Monday, 12 March 2012

National Geographic Adventurers of the Year

Extreme kayaking

With borrowed gear and an almost non-existent budget,? Sano Babu Sunuwar and Lakpa Tseheri Sherpa? fulfilled their dream, to do an Ultimate Descent: Climb Mount Everest, paraglide down and kayak to the sea.? This is why thousands nominated them and they won the title of National Geographic Adventurers of the Year.

Would you like to go parahawking - paragliding led by a bird of prey - in Nepal (or in Spain)?

Here's what extreme kayaker Ben Stooksberry, National Geographic's Adventure Hero of the Year in 2007, has to say about first ascents worldwide.

Photo: Extreme Kayaking over a waterfall (c) Chris Korbulic


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