Joining The European Sky

Though I like everything that can make my travels smoother and faster I think there are 2 bigger problems. First is security control which in my experience takes a lot longer than simple passport control and the...

Foreign minister loses bags in T5

No one is immune to Heathrow T5 problems."An unnamed EU foreign minister has been caught up in the baggage backlog at Heathrow's new Terminal 5, UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband says.Writing in his blog, Mr...

Man swims across Amazon river

After 3,272 miles of exhaustion, sunburn, delirium and piranhas, a 52-year-old Slovenian successfully completed a swim down the Amazon river Saturday that could set a new world record for distance — one he's broken three times already.

Buckets of blood readied for Slovenian's Amazon swim

"LIMA (Reuters) - Few would even dare swim the Amazon river bank to bank but Slovenian Martin Strel plans to swim 3,375 miles down the world's greatest river, defying piranhas, snakes, crocodiles and even sharks. Buckets of animal blood will be loaded onto support boats to...

South Face of Lhotse in Winter

"South Face of Lhotse in Winter By Dougald MacDonald A six-member team of Japanese climbers, assisted by a Korean expedition and Sherpa climbers, completed the steep South Face of Lhotse in Nepal but could not reach...

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