Rob Matheson is a Lakes legend. At the forefront of hard new-routing since the 1970s, in recent years Rob has been working through many of his classic lines, re-climbing them for their 50th anniversaries. Often filmed under Rob’s YouTube alter-ego The Angry Pensioner, earlier this year Rob announced he was going to step things up a bit and have a look at the classic, uber-bold line The Bells, The Bells! at Craig Gogarth.

Miriam and Jess are the incredible women behind Seas the Day, an ocean rowing team born our of a passion for adventure and a love of the ocean. After 165 days at sea and 8,213 nautical miles rowed, they have just set a new world record for the first women's team to row the Pacific Ocean non-stop and unsupported, traversing the waters between Peru and Australia. 

At just 17, Marcus Skeet – also known as The Hull Boy – became the youngest person to run from Land's End to John O'Groats. Running helped him immensely with his mental health, and he took on the challenge to raise awareness and money for Mind Charity – in just under two months, after 874 miles and £164,560 raised for Mind, he suceeded to run the entire length of the UK.

Former Royal Marine Mitch Hutchcraft recently completed his 'record-breaking' triathlon. This epic and one-of-a-kind challenge involved swimming the English Channel, cycling 10,000km from France to India, and trekking 900km from the Indian coast to Kathmandu, completing the challenge by climbing 350km from Kathmandu to the summit of Everest! Through the challenge, Mitch has been raising money for SAVSIM, a wildlife conservation organisation for which he is an ambassador, which also provides mental health support to veterans. 

Jesse Dufton is a lifelong climber, awarded a Guinness World Record for becoming the first blind person to lead climb The Old Man of Hoy on the Orkney Islands. Jesse has lost all his useful vision to Rod-Cone Dystrophy, a genetic condition that causes the light-sensitive cells in the eyes to degenerate. While climbing, he is totally reliant on his sense of touch and on verbal instructions from his climbing partner, usually his wife Molly.