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Tag escapes playground as Channel 4 pursues viewers with new show | Television
Channel 4 is betting audiences will watch an extreme version of the children’s pursuit gameJim Waterson in EdinburghFri 23 Aug 2019 07.00 BSTShareThe...
The Run review – ultra-marathon documentary trips up | Documentary films
A film charting Pat Farmer’s 4,600km dash across India piles on the platitudes, reducing an amazing odyssey to nippy traveloguePhil HoadThu 5 Sep 2019...
'It's not about ego', says speed climber who tamed world's 14 highest peaks | Mountaineering
Nirmal Purja says hardest part of his record-breaking feat was solving a diplomatic impasse with ChinaFri 1 Nov 2019 14.44 GMTLast modified on Fri 1 N...
Ex-marine makes wingsuit history after leaping from Scottish mountain | Extreme sports
Tim Howell becomes first person to leap from UK mountain using wingsuit and parachute after jumping from 1,032 metre peakSteven MorrisMon 24 Aug 2020...
Experience: my parachute failed | Extreme sports
The ground was getting closer; we were meant to be slowing down, but still we hurtled at full speedBrad GuyFri 13 Nov 2020 10.00 GMTLast modified on S...
Dubai 'jetman' Vincent Reffet dies in training accident | Dubai
Frenchman was part of team from Jetman Dubai famous for doing stunts wearing jetpacksAssociated PressTue 17 Nov 2020 17.44 GMTLast modified on Tue 17...
Twenty-one dead as extreme weather hits ultramarathon in China | China
Hail, freezing rain and high winds hit runners at high-altitude, 100km race in Yellow River stone forest in Gansu provinceStaff and agenciesSun 23 May...
China bans extreme sports in wake of Gansu ultramarathon tragedy | China
Authorities crack down on sports including trail running and wingsuit flying ahead of centenary celebrationsHelen Davidson in TaipeiThu 3 Jun 2021 14....
‘We took up skydiving to escape’: Britain’s lockdown thrill-seekers | Extreme sports
The extreme sport is booming after months of restrictions on people’s daily lives during the pandemicRobyn VinterSun 13 Jun 2021 10.15 BSTShareMaddie...
Rhik Samadder tries ... wakeboarding: ‘I scream underwater with every faceplant’ | Extreme sports
Everyone needs some novelty right now, so our writer is tackling a new activity each week. First, he gets dragged perilously quickly around a lakeRhik...