A guinea pig named Galaxionaut is aiming to follow Richard Branson and Jeff Bezo into space as part of a Congolese DIY rocket programme. Patrice Keka, 51, is an engineer, physicist and mathematician who is intending to send the intrepid rodent high above the earth’s atmosphere. Galaxionaut will be sent as a passenger and then … Read more
He’s out of this world! British adventurer sets astonishing record after travelling to space, both poles… and now the deepest trench in our planet’s oceans British explorer has become first person to visit Earth’s four furthest extremes Richard Garriot emerged from Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean yesterday He has also trekked to the South … Read more
After adventurer, author and former soldier Jordan Wylie rowed solo, unsupported and unarmed across the most dangerous body of water on the planet – the pirate-infested Bab-el-Mandeb Strait (aka the Gate of Tears) – he described the 13-hour 42-minute voyage, from Djibouti to Yemen and back, as ‘the toughest thing I’ve ever done’. And at … Read more
Last selfie of British hiker: Missing adventurer, 37, sent her boyfriend a photo on WhatsApp seven days ago before disappearing during her month-long solo Pyrenees trek British Esther Dingley, 37 went missing while on a hiking trip on the Pyrenees Last Sunday she sent a photo of herself from the Pic de Sauvegarde mountain to her … Read more
Andrew Barton-Taylor (pictured) took his own life in Crowthorne, Berkshire, on November 29 after Ann Harvey ended their romance An adventurer hanged himself within hours of his partner dumping him after an ‘up and down’ 11-year relationship, an inquest heard today. Andrew Barton-Taylor took his own life in Crowthorne, Berkshire, on November 29 after Ann Harvey ended their … Read more