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A sock embroidered with “A.C. Irvine”, along with a boot, were discovered on the Central Rongbuk Glacier below the north face of Mount Everest. Photo: Jimmy Chin/National Geographic via AP

Who first reached Everest’s summit? This boot may help rewrite history

Did Andrew ‘Sandy’ Irvine reach the world’s highest peak before Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay? This discovery could be a vital clue.

The couple who waved goodbye to Hong Kong to sail the high seas

Resilient woman from China battles race bias at sea to make fishing history

‘I hope to inspire others’: trailblazing Hongkonger set for 34km channel swim

Ryan Leung aims to be first from city to swim strait between Northern Ireland and Scotland, considered most difficult leg in renowned series.

Swimmer Ryan Leung heads off to Northern Ireland on Sunday. Photo: Xiaomei Chen

Yacht trip goes very wrong for Taiwanese retiree who can’t swim

Andy Kuo Lee’s boat was punctured amid rough seas as he sailed across the Luzon Strait from the Philippines to Taiwan. He and his crewmate could only keep up efforts to bail the water out for so long.

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Indian climber dies after Everest bid, eighth death this season

Banshi Lal, 46, was plucked from the mountain last week and taken to a hospital in Nepal’s capital Kathmandu.

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Nepal’s ‘Everest man’ reaches peak for record 30th time

Kami Rita Sherpa, 54, first scaled Everest in 1994 when working for a commercial expedition. He has since climbed the mountain almost every year.

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Nepali guide Kami Rita Sherpa gestures to the crowd upon arriving at the Tribhuvan airport in Kathmandu on May 25 last year. Photo: AFP

Everest is a dirty, trash-strewn mess. Is it too late for Nepal to fix it?

Thousands of tonnes of waste have been left on the world’s highest mountain over the years. Some working on the clean-up say the only way to stop more piling up is putting curbs on expeditions.

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One man’s voyage of discovery along the Ganges was 20 years in the making

Rency Thomas tackles mountainous waves, money troubles and long days during 2,750km journey.

Longest junk trip ever? When Spaniards made 8-month voyage from Hong Kong

In 1959, a Spanish crew imitating mariners during the days of ancient China sailed a junk boat from Hong Kong to Barcelona, becoming the first people to sail a Chinese junk into the Mediterranean.

A Chinese junk sailing across the port of Huang Pu in Guangzhou, China. 20OCT79 SCMP / C. Y. Yu

Penang’s Airbnb ban, 7 wonders in 7 days: 2023’s most read travel stories

From Penang’s Airbnb ban to two Swiss towns with macabre art by Alien movie designer H R Giger to a dash to see seven wonders of the world in a week, the travel stories most read by Post readers in 2023.

Jamie McDonald’s world-record-breaking journey to all Seven “New Wonders of the World” in seven days piqued Post readers’ interest in 2023. See what other travel stories were among our most read this year. Photo: Travelport

‘I had to eat the dog’: explorer Benedict Allen recalls his wild adventures

The explorer, writer and broadcaster tells Ed Peters about meeting his intrepid heroes, having to eat his canine companion on his very first expedition and why he has ritual scars on his torso.

Is this Australia’s best off-road adventure? Wild times in the Kimberley

A family’s 4x4 camping trip along the Gibb River Road through Australia’s northwest offers pristine wilderness, unique animals, wild swimming, and a chance to connect with Aboriginal art and culture.

‘So beautiful’: a coast tour of Lantau, Hong Kong’s ‘jewel’ of biodiversity

When two explorers went coasteering – climbing and swimming – around the coast of Hong Kong’s Lantau Island, they were stunned by its beauty and variety of marine and plant life.

Woodhouse amidst volcanic tuff near Tai Long Wan in Lantau Island. Lantau was the site of volcanic activity 146-148 million years ago. Photo: Charmian Woodhouse

‘Face my fear’: why sensation seekers always look for the next thrill

Adrenaline junkies and sensation seekers are always seeking the next thrill. They share similar brain chemistry and, like the founder of adventure community HKOutsider, love confronting their fears.

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British-born, Hong Kong-based adventure lover Roland Sharman, seen coasteering in Sai Kung, has a fear of heights. “That fear is what introduced me to vertical adventure because I realised that, to find a forward path of empowerment, I would have to face my fear head on,” says Sharman. Photo: Iurgi/HK Outdoor Adventures

They went to scale a never-climbed peak in Pakistan. Only 1 returned to Japan

Shinji Tamura slipped and fell from 5,380 metres up a mountain in Pakistan’s far northeast. Rescuers found some of his belongings, but ‘no trace’ of a body.

Chinese woman refuses to pay US$10,000 fee after Everest rescue, angering public

A woman found unconscious on Mount Everest is under fire for refusing to pay a rescue fee or thank the two climbers who gave up their summit dream to risk their lives saving her.

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Malaysian climber slammed for not thanking Sherpa who rescued him from Everest

In an Instagram post, Ravichandran Tharumalingam thanked his rescue insurance and partner organisations, but omitted Gelje Sherpa’s name, who found him stuck in Everest’s infamous ‘death zone’.

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Roped team ascending Everest. Photo: Getty Images

As hikers flock to Japan’s Mount Fuji, fears of climbing accidents grow

Local authorities are considering plans to limit the number of hikers for the coming climbing season.

‘Despite best efforts’ crews can’t find missing Singapore man on Everest: wife

In an Instagram post, the wife of Shrinivas Sainis Dattatraya wrote a tribute to the 39-year-old climber who went missing after reaching the summit on May 19.

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Gurkha veteran is first double amputee to climb Mount Everest

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Double amputee climber makes history on Mount Everest

Hari Budha Magar, a former Gurkha soldier in the British army who lost both his legs in Afghanistan, arrived at Everest on April 17 but had to wait until May 19 to reach the summit.

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Hari Budha Magar in Kathmandu. The Gurkha veteran scaled Mount Everest on Friday, becoming the first double above-the-knee amputee to do so. Photo: AFP

Suhra says running for 29 hours to win Hong Kong’s toughest race was ‘fun’

Chamelia Suhra wins city’s version of the backyard challenge, a race that only finishes when just one runner is left.

Extreme athlete emerges after 500 days in Spanish cave

Beatriz Flamini, an elite sportswoman and mountaineer, described her experience as ‘excellent, unbeatable’, adding that time had flown by.

Everest first, North and South Poles next for Hongkonger who ‘enjoys suffering’

Vivian Ying Cai plans to climb the highest mountain on each continent and reach the North and South Poles.

Vivian Ying Cai at Everest Base Camp Photo: Handout

Pair do 42 laps of Repulse Bay before work for Marathon des Sables training

Duncan Swanson and George Darling run monotonous laps of Hong Kong’s beaches to recreate desert conditions.

Duncan Swanson and George Darling have been doing laps of Repulse Bay to train for the Marathon des Sables. Photo: Handout

Pair planning to row from China to US to show mythical trip was possible

Sun Haibin and Christian Havrehed are rowing from China to America, via Korea and Japan, retracing the mythical steps of an ancient explorer.

‘Be patient, slow down’: biking up monster Tour de France climb in the Alps

The 17.6km Col de la Colombiere, in the Haute-Savoie region of the French Alps, is a regular Tour de France climb and was as stunning as it was challenging for Steve Wartenberg.

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