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Preparation for Distance Running
Ironman triathlons, marathons, HYROX 🏅👟🏃♂️💪🏻🏃🥇 Over the last couple of years, I’ve loved seeing the running community explode. People getting outside, moving their bodies and chasing goals. It’s so refreshing to see.I’ve always been into my health and fitness from a...
Alex Honnold Taipei 101 Free Solo Climb
Another successful free solo feat Alex Honnold successfully free solo climbed the Taipei 101 tower, one of the tallest buildings in the world at 1,667'! Free solo climbing is climbing without ropes, safety nets or assistance. January 24, 2026, he climbed the tower in...
Diana Nyad completes First Cuba to Florida Swim with No Shark Cage – BUT Swim Community Questions Feat
"Never, ever give up. You never are too old to chase your dreams.” Diana Nyad Florida Strait crossing success on fifth attempt September 2, 2013 Long-distance and marathon swimmer Diana Nyad completes the first swim from Cuba to Florida without using a shark cage...
Darrell Gardner Reaches Artic Ocean Under Human Power!
Solo Journey from Mexico to the Artic Ocean Completed by Hiking, Kayak, Canoe, Snowshoe and Cross Country Ski August 29, 2012 Keeping the flame of adventure alive, Darrell Garnder of Santa Fe, New Mexico reached the Artic Ocean today in a canoe on the Colville River...
Nik Wallenda Tightrope Skywire Walks across Little Colorado River Canyon
Adventure Aerialist uses no tethers or safety nets June 23, 2013 - Grand Canyon, Arizona With incredible focus, Nik Wallenda, the adventure aerialist and high wire artist, walk a quarter-mile (400 metres) across the Grand Canyon on a 2 inch steel cable with nothing...
Alex Honnold free solo climb El Capitan. Simple Living and Climbing
Alex Honnold . . . . . . young, focused, competent, skilled, prepared, efficient, fit and free. Living the simple life and free solo climbing with no ropes and no equipment. Big wall climbing. Big wall climbing with no support. Risk. Adventure. Independence....
The Bering Strait Relay – The Most Deadliest Swims
This Bering Strait Swim Relay is first such swim in history The Place. The Bering Strait is 82 kilometres (51 mi; 44 nmi) wide between the Chukchi Peninsula, Russia (the eastern most point of the Asian continent) and Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska ( the western...
Felix Baumgartner sets Space Jump World Record!
October 14, 2012 "Sometimes we have to get really high to see how small we are." Felix Baumgartner Austrian adventurer Felix Baumgartner set the world record for skydiving an estimated 39 kilometres (128,000 ft or 24 miles), reaching an estimated record speed of...
Sage Sage Kotsenburg’s Sochi Olympic Gold Slopestyle Snowboarding Adventure
“Dude, you’re at the Olympics, what do you have to lose?” February 8, 2014 Sage Kotsenburg wins the Sochi Olympic Gold medal in Slopestyle Snowboarding with his sense of adventure born of the frontier American West (Sage was born in Idaho, raised in Utah). The triple...
South Africans first to Swim the Antartic Circle Ice Challenge One Mile Swim
“ . . . venture into the deep unknown where only the significant risks are a certainty . . .” Ryan Stramrood Tribute to Shackleton's 1914 Trans-Artic Expedition The first Antartic Circle Ice Challenge one mile swim is the 100 year anniversary tribute to Sir...
Trent Grimsey sets World Record English Channel Solo Swim!
September 8, 2012 Young, gutsy Trent Grimsey of Brisbane, Australia set a new world record time of 6:55 hours for a solo English Channel swim. Trent broke the record previously set by Petar Stoychev of Bulgaria who crossed the channel in 2007 in 6:57 hours. The first...
Caldwell and Jorgeson first to Free Climb El Capitan’s Dawn Wall
The hardest climb in the world Tommy Caldwall, 36 from Estes Park, Colorado and Kevin Jorgeson, 30 from Santa Rosa, California, are the first to free climb the mammoth 3000' vertical granite face called the Dawn Wall of El Capitan (7,573ft 2,308m) in Yosemite National...