It took Graham Hughes almost four years, but after reaching the world’s newest country, South Sudan, the U.K. native claims to be the first person to have visited every sovereign nation on the globe without flying. The 201 countries include Kosovo, Vatican City, Western Sahara, North Korea, and even war-torn countries like Afghanistan, Iraq, and [ more... ]

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The 1,860-mile paddle hasn’t been done yet, but it’s also possible, thanks to climate change, which has diminished the minimum sea ice buildup over summer in the Arctic so much that a northern route across the top of North America that explorers dreamed of finding for centuries is actually appearing in our lifetime. Now a [ more... ]

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Crash landing in the middle of the Alps would have indeed been a bad place to end up, it’s about the same as flying over an active volcano in terms of hopes for rescue. Fortunately everything went smoothly for Jonathan Trappe, and it should, considering he took a test run flying across the English Channel on his lawn chair. The 54-year-old spent 12 hours in the air during his crossing of the Alps. I wonder if he brought a handful of pennies to throw at some point. I know I would have.

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Sarah Outen will attempt to travel all the way around the world solo by bike, rowboat and kayak. She’s the only woman to complete a solo rowing of the Indian Ocean, so she has a pretty good idea of what she’s proposing. That she chose April Fool’s Day to embark also indicates she has a [ more... ]

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Anyone thinking about rowing across the Atlantic needs to get themselves to a gym with one of those awful rowing machines, set it to ‘Just Row’ and crank away for 16 hours. If you can still look in the mirror and say, “I’m going to row across the Atlantic,” then maybe this opportunity is right [ more... ]

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