In our last update, Marie and Nil were joined by 10 friends in the Cilingoz natural park on the edge of the Black Sea. They were preparing for a final push towards Istanbul and the end of their quest. Unfortunately, they were also having to deal w...(more)

Anderson’s roundabout route home to Nebraska had already taken him north to Canada. Now, he is headed east, right back across the continent towards Ombabika, Ontario. Anderson had already visited Ombabika as song location 13 on his quest, but he...(more)

At the end of November, Houlding and his team had set up a hanging camp on the daunting wall of Mount Roraima. They started climbing the same route as the British expedition of 1973 before breaking left into virgin territory. They reached “invis...(more)

Nick Butter has completed his record-setting quest to run a marathon in every country in the world. Fittingly, he wrapped up his nearly two-year journey in Greece, the birthplace of the marathon. In our last update, Butter had just completed his m...(more)

In his quest to climb every 8,000m (26,250ft) mountain in just seven months, Nirmal ‘Nims’ Purja was down to one last hurdle, Shishapangma in Tibet. At first, it wasn’t clear if Nims would even be granted a permit to climb the mountain; only...(more)