As lead stunt double for Gal Gadot in the film Wonder Woman, Caitlin Dechelle was responsible for the kickass stunts and fighting scenes that brought the film to life. A martial artist from the age of six, she has an incredible 95 world titles to her name. Eager to find out more, I put twenty questions to Caitlin about martial arts, her stunt background and her experience on the Wonder Woman set.

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Next month journalist and adventurer, Pip Stewart, will embark on a world-first descent of South America’s third largest river, the Essequibo River, from source to sea via kayak, alongside fellow expedition adventurers, Laura Bingham and Ness Knight. Not a journey to be underestimated, this challenge will take the trio on remote river passes, rapids and waterfalls as they paddle its 1014km length from southern Guyana to the Atlantic ocean.

I caught up with Pip, whose previous adventures include cycling 10,000 miles from Malaysia to London, to get the details.

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When professional Ironman triathlete Alice Hector fell in love with ultra-running she set her sights on reaching the coveted 100-mile ultra-running landmark. From training insights to fuelling and pacing, here she shares the lessons she learned along the way.

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Australian downhill mountain biker, Tracey Hannah, grew up riding bikes. At the age of four she competed in her first BMX competition and by 14 she was racing elite downhill MTB events. In 2017, she narrowly missed out on realising her dream to become Downhill World Champion when a spill in Cairns knocked her unconscious. Incredibly, she still took third place.

Here, the Polygon UR team rider chats about her love of speed, crashing in Cairns, and how a childhood spent on bikes kick-started her love of mountain biking.

32-year-old England and Great Britain hockey captain, Alex Danson, has notched up more than 100 international goals since her England debut at the age of 16.  Here, the talented striker, Olympic gold medallist and Meridian foods ambassador provides an insight into what a typical day in her life looks like.

Six years ago, Paula McGuire’s social anxiety was so severe she was almost housebound. With no option but hospitalisation left, she dreamt up an extraordinary sporting challenge in the hope it might save her life. It did. Six years on, Paula recalls how sport and adventure changed her life immeasurably, and chats to me about her latest challenge to become the first person to swim 1800 miles around the coastline of Great Britain.

Professional boxer Chantelle Cameron grew up loving martial arts and held several world titles in full contact kickboxing before switching to amateur boxing at the age of 18. On track for the Olympics with numerous wins under her belt, she narrowly missed out on selection and switched her focus to going pro. Since her professional boxing debut in May, Chantelle has won all 5 of her fights and now holds the crown of IMO World Lightweight Champion.

Here, the 26-year-old British fighter reveals what a typical day in her life looks like.

To say that adventurer Katie-Jane L’Herpiniere has been close to death during adventures and expeditions is no exaggeration. Her collection of near-death experiences include being critically ill with dehydration during her world-first walk of the Great Wall of China (all 4500km), having to be resuscitated following C02 poisoning in Patagonia, and almost being buried alive by snow during a record breaking Patagonia Ice Cap expedition. She’s also eaten larvae, suffered foot rot and lost all the skin on her nether regions, but we’ll get on to that later.

Reading about Katie’s incredible adventures I knew I had to get her on the blog. Here, the 38-year-old adventure athlete talks us through her most challenging moments, and reveals where her passion for extreme adventures began.

What does it take to build a movie badass? I chatted with super-cool Wonder Woman cast member, Hari James, about the training it took to build a squad of strong, kickass ‘Amazons’, and how she has CrossFit to thank for her incredible Wonder Woman experience.

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Hailing from a ski-mad family, British ski cross athlete Pam Thorburn has been throwing herself down snowy mountains since the age of three. A former Team GB alpine skier and British Alpine Champion, she switched to ski cross in 2010, adding British Ski Cross champion to her CV. After several bumps in the road – including breaking her neck, both hips and dislocating her shoulder more than 20 times! – Pam now has February’s 2018 Winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang in her sights.

Here, the 31-year-old Ellis Brigham ambassador talks about the thrills and spills involved in the high speed world of ski cross, her typical training diary and how she’s feeling as PyeongChang approaches.