On January 19th 1883, a naval disaster occurred close to Borkum Island off the German coast. Whilst ferrying European emigrants to New York, the SS Cimbria (pronounced ‘Zimbria’) collided with the British SS Sultan. Due to the thick fog, Captain Julius Hansen decided to anchor for an extra day. Although the conditions hadn’t improved he opted to continue, and shortly after hearing another signal the two ships crashed. The Cimbria sank quickly, and 437 people lost their lives. Among the passengers were many wealthy businessmen, which is why myths about highly valuable cargo (valued at €35m) have been associated with the wreck ever since. The Sultan was unable to help but managed to make it back to the harbor. The accident is considered the second most tragic in naval history after the loss of the Titanic in 1912. Rediscovered in 1973, several expeditions have aimed at examining the wreck and salvaging historically valuable items. Though it is said that some of the passengers carried gold with them, the main intention has been to revive its history as there are many well-preserved insights to discover. Andi Peters, professional diver and Suunto Ambassador has dived the Cimbria already many times already and was involved in the "Cimbria-1883 Project" in 2007 that led to an exhibition in 2009, which can also be visited online . Now Andi and his crew are heading back down to see what condition the wreck is in and whether storms have revealed any previously undiscovered items since his last dive five years ago. The team is going to spend approximately 30 dive-days sonar-scanning for simulations as well as creating illustrations, shooting movies/images and possible salvaging from the wreck. The conditions at the dive site can be tough due to currents and limited visibility (3-5 meter max). The tides leave only short time frames for work on the 115 x 30m area where the wreckage lies at depths of 30m. There is no notable structure of the once 100m long steamer anymore. Only the steam generator, the anchor winch and the propellers are easy to identify. The deck has fallen apart and most of the parts are covered with underwater plants and mussels or buried in the sand. It is expected that the wreck will be vanish entirely in the near future. The crew is going to head out today for first check dives... we'll keep you posted on the progress.

Finding your running legs after a long winter or a period of inactivity is always a challenge. Emelie Forsberg offers some old school advice: Just get out there and run! For the trail runner Emelie Forsberg, there is only a small window to get fit after winter. The first race on the calendar is the brutal 80km Transvulcania in mid-May, which doesn't leave a lot of time to train if, like her, you're into ski-touring and other mountain sports! But the Suunto ambassador says there is a way to quickly regain your running fitness: “I'm old school! I was recently in Chamonix and was worried I had heavy legs. I spent four days there. I ran for three hours on the first day and three hours on the second day. On the third day I felt good so I ran for six hours! My tip is just to never give up. You may not feel good the first time or even the second time but you will feel good soon. You just have to get over the hard part and then you can start to enjoy it and you'll be running fit again.” However, there are some running specific exercises she does practise. Emelie's five running specific exercises “I do five exercises that are really good for working the small muscles that are important for running. You just need to do them a few times to wake the muscles up.” 1. Plank, sideplank and reverse plank: “This is good for the core, back and hamstrings.” 2. 'Paddling' with rocks: “This is good for the abs.” 3. Side leg raises: “I do this to wake up the small muscles in the hips that connect to the IT band.” 4. 'Swim' with rocks. “This is great for the lower back and shoulders. I lie on my stomach, lift up my chest and 'swim' with a water bottle or rock in one hand.” 5. Hip flexor stretch: “This is important for running.”

Suunto Zoop is a great choice for your first dive computer, its full decompression capabilities and nitrox mode mean it's designed to give you years of serious fun. This Tuesday we take a look at how to enter and change the nitrox settings on the Zoop. Get support for your Suunto product at support

On a dark, stormy December night in 1944 a fleet of five German warships was cruising the labyrinthine waters of the Gulf of Finland. Due to navigation error two of the ships ran into their own German minefield between Porkkala and Naissaari and were lost. Badewanne, a Finnish, non-profit organization representing a group of voluntary divers that have been documenting shipwrecks in the Gulf of Finland for more than 15 years, recently dove down to one of the destroyers, the Z36. Juha Flinkman, one of the Badewanne divers, gives us a guided tour: “Diving to the wreck of Zerstörer (Destroyer) Z36 is a unique and eerie experience. As you glide down the shotline into the darkness, the beam of your light first picks up a scary mess of mast, radar aerials and – trawl, lots of it! Carefully avoiding the trawl you descend towards the superstructure past a quadruple 20 mm flak gun wrapped in netting, barrels sticking through the mesh. Passing over the port side of the bridge wing, you suddenly stare at the muzzles of a twin 20 mm Flak gun mounted on the fo’csle deck. The barrels vainly aim at the unreachable sky far above. This flak gun is situated a little aft of “Bertha Geschütz”, that is B-gun of the main armament of 127 mm guns. These Mob 36b type destroyers weren’t supposed to have any such armament here, but what the heck, maybe the Skipper just wanted some extra anti-aircraft hardware installed! Later, swimming from the gracefully arching bows towards midships, your lights pick up mighty Rheinmetall-Borsig barrels of Anton and Bertha Geschütze still defiantly pointing forwards, but never to be fired again. Even the riflings inside the barrels are clearly visible. Even when diving in the clear parts of the wreck, the ever-present trawl netting looms, if not in your vision, then in your mind. You must always be aware of this danger – there is no room for carelessness. This wreck is very big. It was distinctly once a very powerful warship, but now lays with her back broken on the seafloor, wrapped in trawl, and her payload of death strewn all around. A dark and a lonely place.” All images: © Badewanne

In the space of 31 days he skied to the equivalent of space and back. Last month Greg Hill clocked an incredible 100,628m – more than 10 times the height of Mt Everest. For anyone curious to see how Canadian ski mountaineer achieved the feat, below we show his daily gain, which reveal his super-human performance. Day after day, Greg skied for up to 10 hours to cover between 3,000m and 4,000m of vertical. Of course this doesn't answer the bigger question of how he was physically able to do it and for that only Greg can provide the answer. “It was a big mission,” says the 38-year-old Suunto ambassador, recovering at his home in Revelstoke, British Columbia. “It was as hard as anything I've done, waking up every morning and getting out there.” But he says the knowledge that at the top of every climb lay an awesome descent kept him going. “It was the best human powered powder month ever! It was ridiculous. This was 97% great skiing!”Check out where he went, his daily climbs the full stats of Greg's March Madness project on the links below. Looking for a highlight? Greg says his best day was March 11th. “I climbed three different summits and five different great lines,” he says. And the worst? March 6th when warm weather conspired to create nightmare ski-touring conditions. “My skis were weighing probably 20kg there was so much snow stuck to them,” says Greg. “That was as bad as it was.” March 1st: 4,255m March 2nd: 4,648m March 3rd: 4,087m March 4th: 4,125m March 5th: rest day March 6th: 3,950m March 7th: 4,141m March 8th: 2,943m March 9th: rest day March 10th: 4,264m March 11th: 4,340m March 12th: 3,957m March 13th: 4,518m March 14th: rest day March 15th: 4,186m March 16th: 3,970m March 17th: 4,127m March 18th: 2,287m March 19th: rest day March 20th: 4,398m March 21st: 3,793m March 22nd: 3,812m March 24th: 3,843m March 25th: 3,050m March 26th: 3,048m March 27th: 4,290m March 28th: 3,869m March 29th: 3,973m March 30th: 3,421m March 31st: 3,167m Image: ©Bruno Long

He's done it! After 31 days on a pair of skis in the mountains of British Columbia, Canada, Greg Hill has succeeded in his mission to clock 100,000m of vertical ascent.In a post shared late on Monday he wrote, “Month of madness complete. A 100km or 328,000 foot human powered powder session…”On his final day he was pounding the mountains of his home town of Revelstoke for almost 11 hours in a bid to complete his goal. His tally at the end of the day: an ascent of 3,167 m.Regular alpine ski tourers will typically hike and ski around 1,500 m in day. Greg has been ski-touring up to 4,000 m a day, day after day all month. His route profiles are truly awe-inspiring.What makes the achievement all the more extraordinary is that he has been doing it in the backcountry, breaking trail in deep snow, climbing remote summits and skiing epic lines. Before setting off, Greg told us it was never just about the numbers but about the experience and the chance to explore remote mountains. Right now he's is most likely either in a hot tub or trying to replace some of those 200,000 odd calories he's burnt —maybe both. As soon as we've caught up with him we'll post the trip's full details. In the meantime, you can see Greg's latest posts on his Instagram account. All images ©Bruno Long