Campfire Stories

Ultrarunner Dylan Bowman recalls his encounter with “the world’s most vicious yellow lab” during a 100-mile race in Croatia. Despite receiving a deep bite to the butt, he still managed to cross the finish line first and in a course record time.

Without radio contact or bear repellent, a group of professional mountain bikers had a too-close-for-comfort encounter with a group of grizzly bears deep in the Yukon.

Wingsuit BASE jumper Jeff Provenzano recounts the time a less-than-perfect landing saw him end up dangling from a tree in a Swiss mountain forest. He hung there, 60ft off the ground, for three hours until a helicopter rescue team plucked him out.