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Ricardo Iriarte on a highline at Ap Lei Pai. Photo: Karen Chan

Trail Mix

Finding balance and conquering fears on Hong Kong’s longest highline

1 May 2019

Paul Niel collects water sample for Open University on his and Esther Roling’s adventure around the coast of Hong Kong. Photo: Tessa Chan

The Adventure Trail Podcast

Hong Kong’s Indiana Jones talks plastic pollution, dinosaur hunting, lost cities

19 Apr 2019

Matthieu Maury (left) and Nicolas Gontard focused on helping each other to complete the intimidating challenge. Photo: Otillo/Sara Lucasi

Extreme fitness

‘I paid for dinner’: Hongkongers rely on teamwork in gruelling swim-run

11 Apr 2019

Fedor Konyukhov reaches Chile after 154 days at sea, but still has three more legs to fulfil his goal of rowing around the world. Photo: Reuters

Water sports

Russian adventurer first to row Southern Ocean, after 154 days alone

14 May 2019 33

Jan Yip is heading to the Asian Championship in Korea at just 13 years old. Photos: Handout

Extreme fitness

No rest for parents, even on Mother’s Day, when raising a future sports star

12 May 2019 33

Megan Kimmel, the eventual winner, runs through mountains of prayer flags. The local culture is one reason to make the trip. Photo: Kirk Kenny/MRSWS/Studio Zag

Four reasons you should race the 32km Yading Skyrun

View From The Edge

7 May 2019

Liang Jing and Zhou Jiaju battle it out at the Ultra Gobi 400km. Lloyd Belcher works hard to capture the moments runners push through their lowest ebb. Photo: Lloyd Belcher Visuals

Audio

Asia’s top trail photographer talks sociology and art

21 Mar 2019

The 2017 Chengdu Marathon is the largest road running event in Western China. Photo: He Bo

Extreme fitness

Chinese ‘running supermarket’ app helps one in 10 find races

21 Nov 2018 1

A ski tourer makes his way up a mountain in northern Norway. Photo: Alamy

Expeditions and adventures

Going off piste: why ski touring is so popular, and the gear you need

17 Nov 2018 1

Olympic champion and marathon world record-holder Eliud Kipchoge at Hong Kong’s Kerry Hotel. Photo: K. Y. Cheng

Extreme fitness

It’s not about the shoe, it’s about the mind: Kipchoge on 4 per cent criticism

14 Nov 2018

Kate Rutherford (centre) won the women’s 10km Challenge at the 2016 Hong Kong Marathon – she is a triathlon coach who wants to create a pathway for more women to follow her. Photo: Nora Tam

Podcast

The Adventure Trail podcast: where are all the women coaches?

15 Nov 2018

[From third from left] Jeff Wan Nie-ming, Tam Po-hung and Paul Wu flanked by their support team. They are three amputees taking part in the Hammer Series cycling race. Photos: Handout

Health and wellness

Amputees find confidence in cycling ahead of Hammer Series

12 Oct 2018

Trail runners have been in Sai Kung to help clear paths strewn with typhoon debris. Photo: EPA

Typhoon Mangkhut

Watch: typhoon trail clean-up organised by AFCD and TRAHK

9 Oct 2018

Hilaree Elson and her climbing partner Jim Morrison became the first people to ski down Lhotse. Photo: The North Face/Instagram

Nepal

‘Scary, good, bad, awesome’: Americans become first to ski…

2 Oct 2018

Abhilash Tomy waves as he leaves for the round-the-world non-stop race. But now is injured and unable even to move to his communication devises. Photo: Golden Globe Race/Instagram

India

Australia joins rescue mission for Indian sailor injured in…

24 Sep 2018 2

The coastal rowing boats and outriggers piled up by Typhoon Mangkhut.

Typhoon Mangkhut

Watch: Paddlers volunteer for post-typhoon tidy-up at RHKYC

20 Sep 2018

Pierre-Arnaud le Magnan cycles 1,720km of the Silk Road. Photos: Handout

Health and wellness

Shepherd saves Hongkonger from hypothermia on 1,720km Silk Road…

12 Sep 2018

China's Zhou Zhuangchen (white hat) with his support team after ‘Everesting Everest’ – cycling over 423km and 8,848 metres up and down the road that leads to Everest, the height of the world’s largest mountain. Photo: Matthias Magg

Podcast

Podcast: true toll of 400km Everest challenge revealed -…

15 Nov 2018

Lam Chor-pau is competing at his first international tree climbing competition. Photos: Handout

Environment

Hong Kong tree climbers head to US to mix with the best

3 Aug 2018

Jo Kyaw on screen during Is This Fun? The film gets up close and personal with the runners during the race, giving it an immersive feel. Photo: Robin Lee Visuals

Health and wellness

Watch: Breaking 60 director releases new ‘immersive’ Hong Kong…

31 Jul 2018

Francois d’Haene wins the 2017 UTMB – the last winner to cross the line ahead of this year’s introduction of prize money. Photo: Hoka One One

Podcast

Are the UTMB hypocrites and who are they to define our values?

15 Nov 2018

Bosphorus Cross-continental swimming race took up Doug Woodring's Plastic Disclosure Porject. Photos: Samsung Bosphorus Cross-continental swimming race

Environment

Hongkonger gets Europe-to-Asia swim race to go green, clean and…

24 Jul 2018

Emily Abbott posted on Instagram calling the ban unfair. Photo: Emily Abbott Instagram

Drugs

‘I disagree with unfair decision’: Athlete hits out as CrossFit bans 14 for drugs

31 Jul 2018

Yolanda Choy wakesurfing in her Eco Drive hat. She has seen plastic pollution in the water grow year on year. Photos: Handout

Environment

Hong Kong wakesurfer takes on plastic pollution with top tips for reduction

12 Jul 2018

Roy Chapman Andrews explored the Gobi in the 1920s and uncovered fossils that proved dinosaurs were reptiles. The Explorers Club will emulate his expedition almost a century later. Photo: American Museum of Natural History

Technology

Hong Kong explorers hunt dinosaurs in Mongolia

1 Jun 2018

Editor's Pick

Tsai-Jui Hung, from Taiwan, will represent China at this year’s 2019 CrossFit Games if she can raise enough money to travel to Madison, Wisconsin. Photo: Handout

Taiwanese athlete must represent China under new CrossFit Games rules

CrossFit Games

21 May 2019 1