Adventure Challenge

Season 1 - Adventure Challenge

• Season 1 Episode 26: Too Close for Comfort (2005) Four base jumpers travel to Baffin Island in Canada, where they attempt to climb and then leap off rocks surrounding a frozen lake
• Season 1 Episode 25: Lost in an Ocean of Sand (2004) A man attempts the first solo walk from the Skeleton Coast to Sesriem Canyon.
• Season 1 Episode 24: Breakdown in Siberia (2004) A German woman attempts a solo bicycle journey from Beijing to London, but weather, wildlife and war all stand in the way of success
• Season 1 Episode 23: Boiling Water and Bullets (2004) Three men attempt to raft the length of the Amazon - one of the world's longest rivers - while braving the fierce waters and local guerrillas
• Season 1 Episode 22: Surfing the Northern Frontier (2004) An attempt to windsurf on Pakistan's highest lakes is jeopardised by rockslides, fickle wind conditions and runaway goats
• Season 1 Episode 21: Searching for a Miracle (2004) Two British adventurers attempt to ride overland from Calcutta to London on classic motorbikes
• Season 1 Episode 20: The Last Arctic Mystery (2004) Lonnie Dupre and John Hoelscher's five-year attempt to be the first to circumnavigate Greenland
• Season 1 Episode 19: Escape from Civilisation (2004) Gilles Elkaim revisits polar history by attempting to travel from the most northerly point of Europe to the eastern tip of Asia using only traditional methods
• Season 1 Episode 18: The Hardest Way to the Pole (2004) Pen Hadow attempts the world's first solo walk from the Canadian coastline to the North Pole, with no back-up supplies or support of any kind
• Season 1 Episode 17: One Risk Too Many (2004) A British woman's attempt to kayak around the remote Russian peninsula of Kamchatka, braving hazardous seas, wild animals and a threatening military presence
• Season 1 Episode 16: Adrift in the Indian Ocean (2004) A freak wave turns a British record-breaking attempt to row across the Indian Ocean into a fraught rescue mission
• Season 1 Episode 15: Secrets of the Snow God (2004) A team of climbers attempt to reach the summit of Sepu Kangri in Tibet, a feat which has never before been accomplished
• Season 1 Episode 14: Swimming in the Amazon (2004) Mike Horn's attempt to swim the Amazon, battling rapids and dangerous creatures to secure a place in history
• Season 1 Episode 13: Is It a Boat, Is It a Plane? (2004) A Swedish adventurer embarks on a journey to Morocco in a flying inflatable boat
• Season 1 Episode 12: Inside a Ping Pong Ball (2004) A team of Chilean explorers attempt to trek 400km through the Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica, a feat which has never been achieved
• Season 1 Episode 11: Saved by the Raptors (2004) Trainees at a paragliding school in Nepal receive unlikely help from birds of prey, which guide them to higher altitudes
• Season 1 Episode 10: In Search of Mountains and Molehills (2004) Mountaineer Rod Bader attempts a record-breaking challenge to climb the highest peak in every country in Europe
• Season 1 Episode 9: Blinded on the Mountain (2004) A New Yorker resolves to carry ashes to the summit of Argentina's Mount Aconcagua in tribute to the victims of the September 11 terrorist attacks, but storms hinder his progress
• Season 1 Episode 8: Caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place (2004) Three friends explore hidden passages 150m beneath a Welsh hillside, where one false move could bury them alive
• Season 1 Episode 7: Dog Tired and Alone (2004) The first Briton to enter the world's most northerly dog sled race is faced with extreme weather, rough land and the other competitors' distrust
• Season 1 Episode 6: Trapped in the Land of Ice and Fire? (2004) Ingvar Thorisson leads his team across the world's biggest glacier to mirror the feat achieved by his great-grandfather 125 years before
• Season 1 Episode 5: Up Against an Avalanche (2004) Rockfalls and avalanches hinder Steve Long's dream of conquering the Great Trango Tower in Pakistan
• Season 1 Episode 4: Hostages in the Desert (2004) Three British men brave kidnap by feared Afar warriors as they attempt to cross Ethiopia's Danakil desert
• Season 1 Episode 3: Mutiny on the Mountain (2004) Six men attempt to scale the imposing Ulugh Muztagh in China, one of the world's highest and most daunting mountains
• Season 1 Episode 2: Escape by Microlight (2004) Despite strong warnings, a man attempts an audacious crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by microlight aircraft, with only enough fuel for 35 hours' flight
• Season 1 Episode 1: Crashing in the Himalayas (2005) Two friends make a bold attempt to paraglide across the Himalayas, but they encounter air avalanches, and have to make several unscheduled pit stops