A few months ago, WildBounds writer Jack Hart took on the Original Mountain Marathon – and failed. But a DNF isn’t always the worst outcome, as he explores here
WildBounds contributor Carrick Armer heads to the Russian/Finnish border for the Red Fox Adventure Race – 400 km of kayaking, trekking, and mountain biking plus a few abseils, cable traverses and zip-lines just to keep things interesting.
Well away from the clubs and crowds of the south, the north of Ibiza feels like another island entirely. Here a rugged coastline and stunning vistas set the backdrop for chilling out and checking out this wild part of the Balearic islands.
The raw beauty of Greenland's glacial tundras and ice-strewn fjords has to be seen to be believed – the edges of this land of the midnight sun are best explored as the locals have for thousands of years - by kayak.
The summer crowds now dispersed, WildBounds contributor Sian Lewis escapes to Mallorca’s wild heart, where craggy mountain peaks and vertiginous cliff faces are yours for the taking.
With its legendary turquoise flat water lagoon and excellent wave spots, Dakhla in Western Sahara, Morocco is the ultimate kitesurf and windsurf oasis. This is the stuff dreams are made of.
Situated just inside the eastern entrance of Gunung Leuser National Park, Bukit Lawang is one of only two remaining natural habitats in the world for wild orangutans.
El Chorro may be past its heyday – but with armfuls of perfect limestone, sheer cliffs above dazzling waters and an excellent quality of life outside the climbing – it retains its magic, its inherent beauty, its palpable sanctity.
The Cordillera Huayhuash – a north-to-south, glaciated and stunning mountain range in the Peruvian Andes – was first thrust into infamy in the 1980s with “Touching the Void.”
The ‘jewel of the west coast’ is situated on a stunning lagoon just north of the West Coast National Park, making it an ideal location for kitesurfers and nature lovers alike.
