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Suze Kelly - Survival On Everest

Being caught in an avalanche is not something anyone would like to experience, however being caught in an avalanche on the highest mountain in the world is beyond terrifying. On 25th April, 2015, Wanaka based Kiwi, and General Manager of Adventure Consultants, Suze Kelly, was in Camp 1 when a 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook the mountain killing 9000 people in Nepal and causing a huge avalanche that ran straight through base camp. The avalanche claimed the lives of at least 22 people.

Sergio Cosme- Helping Other's Survive

Portuguese resort Nazaré is home to some of the biggest waves in the world from October to March and jet-ski pilot Sérgio Cosme is one of the people who makes sure big-wave surfers end up safely back on dry land each time.

Tararua Ranges

My first tramp in the Tararua ranges was along the famed ‘Jumbo Circuit’ in 2017. It was a misty experience, with no views and dense fog hiding those incredible views I’d longed to see up here.

Lucky Charms

One moment, I was comfortably scrambling up the side of a mountain in the Sierra Nevada, California, USA. The next, I was knocked down by falling rock and lost consciousness.

Dispatches From A Far Off Land Torres Del Paine

When we initially planned our trip, we knew we would be on the road for at least six months. Living out of our backpacks and staying in some pretty dodgy areas. For a long time, I debated whether or not I should bring my Canon DSLR to help document our amazing journey. In the end, weight and space became too much of a factor. Plus, we didn’t want to make ourselves too much of a target for thieves and vagabonds. As much as it hurt, we decided to only capture our memories on our phones. And what we sacrificed in picture quality, we would make up for in speed of travel, safety and lightness of packs...

Mataio: The Master Waterman

Mataio and I met some years back briefly, and via the magic of social media we have kept in touch. I have watched as he has taken on every watercraft that is wind or wave propelled. He is without doubt ‘the master waterman’. A man as comfortable in the water as on dry land. As you will read it is his life’s passion. Mataio is Tahitian, and I have left his answers as he wrote them, if they are a little difficult to understand try reading with a French accent and all will become clear!

Brian Grugg Wakeskater

Wakeskater Brian Grubb has tackled snow streams in Sarajevo and Filipino rice fields during his amazing career on the water, however his latest adventure is the best yet after he travelled to Jordan to take on the mighty Wadi Al-Hidan canyon. Here is all you need to know:

The Totum Pole

Trying to squeeze a right-angled block of rock hard enough to hold all of your weight is no trivial task. It demands a Herculean effort in an absurd position - imagine trying to hold yourself on to the adjacent sides of a refrigerator using only your hands.

Alpine Huts Of Mount Cook

Aoraki/ Mount Cook really does have something for everyone.

A Story With Bite

Humanity has always feared what we do not understand.

#One Million Less

A unique global citizen science survey in which scuba divers around the world remove and report marine litter has reached a milestone in March 2018, with organizers announcing one million items of trash removed from the ocean. 

Get Outdoors For Positive Change

The first steps to personal development can start with an outdoor challenge.

Enjoying The Surf For A Lifetime

Spend some time near a surf break, and you’ll notice plenty of people dancing around, trying to find just the right combination of movements to dislodge water trapped in their ears.

Riders On The Storm

Riders On The Storm.

In Pursuit With Peter Mather

On an expedition to a remote North Western corner of Canada, Peter Mather found out about the hardships of a winter expedition. As an adventurous conservationist and photojournalist, Peter had long known about the annual Porcupine Caribou migration and his dream was to capture the perfect photo of them on their annual journey. In order to get there however he faced a daunting ski expedition that would test his physical and mental limits. We spoke to Peter about his story 'In Pursuit' and what happened when he was faced with a 120km ski expedition he wasn’t expecting.

Urban Business

In the 1960s The Alliance Freezing Company (Southland) Limited pioneered the development of freeze-drying food in New Zealand to reduce its weight and extend its shelf life, supplying products to adventurers like Sir Peter Blake for Lion New Zealand’s, “Round the World” yacht race and the army.

Urban Motivation

Being not far away from my 61st birthday, I thought my days of rafting customers on the Grade 5 section of the Rangitikei River were over. Recently, that has proved not to be the case.

Road Trippin

Thick bamboo and trees heavy with guava droop down over the highway that slices through the spine of New Caledonia’s mainland, Grand Terre.

Urban Nutrition

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