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Ex-Nasa astronaut Scott Parazynski in Hong Kong. Parazynski is the first person to have both flown in space and summited Mount Everest. He shares his journey, and advice for would-be adventurers. Photo: Nora Tam
Space

Spacewalks? Summiting Mount Everest? Scott Parazynski’s done both

From Nasa missions to scaling Everest, Scott Parazynski shares his inspiring journey – and his advice for adventurers on how to succeed.

Mount Everest

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

Asia travel

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

Trending in China

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

A woman has made history by becoming China’s first female to brave the inhospitable waters of the Arctic as a crab fisher.

A woman from the mainland has defied prejudice and extreme conditions to become China’s first female Arctic crab fisher. Photo: SCMP composite/Xiaohongshu
Hong Kong society

‘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.

Asia travel

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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Nepal

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.

An Indian climber rescued from Everest has died in hospital, a Nepali tourism official said on Tuesday. Photo: Shutterstock/File
Climbing and mountaineering

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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Nepal

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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Trail running and hiking

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.

Rency Thomas began his journey on foot at the source of the Ganges in Uttarakhand. Photo: Rency Thomas
From our archives

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
Asia travel

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.

Profile

‘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.

Tourism

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.

Camping along the Gibb River Road. A trip through The Kimberley, in Australia’s northwest, reveals incredible scenery, Indigenous art and culture, and unique animals. Photo: Caroline Beasley
Water sports

‘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
Wellness

‘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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Pakistan

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.

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Trending in China

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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Two Chinese climbers who helped the Sherpa guide rescue Liu, claim they had to pay her rescue fee and did not receive a “thank you” from her. Photo: SCMP composite/Weibo
Malaysia

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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Japan

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.

Singapore

‘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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The search and rescue team looking for the missing Singaporean climber on Mount Everest were unable to locate him “despite their best efforts”, said his wife on social media on Saturday. Photo: Instagram/sushmasaurus
Mount Everest

Video | Gurkha veteran is first double amputee to climb Mount Everest

Double amputee reaches top of Mount Everest in historic first
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Nepal

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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Trail running and hiking

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.

Spain

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.

Beatriz Flamini, a Spanish mountaineer who has been isolated for 500 days in a cave in southern Spain, is greeted by teammates. Photo: Reuters
Climbing and mountaineering

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
Extreme fitness

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.

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.

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