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World's longest underwater cave system discovered in Mexico by divers | Mexicotop
Discovery of 347km-long cave by the Gran Acuifero Maya project could shed light on Mayan historyReutersWed 17 Jan 2018 05.39 GMTLast modified on Thu 1...
Into the void: the fast life and shocking death of a wingsuit-flying superstar | Action and adventure filmstop
Alexander Polli was an adrenaline junkie, a daredevil who could fly through holes in rockfaces at 150mph. Our writer tells the extraordinary story of...
What is 2,011km long, lasts 82 days and takes 20,093 shots? Golf's longest hole | Golftop
Two retired rugby players went to Mongolia, fell in with a stray dog and completed the longest hole of golf ever played By Jonathan Drennan for Behin...
Climber killed in massive rockfall on Yosemite’s El Capitan was British | Californiatop
Two Britons were among group scouting out site where piece of granite the size of an apartment building fellAgenciesThu 28 Sep 2017 20.41 BSTLast modi...
The ötillö – home of one of the world's fastest-growing endurance sports | Swimmingtop
Swimrunning – a race that alternates between swimming and running – began life in Sweden, invented by a handful of thrillseekers looking for a challen...
When the tide pulls you’ve got to swim the Channel – no matter the reason | Keren Levytop
People don’t have to be the best, or the fittest – those who take up the challenge do it because of something deep down inside. I’m feeling the lure t...
Aerialist breaks record by hanging by her teeth over Niagara Falls | New Yorktop
Erendira Wallenda successfully hung twice by her teeth in between hanging upside-down by her toes from a helicopter, breaking record set by her husban...
Patagonia and The North Face: saving the world – one puffer jacket at a time | Retail industrytop
The retail giants are not only competing to sell outdoor gear – they are rivals in the contest to sell the thrill of the wilderness to the urban masse...
Texas man reclaims world’s oldest skydiver record at 106 years old | Guinness World Records
Alfred ‘Al’ Blaschke, who first broke the Guinness World Record for at 103 in 2020, reached an altitude of 9,000ft in NovemberRamon Antonio VargasMon...
The Olympic skier from the Caribbean who inked tattoos to fund her comeback | Sport
Anaïs Caradeux likes a challenge. After spending her childhood in Guadeloupe, she moved to the Alps, took up skiing and took on a hazardous Olympic sp...
D-day veteran becomes world's oldest skydiver at 101 and 38 days | World records
Verdun Hayes breaks record by completing tandem skydive with three generations of his family in DevonPress AssociationSun 14 May 2017 15.40 BSTLast mo...
German adventurers perform high-wire walk along Old Man of Hoy | Scotland
Slackliner Alexander Schulz and team brave gusty conditions to make 180-metre crossing off Orkney island Damien GayleMon 10 Jul 2017 16.48 BSTLast mod...
Douglas Waymark named as athlete who died swimming Channel | UK news
Endurance athlete was participating in second stage of Enduroman Arch to Arc triathlon when he got into difficultyHaroon SiddiqueTue 8 Aug 2017 15.52...
Top diver’s death casts long shadow over deep beauty of the Blue Hole | Egypt
The ‘underwater cathedral’ at the edge of the Red Sea is arguably the most perilous diving spot in the world – even for experts such as Dublin-born St...
Base review – airborne daredevils dice with death in startling docudrama | Action and adventure films
This am-dram movie, starring real-life base-jumpers, makes its impact through gut-wrenching images of riskPeter BradshawThu 26 Oct 2017 06.00 BSTLast...
Unlucky or deluded? One man’s attempt to swim the Atlantic | Swimming
Ben Hooper’s plan to swim 2,000 miles from Senegal to Brazil – complete with sharks, storms and deadly jellyfish – didn’t work out. Alex Moshakis meet...
Mountain review – a truly amazing view from the top | Documentary films
The footage is spectacular in this Willem Dafoe-narrated documentary about what mountains mean to us and why we climb themPeter BradshawThu 14 Dec 201...
The Glaswegian BMX rider whose redemptive story has hit Hollywood | Sport
John Buultjens fell in love with cycling when he saw ET as a kid. Now he hopes a film about his life will inspire a new generation By Jonathan Drennan...