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The Remarkable Motorsport Team Who Swam to Save Lives During the Kerala Floods

The Remarkable Motorsport Team Who Swam to Save Lives During the Kerala Floods

Despite endless setbacks, this group persevered and risked their own lives by swimming up to 12km at a time, to convince people to climb into their rafts and abandon homes to the rising water.

Exclusive: Everest Base Camp doctor shares his story from the 2015 quake

Exclusive: Everest Base Camp doctor shares his story from the 2015 quake

Major Ritesh Goel was part of the Indian Army Expedition on Everest Base Camp when the disastrous earthquake struck Nepal in May 2015, and triggered a deadly avalanche on the mountain. He treated more than 80 people before helicopters could arrive. In an exclusive story for The Outdoor Journal, he

2015: Worst year for climate, extreme athletes

2015: Worst year for climate, extreme athletes

It was a year of jaw dropping lows for the environment and for the outdoors community. We look back at the most significant events of 2015. As another year draws to a close, there is no denying that environment-related stories dominated every mainstream media all of 2015. From earthquakes that

Flash floods in Pakistan's popular trekking region damage life, property

Flash floods in Pakistan's popular trekking region damage life, property

Incessant rain and glacial melt in Chitral valley in north-west Pakistan has claimed several lives in heavy flooding. The recurring floods have made search, rescue and relief difficult in this region well known among hikers. Heavy monsoon and floods in trekkers paradise Chitral has claimed over 100 lives across Pakistan.