Adventure Challenge Episode Guide

Episode Guide

• Season 1 Episode 26: Too Close for Comfort

  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

  A man attempts the first solo walk from the Skeleton Coast to Sesriem Canyon.

• Season 1 Episode 24: Breakdown in Siberia

  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

  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

  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

  Two British adventurers attempt to ride overland from Calcutta to London on classic motorbikes

• Season 1 Episode 20: The Last Arctic Mystery

  Lonnie Dupre and John Hoelscher's five-year attempt to be the first to circumnavigate Greenland

• Season 1 Episode 19: Escape from Civilisation

  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

  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

  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

  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

  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

  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?

  A Swedish adventurer embarks on a journey to Morocco in a flying inflatable boat

• Season 1 Episode 12: Inside a Ping Pong Ball

  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

  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

  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

  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

  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

  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?

  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

  Rockfalls and avalanches hinder Steve Long's dream of conquering the Great Trango Tower in Pakistan

• Season 1 Episode 4: Hostages in the Desert

  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

  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

  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

  Two friends make a bold attempt to paraglide across the Himalayas, but they encounter air avalanches, and have to make several unscheduled pit stops