Climbing and skiing the Alps’ highest peak demands time, effort and commitment — but there is a shortcut

For the few visitors who make the long journey south, abundant wildlife and wilderness await

The Central Asian country — host of the World Nomad Games — is attracting growing numbers of hikers, riders and skiers

Travel updates from Singapore, Monaco and London

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

Hundreds have been injured — so why do thousands still attend the festival every year?

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

Anthony Browne and his 12-year-old son had climbed some of the UK’s highest peaks. But what about Kilimanjaro?

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