Extreme sports

Singapore win 5 out of 9 golds at Asian Indoor Skydiving Championships

Singapore’s skydivers (from left: Isabelle Koh, Kyra Poh, Choo Yi Xuan, Vera Poh, Kai Minejima-Lee, Jordan Lee) won 11 medals at the FAI Asian Indoor Skydiving Championships.

Hasta la vista, influencer: ‘Terminator’ robot floors US prankster in cage fight

Robotics startup REK organised on Sept 18 a cage match featuring influencer Frankie LaPenna and its Terminator-esque robot Rekbot.

X Games League to hold first winter draft; Eileen Gu expected to be top pick

Eileen Gu is the most decorated freestyle skier in Olympic history with three golds and three silvers.

Everest is melting and one contributor is human urine, study finds

Human urine is responsible for an estimated 154,000kg of melt in the thawing Khumbu Glacier.

Thailand-based fitness coach dies after collapsing at Hyrox event in Bangkok

Fitness coach Leroy Saunders, 41, owned IAOT CrossFit in Bangkok.

Pakistan search team reaches base camp with body of renowned climber Nirmal Purja

British-Nepali climber Nirmal Purja was leading a team of mountaineers attempting to scale Broad Peak when an avalanche struck on July 30.

Nepal mountaineers mourn ‘lost generation’ in Pakistan avalanche

A candlelight vigil in held in Kathmandu on Aug 4 in memory of the 10 climbers killed in an avalanche on Pakistan’s Broad Peak.

Bodies of 4 climbers found near northern Pakistan avalanche site: Police

Nepali mountaineer Nirmal Purja served with Britain’s Brigade of Gurkhas.

‘We blacked out’: Instructors charged after student’s death in fatal Brazil bridge rope jump

A screengrab off a video shows three men hoisting and throwing 21-year-old student Maria Eduarda Rodrigues de Freitas off a bridge without a safety rope.

With good weather and internet access, record number of climbers scale Everest

Climbers and officials said that a wide summit window – a period of stable weather that allows safe attempts – contributed to a surge of successful ascents.

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