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Ghafan Mohammed Al Jabry: “The final few weeks were amazing; we have felt the spirit of the desert talking to us again.”

Adrian Hayes and two Emiratis complete journey across Arabian Desert

After 44 days and covering 1,600km from Salalah, Oman, to Abu Dhabi, UAE, Three Poles adventurer, Adrian Hayes, along with 2 Emiratis, Saeed Rashid Al Mesafry & Ghafan Mohammed Al Jabry, rode through the UAE capital to complete a expedition on camels & on foot across the Rub’ Al Khali.

Adrian Hayes crosses Arabian Desert

Interview Adrian Hayes: Arabic Desert

Great French explorer Michel Peissel died

Adrian Hayes in Thesinger's desert footsteps

Dimitri Kieffer racing against Russia winter

Interview Ripley Davenport: Gobi Desert

Death Valley dynamic terrain & scorching heat

Mongolia to Hong Kong walk & kayak

Erden Eruc: Last country in Africa by bicycle

Dimitri Kieffer to The Road of Bones

Spirit, the sidecar dog and healer

Ray Zahab turning on the heat again

Sarah Outen cycle: In China during the night

Africa Walk: Mozambique to Angola completed

Dimitri Kieffer 2: Patience and bath houses

Nilson: Cycling through clouds of mosquitoes

Erden Eruc update: Surviving Mozambique roads

i2P run on Salar: finished, and O2 results

Sarah Outen cycle: Ukraine and Russia

Zahab & i2P run on Salar: body & altitude

Sim Yihui: Lessons from Everest to the Gobi

Earth Mater 2011 Himalaya expedition finished

Sarah Outen: Challenges in new countries

South America coast to coast on quad bikes

Dimitri Kieffer gunless on brown bear ground

Urban exploration: Notes from the underground

Sarah Outen: cycle east & stay happy

Africa Walk: Mozambique to Angola

Kieffer & Bushby: time, bears & rivers

BSES: Win £2,000 for Oman Desert expedition

Ray Zahab & Hannah to run Bolivia salt flats

Dimitri Kieffer safe from the tsunami

Kieffer and Busby in Far Eastern Russia

Next Gen Feather Solar: Q&A

Dimitri Kieffer: On track to remote Russia

Closing in on The End of The World

Interview Atacama Desert Runner, Ray Zahab

Peter Gostelow Africa cycle update

Atacama Run: Ray Zahab finished with 87km day

Atacama Run: Bad days and good days

Charlie Frew update: Not freezing anymore

Atacama Run: Torn blister & backpack contents

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EXPLORERSWEB AT A GLANCE

Nanga Parbat: interview with Denis Urubko

Winter Pakistan commentary by Louis Rousseau

$795 Thuraya XT, $895 SG 2520, NOVA and more

Antarctica update: Dixie and Sam pass 5,000km

Berserk in international waters

Antarctica World Records

ExplorersWeb 2011 Awards: Everest paraglide

ExplorersWeb 2011 Year in Review

Don Pettit enroute Space UPDATE

Tina to Havel: Goodbye Mr. President

Ice wounds: pics of Antarctica battle scars

EDITOR'S CHOICE

Space shuttle editorial: why we explore

1.
Edurne Pasaban
14 8000'ers

2.
Cecilie & Ryan
Antarctica Crossing

3.
Sabin Basnyat & crew
Himalaya heli rescues

4.
Reid Stowe
Mars Ocean Odyssey

5.
Jessica Watson
Solo sail

6.
Erden Eruc
Indian Ocean Row

7.
Joao and Piotr
14 8000'ers

8.
Peter 1st & Northwest passage
North Pole

Special Mentions:

Dan & Amelia - NP

Valery - Base Jump

JL Etienne - NP Ballon

Stafford & Cho - Amazon

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RATNA PARK & THE SOUQ

Prince Harry to climb Everest... by encountersnepal

Chad Kellogg 2003 Denali... by mountainter

New article on the camera and... by Pete Poston

Visit Lumbini Year 2012(Nepal) by encountersnepal

New Mallory & Irvine Forum by Pete Poston

TREK LATEST NEWS

In Thesiger's Arabic Desert footsteps: Interview with Adrian Hayes

Guardian angel of Tibet, great French explorer Peissel died in Paris

Adrian Hayes and two Emirati Nationals to recreate Thesiger's journey from Oman to UAE

Human power circumnavigation update: Dimitri Kieffer racing against Russia’s winter

ExWeb interview with Ripley Davenport: The challenges of the Gobi Desert and team mates

Death Valley run: Zahab and Laughlin on dynamic terrain and in scorching heat

Heads up: Leon McCarron & Rob Lilwall’s walk and kayak from Mongolia to Hong Kong

Erden Eruc update: Last country in Africa by bicycle

Human power circumnavigation update: Dimitri Kieffer heading towards The Road of Bones

Travelling with rescue dog, Spirit, on a path with no finish line

Ray Zahab turning on the heat again

Sarah Outen cycle update: Into China during the night

Africa walk from Mozambique to Angola ended near heavily land mined area

ExWeb interview with Dimitri Kieffer (part 2/4): I needed three things to succeed in the Far Eastern Russia: patience, patience, patience

Johan Ernst Nilson update: Cycling through black clouds of mosquitoes in Nunavut

Erden Eruc update: Surviving Mozambique roads as a lone cyclist

Ray Zahab and i2P Youth run across Bolivia’s Salar finished: Oxygen saturation comparison

Sarah Outen cycle update: From Russia with love

Ray Zahab and i2P Youth run across Bolivia’s Salar: body changes at altitude

ExWeb interview with Sim Yihui: Lessons from Everest taken to the Gobi Desert

Earth Mater 2011 Himalaya expedition finished

Sarah Outen update: Challenges in new countries

South America coast to coast on quad bikes

Human power circumnavigation update: Dimitri Kieffer without a gun in brown bear territory

Sarah Outen update: Cycle east and stay happy

Heads-up: Julian Monroe Fisher to walk across Africa from Mozambique to Angola

Human power circumnavigation update: Kieffer and Bushby racing against time, bears and melting rivers

BSES: Win £2,000 towards Oman Empty Quarter desert expedition, with the support of Sir Ranulph Fiennes

FEATURES

Adrian Hayes and two Emiratis complete journey across Arabian Desert

Urban exploration: Kagge's notes from the underground

The Long Walk, did it ever happen?

Connecting Cultures, a Global Debate

Patagonia Ice Cap wrap-up: Spectacular views

Borge Ousland, Thorleif Nokleby and Bengt Rotmo on their way to the Northern Patagonia Ice Cap

Long Riders’ Guild: "we are determined to lead from the saddle”

Death Valley update: Endless maze of washes brought an end to the path

Christian Bodegren to cross the Sahara on camel

Sahara kite buggies finished their journey through landmines and in rain

INTERVIEWS

In Thesiger's Arabic Desert footsteps: Interview with Adrian Hayes

ExWeb interview with Ripley Davenport: The challenges of the Gobi Desert and team mates

ExWeb interview with Sim Yihui: Lessons from Everest taken to the Gobi Desert

ExWeb interview with Atacama Desert runner, Ray Zahab: “I had two choices; keep going or stop. I chose to keep going”

Debrief/Interview with Ashes cyclist Oli Broom

Off-limits: Swede to cycle Iraq, "The best way to build a bridge is to start from both sides of the river"

Cycling the world with Emuna

ExWeb interview with Kevin Vallely and Ray Zahab: Pushing their ultra running limits in the Atacama Desert

ExWeb interview: The Real Long Walk, Karl Bushby´s back

Equestrian World Ride temporarily halted due to animal abuse

EDITOR'S CHOICE

Death Valley update: Todd Carmichael using “the latest in high tech comms”: HumanEdgeTech

Racing into trouble: alert from The Long Riders' Guild

CLASSIC

LATEST EXWEB NEWS

Antarctica update: Sam and Dixie weathering a storm beyond 5,000km

Winter GI commentary: ExWeb interview with Louis Rousseau, "It’s a mixed challenge of survival and mountaineering"

Pakistan wrap-up: details on Nanga Parbat new route attempt

Live from winter Nanga Parbat: ExWeb interview with Denis Urubko

Ice wounds: Antarctica battle scars in tales and pictures

Antarctica: Dixie Dansercoer and Sam Deltour bag kiting world record

Winter Pakistan wrap-up: C3 on Nanga, 7000m on K2, 6000 on GI

Berserk in international waters

Antarctica world (and sportsmanship) record: Aleks Gamme crosses finish line with Cas & Jonesy

Berserker on yet another illegal trip

Pakistan wrap-up: climbers push altitude through winter storm

ExWeb interview with Ryan Waters: "The polar community tends to be very helpful to each other"

Antarctica update: Gamme holding at Hercules Inlet, Sebastian and Eric traverse done

Winter Pakistan: Russians rebuild C1 and C2 in blizzard, GI teams in BC

Antarctica Grand Finale: Records and Sportsmanship

Teen sailor: Dekker finishes her voyage

Johan's Journey Pole2Pole (almost) finished

Pakistan wrap: Mario's legacy remembered at home and on Nanga Parbat

Winter Pakistan: K2 hurricane story in pictures

Solo Voyager Rounds Cape Horn

Antarctica wrapup: More arrivals - Larramendi, British Military Scott team, Weber & Archer

Mario Merelli in fatal climbing accident

Captain Scott's Antarctica, January 17, 1912: The Pole, yes, but not as expected

Antarctica: Scott's moment of truth, Helen Skelton's hoax, and a few real World Records

Antarctica: Helen Skelton world record hoax (and how you can help kill it)

New solo Atlantic rowing record by Brown

Winter Pakistan: K2 near wipeout, Simone & Denis route decided, G1 on the move, Ireland in the game

Lost Submarine HMS Olympus discovered outside Malta

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