The Best Quest

Bosnia and Herzegovina has continued to be good to Marie and Nil. They welcomed their 17th guest of the expedition on March 15; a local man named Aldin. Aldin tagged along for five days as they hiked from Tomislavgrad to his home town of Jablanica...(more)

Butter has been enjoying a comparatively sedate time in Asia over the last few weeks, taking some time out to see the sights and recover from the marathon grind. From Tokyo, he made the short hop to Hong Kong for marathon 121. He had been plannin...(more)

In his latest updates from the road, Salopek continues to reflect on his year walking through India. As he has made his way across the river-lands of northern India he has observed how life is changing due to water shortages. Once mighty rivers ha...(more)

After the Russian-Kazakh-Kyrgyz team led by Pivtsov had called it quits, only Txikon, Geljen, Pasang Sherpa and Cheppal Sherpa remained on K2. With “true” winter coming to a close, they were running out of time to attempt one last summit push....(more)

After spending 3 or 4 weeks in the city of Chongqing visiting children, signing books and doing a 'PR blitz', Dykes only a few days ago returned to walking on the Yangtze, this time with his good friend Martyn. This next section with Martyn will b...(more)