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The most technically difficult rock climb in the world is Silence in Hanshelleren Cave of Flatanger, Norway. It has a proposed rating of 9c.

Now, there are over 400 indoor climbing walls in the UK alone.

The biggest hiking boot in the world is 7 m long, 3 m wide, and 4 m tall.

The Appalachian Trail is visited by 2 million people every year.

In 2013, 35 million Americans went hiking. This was up from 30 million in 2006.

May Lord Shiva be always there to guide you through the good and bad times of your life. Best wishes to you on Mahashivratri.

The longest trail in the world, the Great Trail, crosses an incredible 14,913.0 km from one coast of Canada to the other.

Ontario has over 80,000.0 km of trails.

There are over 278,000.0 km of official trails in all of Canada.

Dogs have been banned from Antarctica since 1994 out of concern that they could spread diseases to the locals seals.

Emus and kangaroos cannot walk backwards, and are on the Australian coat of arms for exactly that reason. No going backwards.

The hippopotamus kills more people per year in Africa than crocodiles, lions, etc.

Almost 3% of the ice in Antarctica is made up of penguin urine. Maybe think twice before eating it.

The whole of China operates on Beijing time, even though the country covers five time zones. The same is true with India, where sunrise times vary several hours from east to west.

With its sprawling size you might think Russia has the most time zones of any country in the world but it comes in third with 9. The United States is second with 11. Surprisingly, France covers more time zones than any country on the planet, with a total of 12 thanks to its various overseas territories.

 It’s the only place in the world where you can breakfast in Asia and go for a short walk followed by lunch in Europe. The city has been the capital of many empires throughout history and Napoleon Bonaparte famously said: “If the earth was a single state, Istanbul would be its capital.”

Australia has over 10,000 beaches! If you visit one beach every day it would take 27 years to see them all.