winn and her husband, Moth, had their Welsh farm repos…

23 days ago

24 days ago

Former Royal Marine from 'the flattest part of the UK' completes the world's longest triathlon and scales Mount Everest - eight months after leaving Dover

Mitch Hutchcraft, 31, swam the Channel and cycled 12,000km from France to India where he then ran Kathmandu, all before taking on the tallest mountain on Earth while raising money for charity.

38 days ago

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