The British explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes has announced his intention to become the first person to cross Antarctica on skis in winter. The 68-year-old veteran adventurer said he had once thought the expedition "impossible," but, upon hearing that a Norwegian team was contemplating it, decided that he'd have to have a crack at it. Describing the South Pole crossing as a last bastion of true adventure, Fiennes said, "It is the last really big expedition in these days where everybody's grandmothe... Read More
Sunita Williams became the first NASA astronaut to complete a triathlon in space after running, biking, and “swimming” along with athletes competing in the Nautica Malibu Triathlon. "I'm happy to be done," said Williams. "It wasn't easy, and I'm sure everybody in California's very happy to be done, too." Williams swam a half-mile, biked 18 miles and ran four miles finishing in a time of one hour, 48 minutes, and 33 seconds. She used the space station’s treadmill and stationar... Read More
Conceivably, a man who ran a sub-three-hour marathon could have six percent body fat. Paul Ryan is not that man, and it appears he might have another fitness-related fracas on his hands. Back in 2010, when being interviewed by Politico about the Capitol Hill P90X exercise group he led—“It works because it’s called muscle confusion, it hits your body in many different ways,” Ryan said—the noted workout enthusiast, unprompted, told Mike Allen, “I keep my body ... Read More
A hunter says he has forgiven his Blue Gascony Basset Hound for shooting him in the hand during a hunting trip on Sunday. The 55-year-old Frenchman, Rene, who declined to give his full name, told radio station France-Bleu Perigord that he was hunting deer with his three dogs and that the youngest of them got a bit too excited. “He jumped on me as if to give me a hug,” Rene said, “and as he jumped, his paw hit the trigger.” The man's son drove him to the hospital, but th... Read More
Olympic gold medalist and Summer and Winter X Games champion Shaun White was arrested Sunday on charges of public intoxication and vandalism at a hotel in Nashville, Tennessee. White, 26, was staying at the Loews Vanderbilt Hotel, where police were summoned at 2 a.m. after he drunkenly pulled a fire alarm. A hotel employee also reported seeing White destroy a hotel phone. When he attempted to flee, White fell into a fence, giving himself a black eye visible in a mug shot taken shortly after hi... Read More
