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- Rency Thomas tackles mountainous waves, money troubles and long days during 2,750km journey
- Travel guide uses bikes, kayaks and his own legs to tackle trip under his own steam
In 1959, a Spanish crew imitating mariners during the days of ancient China sailed a junk boat from Hong Kong to Barcelona, becoming the first people to sail a Chinese junk into the Mediterranean.
From Penang’s Airbnb ban to two Swiss towns with macabre art by Alien movie designer H R Giger to a dash to see seven wonders of the world in a week, the travel stories most read by Post readers in 2023.
The explorer, writer and broadcaster tells Ed Peters about meeting his intrepid heroes, having to eat his canine companion on his very first expedition and why he has ritual scars on his torso.
A family’s 4x4 camping trip along the Gibb River Road through Australia’s northwest offers pristine wilderness, unique animals, wild swimming, and a chance to connect with Aboriginal art and culture.
When two explorers went coasteering – climbing and swimming – around the coast of Hong Kong’s Lantau Island, they were stunned by its beauty and variety of marine and plant life.
Adrenaline junkies and sensation seekers are always seeking the next thrill. They share similar brain chemistry and, like the founder of adventure community HKOutsider, love confronting their fears.
Shinji Tamura slipped and fell from 5,380 metres up a mountain in Pakistan’s far northeast. Rescuers found some of his belongings, but ‘no trace’ of a body.
A woman found unconscious on Mount Everest is under fire for refusing to pay a rescue fee or thank the two climbers who gave up their summit dream to risk their lives saving her.
In an Instagram post, Ravichandran Tharumalingam thanked his rescue insurance and partner organisations, but omitted Gelje Sherpa’s name, who found him stuck in Everest’s infamous ‘death zone’.
Local authorities are considering plans to limit the number of hikers for the coming climbing season.
In an Instagram post, the wife of Shrinivas Sainis Dattatraya wrote a tribute to the 39-year-old climber who went missing after reaching the summit on May 19.
Hari Budha Magar, a former Gurkha soldier in the British army who lost both his legs in Afghanistan, arrived at Everest on April 17 but had to wait until May 19 to reach the summit.
Chamelia Suhra wins city’s version of the backyard challenge, a race that only finishes when just one runner is left.
Beatriz Flamini, an elite sportswoman and mountaineer, described her experience as ‘excellent, unbeatable’, adding that time had flown by.
Vivian Ying Cai plans to climb the highest mountain on each continent and reach the North and South Poles.
Duncan Swanson and George Darling run monotonous laps of Hong Kong’s beaches to recreate desert conditions.
Sun Haibin and Christian Havrehed are rowing from China to America, via Korea and Japan, retracing the mythical steps of an ancient explorer.
The 17.6km Col de la Colombiere, in the Haute-Savoie region of the French Alps, is a regular Tour de France climb and was as stunning as it was challenging for Steve Wartenberg.
Wealthy wanderlusters are seeking more extreme holidays for bucket-list travel destinations, from Rwanda to the Galapagos Islands, while prioritising remoteness and family first
From surfing in Big Wave Bay to kayaking and canyoning, five adrenaline-packed outdoor activities to do in Hong Kong before the summer is out.
In recent years ultra-cycling races of all kinds have thrived around the world, although they are still few and far between in Asia.
There are countless top quality mountain sport films on YouTube, all for free, to inspire your next adventure.
Xu Jingkun lost his arm when he was 12, and has since become a world class sailor, proving naysayers wrong with every adventure.
As many countries in Asia open their doors wider to inbound travel, here are some spectacular regional cycling adventures to target.
Victoria Evans cuts nine days of previous world record, by putting performance at forefront of her decisions.
Jean-Jacques Savin’s support team had said the Portuguese coastguard located his overturned boat on Friday and a diver had found Savin’s body inside the cabin on Saturday.
Portugal’s coastguard found Jean-Jacques Savin’s overturned boat off the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores on Friday. He was found dead in his cabin.
