Standing near the top of the world, encircled by snow, ice and colossal rock, a tourist husband and wife burst into tears. They assure the pilot of the Mount Cook ski plane sitting on the glacier behind them that they are crying in happiness.
Some human beings simply can’t get enough adventure.
Barely three months after becoming the first double amputee to conquer Mt Everest, and less than two months after surgery to remove five fingertips and more of his legs, Mark Inglis went paragliding over Lake Wakatipu.
It may seem an unlikely combination for a top skier to be head winemaker at a picturesque New Zealand vineyard, but for Rippon’s Nick Mills it is a perfect blend.
Captain Charles Hazlett Upham was the only person to be awarded two Victoria Crosses (VC) during World War II and the only combat solider to have won two VC medals.