Over the past 4 years or so, of creating and publishing Ripcord Adventure Journal, the team involved in bringing it to print and digital editions has been on a marvellous journey of discovery and adventure in their own right. None of us had prior experience in publishing an international periodical before, our strength was derived from the unstinting support given by our adventurers and explorers who have written and photographed their journeys for us. Furthermore, our delight has grown as our readership and audience have rocketed to unexpected but very welcome heights, particularly on our digital platform: www.yumpu.com/user/worldexplorers where we have reached almost 8 million views. In this period we have published so many great articles that we felt it timely to pick a single article from each issue and present them here in a 2014-2018 Revisited issue, the eight articles which follow have been chosen by the editorial team to reflect the broad interests of Ripcord Adventure Journal and I hope, will serve to introduce our many new readers to previous issues, all of which, continue to be available for free on our digital platform. We aimed to be the home of authentic, adventurous travel, which serves as a starting point for personal reflection, study and new journeys; we hope that you enjoy reading this free digital Journal and encourage you to share it widely. As this will be the final issue of Ripcord Adventure Journal, we hope that you took inspiration from our amazing contributors and that you may follow their adventures into the future. On behalf of the editorial, writing and design team, I wish to acknowledge our outstanding sponsors from day one, the World Explorers Bureau (Charlotte Baker Weinert) and Redpoint Resolutions (Mark Cohon, Thomas Bochnowski, Ted Muhlner, Martha Marin, John Moretti and all the team).

Our final issue of volume 2 is quite a mixture of adventure and exploration of the world's polar regions, deserts, oceans, mountains and jungles. In our Guest Editorial, Leon McCarron ventures in to the hills of Jordan as part of his 1000-mile journey on foot, across the Middle East, when he encounters an unexpected musical interlude on a lonely hillside. Planning is essential for major expeditions, even more important to have several back-up plans in case the first one or two, or three do not pan out as expected. Mark Wood brings us behind the scenes of planning for a polar expedition. Technology in the classroom has been touted for more than 2 decades as the next big thing. Here, Joe Grabowski, whose nascent organisation "Exploring by the Seat of Your Pants" has demonstrated that indeed technology can be the medium by which exposure to new and exciting educational contexts can be brought in to the classroom from the real-life connections with explorers, conservationists and scientists in the field. Former Marine Commando, John Sullivan gives us an introduction to what it takes to survive in the desert using the skills and experience he has built up from his time in the forces, leading expeditions and working with film crews on location. What does it take to circumnavigate the globe on one's own, what drives an adventurer to take on and complete such demanding challenges? Erden Eruc takes us with him on his life's journey across oceans and continents. Finally, we catch up with emergency medical doctor Claire Grogan and Mark Hannaford of World Extreme Medicine to discuss the fast-paced world of extreme medicine.

Our seventh issue of Ripcord Adventure Journal and the first for 2017 brings us on some very intriguing journeys of adventure and discovery. In our Guest Editorial, Mark Evans recounts the crossing of the famed Rub' Al Khali of Arabia by his team as they followed the footsteps of the almost forgotten Bertram Thomas who had crossed it back in 1931 guided by Sheikh Saleh bin Kalut al Kathiri. Jacki Hill Murphy follows Isabella Bird's Guidebook to find that adventures are indeed timeless. In 1889 Isabella Bird ventured into Ladakh region of Kashmir to experience these remote lands and cultures. Rory Golden, a man of many talents give us a glimpse of the world of undersea exploration, the discovery of the Titanic and the life and times of the original 'Ripcord' adventurer Ralph White. In the first of a regular slot, explorer and photographer Jeremy Curl remembers his journey to witness a Donga Fight in the western side of the Omo Valley where manhood is tested and tribal feuds settled. In our final article in this issue, Jimmy McSparron finds hospitality and enjoys the dangers of an unconventional hike to Machu Picchu.

Peter Rowe Film maker, painter, photographer and writer travelled the world during the making of 49 episodes of the TV Series, "Angry Planet." This book showcases the very best photographs from his incredible journeys.

A Visual Exploration of Life in the Pamirs

Our sixth issue of Ripcord Adventure Journal is a very different beast to its five earlier siblings, whose articles and images were, in the main, submitted by adventurous travel writers and photographers; in this issue however, we have brought together 11 accomplished explorers and adventurers who write about their unique experience of life, lived to the maximum and danced to a different beat.

Ripcord Adventure Gear Guide is a new quarterly publication with high-quality, authoritative editorial with first hand reviews of adventure gear and provides a comprehensive listing of the best gear in each sector with ratings provided by world explorers who will test the gear in real world situations. We hope that Ripcord Adventure Gear Guide will become the adventure enthusiasts’ almanac.

Where do we begin? A fast track literally, to Germany where a sports car and our journalist are tested to the limits and left begging for more. Following the exploits of a legendary aviator from continent to continent, our Journal proceeds to venture across Mali, cycling the route to a fabled city of gold and encountering a festival of mud which annually repairs what must be one of the "newest" old buildings in the world. Our next journey explores the concept of adventure on board a luxury cruise ship as it rounds the infamous Horn, can Shangri-la really exist at sea? This leads us thoughtfully to the colourful Monlam Cham festival of Tibet as it is explored by two friends in search of Marco Polo and inner calm, we then journey forward to an encounter with a personal hero, visit eleven architectural gems on the road less travelled and complete our whirlwind travels in the land of the Midnight Sun.

After only four issues we appear to have been exiled voluntarily to beautiful Siberia, a region as vast as it is geographically diverse; from the pen of the first woman to cycle across the "new" Russia we travel the old stock route across Australia, from well to well and from story to story broadening our understanding of this island continent. The drive to explore, the reason to adventure is discussed before taking us underground to the vaulted caverns and flooded passages of the deepest cave system in the Americas to emerge suddenly back in to the full light of an Andean stratovolcano summit, the nearest point to space on earth that two companions can reach, until finally, the long road that this issue takes, brings us to the last place in Yemen. We aim to be the home of authentic, adventurous travel, which serves as a starting point for personal reflection, study and new journeys.

We begin this issue with a call to adventure from Bear Grylls' Mission Survive expedition and survival expert Megan Hine which is followed by a filmmaking expedition to the icy desert of Antarctica. Our writers have crossed the Himalaya and have cycled around the world to make sure it is indeed round. We hear of legendary explorer John Rae and venture to Kilimanjaro to witness a high altitude rescue. Brought to you by the crew at World Explorers Bureau and Ripcord Travel Protection