Tom Allan joins Lewis Pugh as he bids to swim the length of the English Channel — and talks to others going further still

To the summit and back to your desk in three weeks (if you can spare $110,000)

A lavish new cruiser gives Ruaridh Nicoll access to a fly-fisherman’s paradise — the remote west coast island

Skills learnt as a uniformed constable translate well into a career up in the air

High in the Russian Caucasus, Simon Akam finds that with ski mountaineering, the risks and sublime rewards go hand in hand

The Games get under way in earnest this weekend but without the quickest, craziest, winter sport of all. Simon Usborne tries it

The stamina and experience that come with age are spurring more pensioners to tackle mountaineering

How Mike Board left a finance job in Canary Wharf and became an instructor in Indonesia

Unnoticed and unfeted, a US swimmer is breaking the sport’s boundaries

A trip aboard an icebreaker provides a glimpse into the soul of a country on the eve of its centenary

Pastoral life has remained unchanged despite decades of political unrest and a growing number of visitors

Gaynor Leeper quit her job as a communications manager in to work in adventure tourism

Last summer a soaring death toll prompted soul searching among wingsuit flyers. As this year’s season gathers pace, Simon Usborne talks to participants — and their relatives — about why they continue to jump and whether the sport can be made safe

The Andean Explorer brings comfort and cocktails to the high Andes

Patagonia’s spectacular Torres del Paine national park is the best place on earth to track the elusive ‘ghost-cat’