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A lavish new cruiser gives Ruaridh Nicoll access to a fly-fisherman’s paradise — the remote west coast island
Choose your adventure: surfing in Indonesia, paddleboarding in Vanuatu or coastal hiking in South Africa
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
Part 6: The explorer reflects on an epic polar adventure
The stamina and experience that come with age are spurring more pensioners to tackle mountaineering
Part 5: Leo Houlding is racing back to base camp before supplies run out
How Mike Board left a finance job in Canary Wharf and became an instructor in Indonesia
Part 4: In his latest update, Leo Houlding hurries to reach a food cache in time for the holiday
Unnoticed and unfeted, a US swimmer is breaking the sport’s boundaries
Part 3: In his latest update from his pioneering expedition, Leo Houlding tastes success but has a close call with a crevasse
Part 1: As he sets out for the world’s most remote mountain range, the climber hopes to pioneer a new era of polar adventure
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
With little eulogy, a golden era of travel has come to an end
Patagonia’s spectacular Torres del Paine national park is the best place on earth to track the elusive ‘ghost-cat’
The Kenyan authorities hope new access roads, built with the help of EU funding, will attract more trekkers
British Airways releases details of £400m upgrade while Paul Oakenfold treks to Everest for the ‘the highest concert on earth’
In the Swiss village of Wengen, a new event is turning ski racing on its head
He has rowed the Atlantic and cycled round the world but in 2016 Alastair Humphreys found true adventure closer to home
A new virtual reality experience lets anyone explore the mountain, but how does it compare to the real thing?
