Exploration
34 records
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01 / Exploration 10:59:59 Fastest ascent of K2 Benjamin Védrines · K2, Pakistan-China border, via the Abruzzi Spur See record ↗ -
02 / Exploration 354 climbers Most climbers on the Everest summit in one day The 354 climbers who summited Mount Everest from both sides · Mount Everest, Nepal and Tibet, China See record ↗ -
03 / Exploration 13 years Youngest person to climb Everest Jordan Romero · Mount Everest, North Ridge, Tibet, China See record ↗ -
04 / Exploration 9 d 00:03:44 First non-stop, unrefuelled flight around the world Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager (Rutan Voyager) · Edwards Air Force Base, California, USA See record ↗ -
05 / Exploration 64 d 19:22:49 Fastest Vendée Globe (solo non-stop race around the world) Charlie Dalin (MACIF Santé Prévoyance) · Les Sables d'Olonne, France See record ↗ -
06 / Exploration 3 d 15:25:48 Fastest transatlantic crossing by sail Pascal Bidégorry and crew (Banque Populaire V) · New York, USA to Lizard Point, UK See record ↗ -
07 / Exploration 20 summits Most Everest summits by a non-Sherpa Kenton Cool · Mount Everest, Nepal See record ↗ -
08 / Exploration 14 summits First to climb all 14 eight-thousanders without supplemental oxygen Reinhold Messner · Lhotse, Nepal (final peak) See record ↗ -
09 / Exploration 46:40:00 Fastest flight around the world via both poles One More Orbit crew (Gulfstream G650ER) · Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA See record ↗ -
10 / Exploration 22 d 06:08:00 Fastest solo unsupported ski journey to the South Pole (male) Vincent Colliard · Hercules Inlet to the South Pole, Antarctica See record ↗ -
11 / Exploration 19 d 21:55:00 First non-stop balloon flight around the world Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones (Breitling Orbiter 3) · Château-d'Oex, Switzerland to Egypt See record ↗ -
12 / Exploration 10 people First winter ascent of K2 Nepali team led by Nirmal Purja and Mingma G · K2, Pakistan/China See record ↗ -
13 / Exploration 31 d 13:19:00 Fastest solo unsupported ski journey to the South Pole (female) Preet Chandi · Hercules Inlet to the South Pole, Antarctica See record ↗ -
14 / Exploration 68,986 ft Highest flight by a hot-air balloon Vijaypat Singhania · Mumbai, India See record ↗ -
15 / Exploration 117:52:00 Longest solo flight in a solar-powered aeroplane André Borschberg (Solar Impulse 2) · Nagoya, Japan to Hawaii, USA See record ↗ -
16 / Exploration 11 days Fastest solo balloon flight around the world Fedor Konyukhov · Northam to Bonnie Rock, Western Australia See record ↗ -
17 / Exploration 135,899 ft Highest freefall parachute jump Alan Eustace · Roswell, New Mexico, USA See record ↗ -
18 / Exploration 35,873 ft Deepest dive by a crewed vessel Victor Vescovo · Challenger Deep, Mariana Trench, Pacific Ocean See record ↗ -
19 / Exploration 80 years Oldest person to climb Everest (male) Yuichiro Miura · Mount Everest, Nepal See record ↗ -
20 / Exploration 15 visits Most visits to the Challenger Deep Victor Vescovo · Challenger Deep, Mariana Trench, Pacific Ocean See record ↗ -
21 / Exploration 73 years Oldest person to climb Everest (female) Tamae Watanabe · Mount Everest (north side), China/Nepal See record ↗ -
22 / Exploration 25,767 miles Longest non-stop flight by any aircraft Steve Fossett (Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer) · Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA to Shannon, Ireland See record ↗ -
23 / Exploration 120 days Longest time living underwater without depressurisation Rüdiger Koch · Caribbean Sea, off northern Panama See record ↗ -
24 / Exploration 32 days Fastest solo row across the Atlantic (west to east) Patrick Favre · Trepassey, Canada to Baltimore, Ireland See record ↗ -
25 / Exploration 78 d 14:40:00 Fastest circumnavigation by bicycle (male) Mark Beaumont · Paris, France See record ↗ -
26 / Exploration 40 d 10:45:50 Fastest non-stop circumnavigation by sail (crewed) Thomas Coville and crew (Sodebo Ultim 3) · Ushant, France See record ↗ -
27 / Exploration 138 days Fastest Seven Summits and polar last degrees (male) Colin O'Brady · South Pole to Denali See record ↗ -
28 / Exploration 92 days Fastest ascent of all 14 eight-thousand-metre peaks Kristin Harila · Himalaya and Karakoram See record ↗ -
29 / Exploration 499 days Fastest time to visit all sovereign countries Michael Zervos · Worldwide See record ↗ -
30 / Exploration 1,090 ft Deepest scuba dive Ahmed Gabr · Dahab, Red Sea, Egypt See record ↗ -
31 / Exploration 42 d 16:40:35 Fastest solo non-stop circumnavigation by sail Francois Gabart (MACIF) · Ushant, France See record ↗ -
32 / Exploration 238 days Fastest Seven Summits and polar last degrees (female) Masha Gordon · Worldwide See record ↗ -
33 / Exploration 1,491 days Fastest time to visit all countries by public surface transport Graham Hughes · Worldwide See record ↗ -
34 / Exploration 159 days Fastest solo row across the South Pacific Fedor Konyukhov · Chile to Australia See record ↗