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Stephanie Alexander and The Cook’s Companion at 30 | Free-diver Ant Williams | Debra Adelaide and Gabrielle Carey | How to deliver a baby on a plane
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Ant was at the peak of his career. Then it clicked: he had to put himself on the line
He’s been stalked by sharks, coughed up blood and nearly frozen his retinas – but Ant Williams had his reasons for chasing free-diving world records.
- Tim Elliott
Ant Williams, world record holding freediver, talks about what makes him tick
Covering blacking out, the mammalian dive reflex and self-saving, Ant Williams talks about his philosophy on freediving.
Skydive instructor killed after falling without parachute in Nashville
The experienced instructor fell to his death after becoming stuck with his student in a tandem rig, police said.
- Tom McArdle
Inside one 66-year-old runner’s gruelling 217km journey through ‘hell on Earth’
This retiree feels “at home” when he’s traversing one of the hottest places on the planet as part of the world’s toughest ultramarathon. Even when it makes him hallucinate.
- Dorany Pineda, Ty O'Neil and John Locher
Perth man killed BASE jumping – two years after friend’s similar death
James Nowland was a good friend of Jay Driscoll, who died in a BASE jumping accident at the same location just two years prior.
- Hannah Murphy
Rhiannan started high diving in the circus. Now she’s an eight-time world champion
Rhiannan Iffland has won eight consecutive cliff diving world championships all while nursing a fear of heights. Here’s how she does it.
- Daniel Lo Surdo
‘Test of strength dating back thousands of years’: Arm-wrestlers wanting to muscle in to the Olympics
From two guys in a Melbourne garage, arm-wrestling is growing in popularity and aspires for Olympic glory.
- Andrew Taylor
Last survivor of Hillary’s Everest team says climbing must be scaled back
Kanchha Sherpa, 91, was among those who put Edmund Hillary and his Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay atop the 8849-metre peak in 1953. He says it is getting out of control.
- Binaj Gurubacharya
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- Victoria Police
French climber charged after scaling CBD high-rise without harness
Anthony Andolfo, who is in Australia on a 12-month tourist working visa, was charged with offences including reckless conduct endangering life.
- Lachlan Abbott, Madeleine Heffernan and Alex Crowe