Recently, we caught up with the team behind Status Code 14; a group of friends with a passion for adventure who are completing some epic challenges to raise money for The Chestnut Appeal for Men’s Health and Rock2Recovery. Starting with a tri-relay from London to Paris this August followed by an ultra-marathon across the Namibian […]
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Daniel is attempting to be the first paddler to SUP over 1,400 km (870 miles) around the island of Sicily. ” I STARTED TO WORRY when I stopped sweating. I felt dizzy and faint; my body felt weak and my skin felt hot. I collapsed onto my knees, balanced on the board, and vomited into the […]
Lucy Graham and Mathilde Gordon hail from Australia. In 2018 they completed a 2,042 km (1,270 mile) paddle from Glacier Bay, Alaska to Victoria on Vancouver Island. They did it single-use-plastic-free, in order to raise awareness of marine debris issues. This meant cooking, dehydrating and packing over 500 meals in newspaper and relying on high quality Aquapac gear […]
Louis Nethercott and Ant Lambert are two ex-Royal Marine Commandos who call themselves the Mad Explorers. Completely unaided they are crossing the five largest islands on the earth, only using human power. Moving from jungles to arctic wastes, they have already crossed Borneo, Papua New Guinea, Madagascar, and Greenland. Next challenge, Baffin Island. Due to the unique and […]
In 2018 Fiona SUPed the 800 miles (1,280 km) from Land’s End to John O’Groats. This was the third and final leg of a world record Length of Britain Triathlon. In 2017 she had both walked 993 miles (1,600 km), and cycled 1,200 miles (1,900 km), between the same two extremes of the UK mainland. […]
Turning his personal aspirations into a professional career, Joe has guided explorers to over 60% of the world while running his own company, Alexander Adventures. Born into an active military family from Wakefield, Joe Alexander was an outdoor adventurer from the start. From completing the Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge at age 10, joining the Army […]
Molly and Mattie Butler are two British junior ski racers with the world at their feet. Already proving class athletes in their age groups, both are clocking up brilliant times to win Junior races at both national and international level. They ski all season in Megève and train with the St. Gervais Ski race club. Additionally, […]
This voluntary team of rescue specialists is based in Surrey in the UK and they are on call 24 hours a day to help the police and fire service with any reports of missing persons. Team has recently celebrated receiving a Queens award and has notched up over 425 responses in the last six years […]
West Mercia Search and Rescue is a voluntary team based in Shropshire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire in the UK. They are on call 24 hours a day to respond with the emergency services to reports of missing vulnerable people. In 2015/16 they responded 80 times and gave over 10,000 hours of their time. They operate on land […]
If you are in contact with any media out there, it currently feels like we live in a really chaotic and crazy world! And it would be hard to conceive of why anyone would want to travel halfway around the world to kayak in a place where either you may get blown up by terrorists […]