The Best Quest

Marie and Nil accidentally picked up another guest as they approached the town of Plav in Montenegro. Once again a friendly dog decided to tag-along on their hike. Fearing that it would get lost in the mountains if it strayed too far, they tried e...(more)

From Ethiopia, Butter headed on to the tiny archipelago of Comoros. Here he found the volcanic islands to be “kind of ruined by humans, pollution and traffic.” During his run, he battled high temperatures, higher humidity and low energy. He ma...(more)

Salopek has continued along the Buddha trail through Bihar state, India. With walking partner Bhavita Bhatia he has observed how India is struggling to protect its last natural areas. As India's population approaches 1.4 billion the need to protec...(more)

On April 28 Victor Vescovo piloted the Limiting Factor down to a depth of 35853ft (10928m) at the famously deepest place in the world, the Challenger Deep, in the Pacific Ocean's Mariana Trench, setting a new world record. Vescovo's dive was a tot...(more)

Nirmal 'Nims' Purja and his team summited the first '14/7' peak, Annapurna I, on April 23rd. The very next thing we heard, on April 25th, was that they were suddenly involved in an emergency rescue mission. A Malaysian climber named Chin Wui Kin ...(more)