The 999 Eco Adventure allows emergency service personnel to come together for a fun and friendly day of adventure racing. Competitors participate in running/walking, mountain biking, canoeing, basic navigation and some mystery tasks on the way! This year Terra Nova…
The Munros are a famous collection of every 3000 ft hill in Scotland – 283 at the last count. On April 25th 2010, Stephen Pyke set out to complete them all in a continuous round under his own steam, summiting…
In 1960-61 a team led by Eric Shipton was the first to cross the Patagonian ice cap from North to South, a 48 day, 210km feat of endurance that has never been repeated along the same route. This December a…
Beyond Endurance South Georgia Expedition 2008 Stephen Venables returned recently from his third visit to the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia. His first expedition, during the southern summer of 1989-90, made the first ascent of Mount Carse; then in 2000…
Update: Wendy and Paul (and Havoc, of course) are set to finish their mammoth trek in the next few weeks, a full month ahead of schedule! All of us at Terra Nova congratulate them on their efforts and wish them…
Modern day adventurer Joff Summerfield is all set to fulfil a lifetime ambition to cycle around the world. By anyone’s standards, this is an ambitious project, but the single detail that makes his venture all the more remarkable is that…
In March 2008, a team of two attempted to ski 200km across an ice cap a quarter the size of Wales, unaided and with temperatures reaching as low as -60°C, with an aim of inspiring young people into exploration and…
A finish date of 1st June 2008 has now been set! Rosie has successfully reached the East Coast of the USA and will be runnig through Manhattan tomorrow (03/10/07). After this she “only” has Nova Scotia, Greenland and Iceland to…
Terra Nova tents have been selected by the Caudwell Xtreme Everest team for their pioneering expedition to complete vital medical research at high altitude. The trip will be followed by the BBC’s Horizon team, and receive primetime screening over 2…
Steve Perry took his winter ascent of Britain’s toughest long distance walk down to the wire, finishing on his deadline day of 31st March. Having started on the 1st December 2005 he has been through 121 days of adventure, climbing…
