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Carstensz pyramid basecamp

Fueled by instant noodles, ultrarunner Fernanda Maciel sets record on the highest peak in Oceania – watch her emotional summit

By Charlie Lyon published

The Red Bull athlete has set a fastest-known time on Carstensz Pyramid in New Guinea as part of her Seven Summits quest

Trail Running
Vivian James Rigney at the summit of Everest

Climbing Everest: “a wild and scary obstacle course”

By Julia Clarke last updated

We speak to author and mountaineer Vivian James Rigney about the immense challenges – and exquisite beauty – he experienced getting to the summit of mount Everest

Climbing & Mountaineering
Mount Everest cloaked in clouds

What are the Seven Summits? And how many are there, really?

By Julia Clarke published

What are the Seven Summits? We explain this mountaineering achievement and why there are sometimes six summits, and occasionally eight

Climbing & Mountaineering