British couple Paul and Rachel Chandler have been on an around the world cruise aboard their ship the Lynn Rival for some time now, and they've even been blogging about their adventures on this website. But last Friday, the couple went missing, and...

Paraplegic athlete Chris Waddell is making his summit push on Kilimanjaro today, and we could get confirmation of his summit at any time. If successful, he'll become the first person to reach the top of Africa's tallest mountain without the u...

Today's stage of the Tour de France was the final individual time trial for 2009, and it promised to once again shake up the standings, as the climbers who took center stage the past few days were pushed aside in favor of the riders who specializ...

After racing hard for a week an a half, today is the first rest day of the 2009 Tour de France, and after three tough stages in the Pyrenees, the riders are welcoming the reprieve. The standings remain exactly the same coming out of the weekend, wi...

Australia has always had a spot on my list of places that I wanted to visit. It is a huge country, the size of the United States, and yet only 20 million people live there. That means vast, remote spaces, that remain largely uninhabited, spread acros...

The Coastal Challenge has been one of the top endurance events in the world for a number of years. The event has earned itself a reputation as being a demanding and adventurous race, set in the beautiful and remote regions of Costa Rica. The organizers...

Scary news from the Antarctic today, as ExWeb is reporting that Canadian Meagan McGrath suffered a major set back to her plans for skiing solo to the South Pole on Wednesday when she fell into a crevasse and had to be rescued by ALE. According to the...

I read about this last night over at the Best Hike Blog, and posted about it today on Gadling as well, but definitely thought it was worth sharing here too. It seems that a new long distance trekking trail is under construction in South Africa, that...

I've posted links to Trail Space's interesting articles on long distance hiking before. The four part series started some weeks back, and you can still find Parts 1, 2, and 3 online at their website. The fourth, and final, part of the series has now...

The third annual Abu Dhabi Adventure Challenge gets underway tomorrow, with 39 coed teams of four setting off on a six day stage race event that will see them running, mountain biking, paddling, and orienteering their way through, in , and around the...