With spectacular scenery, four distances to choose from and 15,000 Jaffa cakes on offer, the Sport Ireland Tour de Burren is set to be a cracker. Read More...
Spanish ultra runner and multiple speed record holder tackles Everest without oxygen in jaw-dropping time. Read More...
Rumours that Everest's famous Hillary Step has been destroyed are confirmed by British mountaineer. Read More...
This gentle hike offers some of the most mind-blowing views in Ireland. Home to a deserted beach and Ireland's lowest corry, it really is something very special. Read More...
New research has revealed that the largest bony fish in the world are found in Irish waters year round and we should be grateful to them for cutting the numbers of jellyfish in the sea. It was previously thought that ocean sunfish only visited Irish waters on rare occasions. Read More...
Irish enduro rider Greg Callaghan has won the Enduro World Series round in Madeira, just two weeks before the Enduro World Series leg that takes place in Ireland. Read More...
The number of rhinoceroses that were recently killed by poachers in Mozambique, finally wiping out the herd from Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park, which also covers South Africa and Zimbabwe. The animals were shot dead for their horns which are prized in Asia for their reputed aphrodisiac and cancer-curing properties.
The number of calories climbers on Everest burn each day.
The number of Saudi women that have climbed Everest. Raha Moharrak (25) not only became the first Saudi woman to attempt the climb but also the youngest Arab to make it to the top of Everest. With a conservative Muslim background Moharrak said that convincing her family to agree to climb "was as great a challenge as the mountain itself", though they fully support her now. She also stated, "I don't really care about being the first... So long as it inspires someone else to be second."
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