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The video is, admittedly, on the cheesier side—watch it without sound if you don’t want the dramatic soundtrack. But what Jesse Coombs, 40, did was pretty incredible.
While Coombs plunged the 96 feet down the remote Abiqua Falls in Oregonin April, the video is only making the media rounds now.… Read the rest

Austrian climber Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner, 40, became the first woman to summit the world’s 14 highest peaks without the use of any extra oxygen after reaching the summit of K2 on August 23rd.
From National Geographic:
“Kaltenbrunner, supported by grants from the National Geographic Society, was one of four climbers to … Read the rest

On June 26, endurance cyclist Jay Petervary completed 3,000 self-supported miles along the Race Across America (RAAM) route in 12 days, 23 hours and 30 minutes, setting a cross-country speed record and becoming the first person to complete the race unsupported since it began in 1982. Most RAAM participants typically… Read the rest

British bicycle racer, Alan Bate, 45, set out at midnight on March 31st on a mission to circle the globe in a mere 99 days in an effort to break the current world record of 165 days. Nearly two months later, on day 51, Bate has reached the halfway point… Read the rest

Jordan Romero, a 13-year-old from California will attempt to climb Mount Everest in order to fulfill his goal of reaching the summits of the highest peaks on each continent.
When he was just 10, Romero became the youngest American to climb Mount Kilimanjaro, and has since summited Mount McKinley—which is… Read the rest

The Scottish certainly know how to celebrate in style. In honor of the best ski season in Scotland since 2001, over 200 skiers and snowboarders headed over to CairnGorm Mountain for a record-breaking run.
What, you might ask, made this run so memorable? All 235 intermediate-to-advanced skiers and snowboarders were… Read the rest

Well, the record was sweet while it lasted.
Last month, American Todd Carmichael made the 700-mile trek from Antarctica’s Ronne Ice Shelf to the South Pole in 39 days, 7 hours and 49 minutes, setting a speed record for the journey. But, according to ExplorersWeb.com, a New York-based web site… Read the rest