About the recent brawl on Everest, Mr. Nam says everybody should respect each other.

Arabian Desert expeditions. South African and South Korean/Spanish teams.

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2 men, Levison Wood and Simon Clark, 7 countries, 4250 miles, 1 year.

This coffee table / adventure book with 230 photographs, chronicles the 44 day and 1600 km journey of Hayes and two Emeratis through the ‘Rub Al Khali” of the Arabian Desert.

Anthropologist Julian Monroe Fisher successfully completed the expeditionary route of Sir Samuel White Baker and his wife Lady Florence Baker across regions of Egypt, Sudan, South Sudan and
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Contrary to what their size may suggest, the iconic equine breed of Iceland is by no means a pony, says the team.

Tim Jarvis and Barry Gray, set out in wet, overcast conditions, with howling 30 knot winds from the south west, wearing their traditional clothing.

"Growing old is like climbing one of these mountains: on the way up, one’s strength diminishes, but at the top the gaze is clearer, and the view, wider and more serene," says Francisco Po Egea after retracing his own footsteps at 75 years.

125 years ago Fridjof Nansen and his team were the first to ski across Greenland. In April Jukka Viljanen and Greg Maud wants to become the first to run across Greenland.

Strandberg and a team will be traveling with a group of reindeer people, filming and documenting them living in Russia's extreme cold.

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Exploitation and vicious power struggles: CuChullaine O’Reilly, Founder of the Long Riders’ Guild, questions the future of exploration organizations.

Former Gurkha officer, Adrian Hayes, who has ventured across ice fields and above snow lines, is now heading to the burning heat of the Arabic desert sands. Probably the biggest challenge is the sensitivities and politics in this region, he says to ExplorersWeb.

The Harvard Business School drop-out explored the world off the beaten path all the way into the 1980s. Michel Peissel early took to the people of Tibet. "He made some very important journeys," CuChullaine of the Long Riders' told ExWeb, "and stood up the Red Chinese to his dying."

Polar skier and Everest summiteer, Adrian Hayes and two Emirati Nationals are to recreate the journey made by Wilfred Thesiger in 1940s, starting late October. Their Footsteps of Thesiger expedition will cover 1,500km on camels and on foot across the Arabian Desert from Salalah to Abu Dhabi.

Many rural Yakuts keep their water supply throughout the year in frozen blocks of ice three meters below their houses at permafrost level, observed Dimitri Kieffer while autumn colors make way for snow, and he & Gulnara Miftakhova still have 265km to cycle to Yakutia; 1734 km completed.

Ripley Davenport took a team of adventurers 1000 miles across the Gobi Desert, where they endured bad dust, sand storm, blizzards, equipment failure and injuries. He talked to ExWeb about their skilled 21-year-old Khazak camel handler and the challenges of team mates in extreme conditions.

Ray Zahab and Will Laughlin have started their run in Death Valley on dynamic terrain, which causes navigational issues in the washes. Scorching heat with temperatures reaching 147F and strong headwinds dehydrate the two runners. But, says Ray, its unbelievably beautiful.

In November 2011 Leon McCarron and Rob Lilwall will set off on a 2,500 miles trek in winter from Mongolias Gobi Desert via the Great Wall of China and the Yellow River. McCarron told ExWeb about the challenges they are facing, getting and carrying food and water, and about the logistics of the trip.

The Turk climbed Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, had a serious crash on the road, accomplished his third antipodal point, enjoyed Zambia, and cycled into Namibia. His concern now is where to launch his rowboat and the long Skeleton Coast with its shipwrecks, swells and onshore winds.

Cycling along The Road of Bones in Far Eastern Russia is the next challenge for Kieffer in his human powered circumnavigation. Joining him on this 1760km road between Omsukchan (Magadanskaya Oblast) and Yakutsk, (Republic of Sakha) is his girlfriend Gulnara Miftakhova.

4 yrs and 140,000 miles later in a sidecar motorbike, Ara Gureghian & his rescue dog, Spirits journey of passion, dreams & healing is only just beginning. Ara adopted Spirit after his sons death. They grow together & Spirit became a rider in his own sidecar, wearing his goggles & helmet.

He loves the heat, but it can be a killer, says ultra-runner Ray Zahab. Back in January he was stopped in his tracks by 55 degrees Celsius temperatures in the Atacama. That didnt stop him. Next up is Death Valley (USA) in August and Rub Khali (Empty Quarter) in Saudi Arabia in January 2012.

The British girl has been travelling for more than 100 days and made her way through Kazakhstan into China. The 45°C day temperatures in the Gobi Desert challenge Sarah on her bicycle so she prefers night travel. More challenging, she says, are the mental challenges and problem solving.

Julian Monroe Fisher has completed his Equatoria A Walk Across Africa, from the coast of Mozambique, across Malawi, Zambia and the DRC to the coast of Angola. He experienced Africa as a complex mixture of beauty and ugliness all wrapped up into one vast space.

During his trek in Far Eastern Russia, in communal bath houses, Dimitri learned that everybody become equal; no generals, mafia bosses, priests, workers - and some 2nd generation people envy the life their parents had under the heavily subsidized Soviet regime. He learned to set small goals; not to give up.

Nilson remember standing on the North Pole thinking about the day when he would see land. It all felt so distant, he says, but he knew that if he put one foot in front of the other, he would finally get there. So he did. Now he is cycling through Nunavut, Canada, heading south.

Erden started cycling at the coast of Mozambique. Difficult roads in Mozambique made the physics of it absolutely brutal under the sun, he said; at times he pushed, pulled, fought and wrestled his rig all day for days. Food for sustenance was another problem in the poor country.

The i2P Youth Ambassadors finish their 200km run and science journey across the Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia, with the best scenery of the trip. They finished their run at the highest altitude during the trip; 4200 m, and the science support team showed some results regarding oxygen saturation.

She had been a bit nervous about coming to Russia; the previous border experience in Ukraine had intimidated her with its new language, stern guards and lots of men hawking for business and eyeing up her bicycle and equipment. Her experience in Russia couldnt have been more different, says Sarah.

The young runners are currently running across Salar de Uyuni. Despite feeling the effect of the altitude, the team runs nearly 30-40 km a day. This runs aim is to educate schools in chemistry related topics; about the chemistry in the human body, live from this chemistry rich lake.

She realized what she thought was not possible on Day 1, became more manageable and eventually natural after the days on the mountain went on, says Ms. Sim to ExWeb. This is just one of the lessons this Singapore woman learned on high altitude mountains and she will take with her to the Desert.

Davide Peluzzi and his Expedition Earth Mater 2011 team have recently completed their climb and scientific research in the Rolwaling Kumbu in the Himalayas. Earth Mater undertakes expeditions in areas such as Greenland, the Himalaya, Andes and Africa to do research about the people living in the remote areas.

A new country brings with it another unknown language, another currency & a whole new set of road signs, says Sarah; now in Ukraine. Adding, there is something satisfying about unfolding a new map & stowing away the old one, but, this is all about one day at a time & one country, mile by mile.

Henry Cookson is organizing a 2,250 miles off road travel on brand new Honda ATVs (quad bikes) through Chile, Argentina and Brazil from November 7-20, 2011. The drivers will travel through pampas, jungle, high mountain passes, wetlands, the Atacama Desert and the Andes to the ocean in -3 deg to +38 deg C.

Dimitri Kieffer is closing in on his destination with water/river crossings, potential bear encounters and potential annoying rain ahead. Lately he has been traveling up a crevasse filled Shirokaya River, crawled and grinded up a steep pass, and saw bear tracks around his tent.

"The going is slow when you hike on slippery shit, toilet paper and brown water, but we were never in a hurry on this trip." The first to do all three Poles, this time Norwegian pioneer Erling Kagge decided to face his biggest fear. Here follows his report.

At first light on April 10, Sarah pedaled into Germany from Belgium and the Netherlands. After completing Stage 1 in her kayak at the French coast, she got on her bicycle and headed east through Europe. Sarah says she is aiming to cycle approximately 65 miles a day, but her real aim is to have fun.

At sunrise on April 30, Julian Monroe Fisher is to start walking west, from the Indian Ocean on the Mozambique coast to the Atlantic Ocean on the coast of Angola. He told ExplorersWeb about the dangers along the way, his real concerns, the difficulties in case of emergency evacuation, & his objectives.

Both Dimitri Kieffer and Karl Bushby are racing against the time restriction of their 90-day Russian visas. Temperatures are getting warmer, which means bears will be coming out of hibernation and icy rivers on route will be melting.

This new BSES expedition will explore the towering red sand dunes and broad gravel flats of the Empty Quarter of Oman in early 2012. Young explorers, aged 18-23, will be part of the start of a three-year research program which will also take them to the monsoon cloud forests of the southern coastline.

Salar de Uyuni is a lake which is covered with a crust of salt up to 10m thick. Below the crust lies a lake composed of water, salt, magnesium and over half the world's lithium reserves. Ray Zahab will be leading a team of youth runners & adult adventurers (also Hannah McKeand) on a 255km, 7day run.

He is still quite a bit inland and has not been affected by the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, Dimitri assured ExplorersWeb. He says he is still in the northern far eastern part of Russia; battling his way alone through snowstorms, and trying to get rid of a cold & blisters on his feet.

Three years ago the guys crossed the frozen Bering Strait together. Now Dimitri has started the next section of his journey through Magadanskaya Oblast and has already sledge-hauled 51 km. He had an eventful 30 days from Moscow to get to his start point. Karl is heading to his start point.

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Since mid-January, Dimitri is on his way to Paren, Kamchatka, where he stopped on May 13, 2010. After already 17 days in Evensk, his departure from Evensk to Paren has been delayed again, Dimitri told ExWeb yesterday. During his 90-day visa period he plans to sledge-haul 423miles/ 680km on tundra.

Since we last heard from the Vogel Family their lives on the road have been dominated by the nasty Patagonian wind. And, as seems to be the rule for every cyclist touring the world, there´s always a headwind. Never a tailwind. But to the amazement of the family, one day they had 71 km/hour tailwind.

His foot was so bloated that he had to cut open the shoe. Still, he kept running through it all: the changing terrain, the intense heat, and the 12 kg backpack. Ray Zahab ran an average of 60 km per day for 20 consecutive days through the Atacama desert and details his extreme jog in this interview.

My worst day of last year was when I was mugged by 5 men in Dakar, Senegal, who slashed my left wrist and left foot with a machete as I attempted and failed to prevent them taking off with my camera and day-sack. The injury to my wrist was much more serious as 4 tendons were severed and required stitching.

With an extra long last day attempt on Feb 12, Ray finished his Atacama Desert run from the north to the south of the desert in 20 days. The total distance logged on his tracker is 1191.2 km. He ran most of the way alone after his teammate Kevin Vallely had to withdraw before the start.

The Canadian ran through mining areas. The terrain was too difficult to cross as it was covered with clumps of salt. Navigation around these areas was challenging and disorientating. Temperatures reached 50 deg Celsius. Ray aimed for 60 km per day and tells where he gets his daily inspiration from.

Charlie Frew has just made it to the Jura Mountains on his 25,000 mile off-road expedition through parts of the worlds most fragile environments and remotest habitable places. He started in Hong Kong in May 2010, passed through Mongolia, Siberia and Scandinavia and is right now in Central Europe.

Keep moving forward even if you have a blister, is advice from the extreme long distance runner Ray Zahab. The loose rocky and open salt terrain of the Atacama Desert torn open Rays blister, but he still ran up to 70 km some days. Ray explains his camp routine and what he carries in his backpack.

Yves Chaloin, a sports teacher in France, and his wife Olivia, have cycled 125 000 kilometers, many of them in winter conditions in a tent. Two weeks ago they arrived at North Cape after cycling through the Scandinavian winter, experiencing temperatures down to -31 degrees.

The 1st Killarney Adventure Film Festival, is the Holy Grail of film festivals and comes all wrapped up with the customary EF bite and imaginative twist. We will underline the finest adventure films and brag about the best outdoor talent around today. Please enter your film.