Nicknamed ‘Super Sherpa’, Apa currently holds the world record for the highest number of successful summits of Mount Everest, or Sagarmatha to the Nepalese. Although he has summited 21…
A world-champion freediver who considers himself half fish, half human, sheds light on freediving beyond competition, opening our eyes to an experience and environment that is anything but…
What does it really take to live in the treetops in the world's most diverse eco-system? Mateo Hogan, co-founder of a self-sustaining tree house community in Costa Rica, talks about the…
As I filled in the application form to volunteer in the Philippines, it never occurred to me that 2 months later I would be covered in mud, living without hot water, eating unknown foods ─…
Eric Rignot, a glaciologist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, has been studying the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets for years, and candidly casts doubt on global efforts to slow the…
The sun is just rising over Angkor Wat, Cambodia’s ancient temple complex. After years of reading about its beauty, I am excited to finally experience this moment for myself. As a hint of…
Aceh — the province that sits atop the infamous Indonesian island of Sumatra — entered the imaginations of most of the world following the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. After…