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The noughties – a decade of adventure

As the first decade of the 21st century draws to a close, the adventurers today have discovered that there are still many unknown territories already and the first left into the world, they are unclimbed mountains, rivers that have not been implemented – or pushing the limits of human possibilities.

The last decade has shown The adventure and exploration are no longer the preserve of hard men, but also young and old of both sexes.

Even celebrities aventurers have become explorers and David Walliams swim the English Channel, Cheryl Cole climbing Kilimanjaro and Eddie Izzard on the entire length of Great Britain.

With fears of receding glaciers and polar ice caps, the explorers of the old school of scientific research have found themselves suddenly relevant again. What better way to prove he is still very point for exploration in the 21st century.

The Telegraph has traced the adventures full best action of the last ten years, the bold and courageous, the franchise crazy, but brave.

2000

Sir Ranulph Fiennes suddenly started the decade, returning from personal misfortune and physical, trying to become the first person to ski supported and alone to North Pole. Unfortuntaley it ended in disaster when a few days into the journey, £ 300 sled fell through the ice and he put his left hand in water to recover. Frostbite later completed his ambitions polar and later he celebrated sawed fingertips blackened himself. Incident could complete the career explorer. Instead he took the climbing, proving that they simply do not make people like that.

During the summer of 2000, Jason Lewis, the officer of the army son became the first person to pedal through Pacific Ocean as part of his epic circumnavigation of the globe. During the 178-day journey, he developed sepsis, and nearly went mad had to fight off a huge saltwater crocodile before he could secure the beach in Australia.

Jason was not that circumnavigator, September 6, 1960 years, Jennifer Murray grandmother flew across the world solo in a helicopter.

2001

Circumnavigation were still great theme for the year 2001. 24-year-old Alastair Humphreys appearing on his bike from his home in Yorkshire, called on Fiennes "The first great adventure of the 21st century." Humphreys cycled across Europe and South had reached Egypt in the year of end. He would eventually come back four years later after having cycled around the world via Africa and the Americas.

Community Climbing has been seized by the incredible climb Ama Dablam is north-western edge by two young British mountaineers, Rich Cross and the late Jules Cartwright. In 10 days, they made the first ascent of the coveted line of the mountain 6812 meters without oxygen or Sherpa support. The climb involved more 5,000 m of ascent, which had already beaten 11 teams.

Nearby, an American teacher called Eric guided Weihenmeyer rose Mt Everest is nothing extraordinary about it – except that Weihenmeyer was blind.

On the oceans, former SAS soldier Peter Bray crossed 3,000 miles from the Atlantic by kayak. He arrived on the west coast of Ireland on September 5, after a journey of 75 days.

2002

In the winter of 2002 Ann Daniels and Caroline Hamilton and Pom Oliver tried to ski to the North Pole. Their trip was thwarted when they were hit a three-day storm. Unable to set up their tent, all they could do was huddle under a tarp that temperatures below Cross-58F (-50C), the origin of all team members to suffer frostbite, back problems and monoxide poisoning carbon. After 47 days of Oliver was evacuated with wet gangrene, leaving Hamilton and Daniels in the battle of the remaining 300 miles to the Pole, where they arrived on June 1st.

The conditions were so difficult for climbers Mick Fowler and Paul Ramsden, who in April, made the first ascent of the face Siguniang north China. Rising 1,500 m, largely on ice and vertical elevation, has seven days to climb and two down.

Bad weather put paid to another adventure climbing in the fall. French "Spiderman" Alain Robert had tried to put Canary Wharf in east London, but was thwarted by the notorious British drizzle.

However, in Turkey and Caicos Islands in the Caribbean, free diver Tanya Streeter plunged to a depth of 161m on a weighted sled to break the outright "no limits" record.

2003

It was a year of the last great polar first down – the goal of reaching the North Pole solo and unsupported from Canada. Pen Hadow, had failed twice, but he had vowed to his dying father and was not going to give up easily. He set the 500-mile journey March 17. Despite the loss of a ski one month, he reached the Pole on May 19

A fellow explorer Devonian Simon Chalk rowing solo ocean Indian. He covered the distance of 4.027 miles in 107 days.

Sir Ranulph hits the headlines again in 2003. First, he suffered a massive heart attack that nearly killed him, then he ran seven marathons in seven days on seven continents, as if nothing had happened.

His achievements prompted medical director London marathon to prevent cardiac patients: "running a marathon causes of stress for a much more deadly than normal Sir Ranulph."

The November 6 British mountaineers Ian Parnell, Kenton Cool and American John Varco completed the first ascent of the southwest ridge of Annapurna III – 7555 m in a surge of 10 days. Two years later, would be cool man responsible for teaching Sir Ranulph to climb.

2004

In April, Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman set off on the bike "Long Way Round" in the world.

Earlier, Jamie Andrew, who has lost both hands and feet to frostbite, was part of a climb all disabled Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa, with Paul Pritchard suffering from severe paralysis, and the other two.

In the Arctic, 26, Ben Saunders became the third person to trek solo to North Pole. At 640 miles, it was the longest solo Arctic journey by a Briton still undertaken.

Meanwhile, in May, British climber Paul Deegan breathing heavily on the final summit slopes of Everest when something caught his incredulous eyes – an ultralight general buzz. Its pilot was Richard Meredith-Hardy on his way to becoming the first – and only – person to fly an open cockpit, an aircraft wing soft on the mountain. Considering the cold, lack of oxygen and winds which exceeded its speed, it was a phenomenal feat.

The year ended with a new record of aviation in decline. The prolific David Hempleman-Adams adventurer set a world record altitude for an open basket balloon, the flights to 21,830 feet

2005

In February, the adventurer Tom Avery was determined to "straighten one of the great injustices of polar history "by tracing the Admiral Peary disputed 1909 trip to the North Pole. The use of dogs and sleds reply, the team, led by a Canadian guide, ran the 500 miles to the Pole in a record time of 37 days. Far from resolving the dispute, setting up polar claimed not prove anything.

After an exhausting 18-hour slog in the snow avalanche prone, standing Alan Hinks on the summit of Kanchenjunga, at 8586 m. That was the end of 18 years the desire to climb the 14 highest mountains in the world over 8,000 m for Yorkshire. "The final thrust of the Summit was undoubtedly the hardest climb of my life, "Hinks reported.

On November 20, 32, Caffari went on his attempt to sail single-handed upside down in the world against the prevailing winds and currents. She became the first woman to finish the journey May 18 the following year.

The previous month, Adrian Flanagan has also triggered a round the world record in British waters. He attempted a turn "vertically" through the Arctic from Russia, but it would not complete his journey for another 30 months.

2006

This was the year when Ben Fogle and James Cracknell Act became Britain's most famous double by rowing the Atlantic – naked!

They were not celebrities not taking water. In July, the comedian David Walliams swim the English Channel, which raises more than £ 1? Dollars for charity. Jane Tomlinson, a fund-raising event dominated the news. In July and August, the 3800 bike miles United States, raising £ 250,000. She battled excruciating pain to finish his final challenge before losing his battle against cancer this year follows.

Darke Karen also overcame adversity. Although paralyzed from the chest down, she crossed the 400 miles across Greenland on a sit-ski.

Earlier this year, Rob Gauntlett and James Hooper officially became the youngest Britons to summit Mount Everest at the age of 19 years.

2007

On January 20, a remarkable discovery was made by the most unlikely of most Explorers – country boys Rory Sweet, Henry Cookson and Rupert Longsdon. The trio walked and kite skied 1,000 miles to the Pole of Inaccessibility of Antarctica – The farthest point of land. En route, they discovered a bust of Lenin sting of the snow that was untouched since the Russians left in 1958.

In the jungle of Venezuela, the BBC has raised the bar of the adventure of exploration to new heights by sending presenter Steve Backshall wildlife up Table mountain unclimbed, Upuigma, where he found some frogs new to science.

Elsewhere, Sara Campbell stunned the world Snorkeling breaking Three World records in three days. Blind British adventurer Miles Hilton-Barber flew from London to Sydney in ULM (aided by lights co-pilot).

Sir Ranulph Fiennes has also increased the north face of the Eiger at the age of 62 and Sir Robin Knox-Johnston has finished his turn the second world solo in a yacht 68.

In October, Jason Lewis rolled into London after 13 years and 46.505 miles around the world by bike, pedals skating and kayaking.

2008

Swiss Ueli Steck phenomenon climbing stunned the world of mountaineering with a speed of ascent Amazing the north face of the Eiger in just three hours.

Two days later, Scotsman Mark Beaumont rolled into Paris after a cycle 18.297 miles the world in record time 194 days.

In March, Ed Stafford started to walk the entire length of the Amazon. Nearly two years he lost his partner and his sponsor, he was accused of murder, short of food – and he is currently halfway!

On May 15, the former Royal Marine Phil Harwood began his odyssey in a canoe along the entire length of the Congo River from source to sea, he met rapids, swamps, crocodiles, malaria and rebel soldiers before emerging into the Atlantic, 2,900 miles later, in November.

Rosie Swale-Pope has achieved a remarkable feat endurance. After losing her husband to prostate cancer, she ran around the world, 57 in 2003. She finally returned Aug. 25 2008, after pointing up to 20,000 miles through 53 pairs of trainers.

2009

The year began with the Survey Pen Hadow has Catlin Arctic, which measured the ice. Down Under, Sarah Outen became the first woman to row solo across the Indian Ocean, just 24, while 17 years Michael Perham completed the youngest sail solo around the world.

Brazilian extreme kayaker Pedro Olivia raised the bar for zany antics paddling off a 127ft waterfall. Elsewhere, the British engineer Richard Jenkins broke the world land speed record for vehicles wind energy, scoring in Greenbird 126.2 mph.

The paraplegic sailor Hilary Lister, who controls his yacht by breathing through a straw, one has sailed around Great Britain. And the indomitable war Iraq veteran Major Phil Packer ran the London marathon, rowing the Channel and climbed El Capitan, despite serious injuries.

The celebrities also had a go. Cheryl Cole, Fearne Cotton, Ronan Keating and Alesha Dixon all climb Kilimanjaro for charity, while Eddie Izzard ran seven weeks, the 1,100 mile marathon in Great Britain.

The daredevil climber Leo Houlding rock adventure taken to new heights by skydiving in the Arctic, climbing Mt Asgard then BASE jumping from the top. While on Everest, it finally was third time lucky for Sir Ranulph Fiennes, who began the decade staring at defeat, but it ends with a resounding triumph, proving nothing that brings success as persistence.

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