Emily H. Bratcher is a freelance writer and editor who lives in Iowa City, Iowa. When she’s not chasing after her posse of young children, you can find her clicking away at her Mac, jogging alongside ...
Derived from canyoning, coasteering combines cliff jumping, swimming, abseiling and climbing in one extreme package. It’s also a brilliant way to see more of a place than you otherwise might. After ...
Here's one for the bucket list: leaping from a 30-foot cliff into the North Atlantic. CNN Travel has given "coasteering" the thumbs up. The activity, first invented ...
“I SAY,” THE GUIDE exhorts me as he gestures impatiently toward the precipice, “I’m afraid we really must move on.” “OK, OK, OK,” I plead while trying to steady my balance and my nerves and ...
Coasteering involves climbing and swimming on a rocky coastline (generic image) A man drowned on a commercially-run coasteering trip after a large wave knocked him off a ledge into the sea, an inquest ...
White-throated kingfishers, fireworms and lion’s mane jellyfish are creatures that might seem exotic to Hong Kong city dwellers. Yet all three, and many more wondrous animals and plants, can be found ...
Scrambling up and jumping off Pembrokeshire’s wild coastline is an exhilarating activity for kids – but will mum also take the plunge? ‘I’ll go first,” says my eight-year-old son, the youngest of our ...
“Five, six .... jump!” I’m shouting out over the rolling waves. Between my feet I can see the drop, in front of me a giant boulder of sandstone too steep to be climbed. The only way on is through the ...
It’s hard to imagine any part of Goa without human habitation these days, but, surprisingly, a small stretch in Loliem, Canacona—located in the southern part of the state—remains untouched. There are ...