Dare to soar: flying with condors
Explorers: Adventures of the Century S4 E5
After seeing the magnificent Andean condor ride thermal winds from the sea to the peaks of the Andes, paragliders Hernán Pitocco and Horacio Llorens try to follow the birds on their 3,000km ascent.
Spitting distance
24 min
A team of scientists and climbers descend into a volcano to get as close as possible to an active lava lake.
Cape Verdean kite crossing
24 min
A former champion kite surfer attempts to ride to the 12 islands of his home country, Cape Verde.
Paddle SUP: mission Amazon
24 min
Watch the mission to stand up paddle board down the Rio Marañón, the source of the Amazon River.
Locked in
24 min
Ben Stookesberry and a group of kayakers attempt a first descent of the Beriman River in Papua New Guinea.
Watching
Dare to soar: flying with condors
24 min
Two paragliders ride thermal winds with Andean condors from sea level up to the peaks of the Andes mountains.
My own private monster
24 min
One windsurfer's mission to surf Pedra Branca, a remote wave that may be one of the world's deadliest.
Onekotan: the lost island
24 min
A group of intrepid professional skiers risk it all to ski the remote and desolate Pacific island of Onekotan.
Citadel
24 min
Two veteran alpinists tackle a never-before-climbed route on the remote 3,000m Alaskan peak, the Citadel.
Cerro Torre
24 min
David Lama attempts to be the first person to free climb Cerro Torre, the mountain that changed his life.
Mission to the edge of space
24 min
Felix Baumgartner attempts a world record-setting 36,500m freefall from the edge of the stratosphere.