A tragic event has occurred in the Italian Alps. While riding a zip line, a 41-year-old woman fell to the ground from a ...

AS a wave of ice-cold water pummels me in the face, I gasp and brace myself for another. My husband Tom yells: “Are you OK? You’re getting hammered!” I catch my breath and shout: “Yes!

We are white-water rafting down northern Italy’s Dora Baltea river in Grade 4+ rapids, which have been topped up by a night’s worth of heavy rain. I can’t feel my hands, thanks to the 5°C ...