TOP 10 ADVENTURE
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RISKY TRAVELING SPORT.
In a world full of brave men who dared to risk traveling, from which the hair stand on end, even the worldly-wise. Hunters for the adrenaline had time to go underground, they dived into the depths of the ocean and jumped with excitement over the precipice.
Overview of the most exciting adventures that you can raise your adrenaline.
1. Climbing the highest peak of the world – Mount Everest (Qomolangma) (Himalayas, Nepal, China)
Since climbers Edmund Hillary and Norgay Tentsig in 1953 showed that the highest peak of the planet is possible to climb up, a passion for climbing Everest does not fade.
Every spring, in spite of the storm, the threat of avalanches and cold prickly, about five hundred people – from thirteen to the blind and disabled – climb up to set a new record. Results on the mountain for 58 years, killing more than two hundred people.
2. Jumping from the mountains Eiger with wingsuit (costume-wing fabric) (Grindelwald, Swiss Alps)
Translated from the German cannibal Eiger means. It is quite an appropriate name for the monster is almost 4 km altitude, the more so because he took the lives of more than 60 brave souls. But the northern slope of the mountain still attracts hundreds of willing to try their luck. First of all, the famous are flying in wingsuit that resemble diving birds. Skydiver flies not down, but forward. The vertical component of velocity reaches about one hundred miles per hour and can soar aloft for up to two minutes.
3. Surfing on the waves Shipsterns Bluff (south coast of Tasmania)
Tasmania is located in the Roaring Forties latitudes in the way of sustained gale westerlies. The far south coast is washed by one of the most unpredictable and stormy seas on Earth. That there is a place Shipsterns Bluff (Shipsterns Bluff), which is so hidden from prying eyes, that you can get there only by boat or on foot in the wild. Cold waves and vicious when they begin to run against, rising to a height of two meters, but at the moment of climax crest of the wave height can be as much as 6 meters. Why not call an experienced web surfers?
4. Hike along the routes of the Triple Crown (USA)
Triple Crown – three hiking trails in the United States, which has been known since the war with the Indians. The total length of the longest of the three tracks is about 12 500 kilometers, which equals about a quarter the Earth’s equator. In order to overcome the entire route takes several years. As a reward, daredevils can see virgin forests and snow-capped peaks, volcanoes and tropical jungles, deserts, the boundless sky, which varies like the mood of whimsical beauty. For the sake of the people risking their lives!
5. Ski descent from K2 (Chogori) (border of Pakistan and China)
Chogori – the second highest mountain in the world. But compared to Everest, it is more distant, is more unpredictable weather and took more lives.
6. Climbing El Capitan (Yosemite, California, USA)
Like a fortress 900-meter monolith El Capitan rises above the valley of Yosemite. Height is twice the size of Empire State Building in New York. During the impressive size and sheer cliffs of the climbers made the ascent to the summit in a kind of ritual, where the final “initiated” can observe one of the most beautiful crevices of the world.
7. Go through the Sahara desert (North Africa)
The largest sand sea in the world – the Sahara Desert – stretches for 8.5 million square miles across North Africa, which is slightly larger than that of Brazil. This place was lured many explorers and speculators, the Romantics, who, despite the sandstorms, hostile tribes and the unbearable heat, wanted his eyes to look at the endless sand dunes, sung in a variety of ancient legends and poems.
8. Jumping from a waterfall on a kayak (Washington)
To jump from the 57-meter waterfall little faith in their own immortality, for some luck. In recent years, few brave ones who were lucky enough to stay alive after such a fall, do have an extra reason to boast.
9. The descent into an active volcano (Vanuatu, South Pacific)
Unique dive into the underworld of the Earth was carried out in 2010. The group of cavers led by adventurer Geoff Mackley Kiwis have ventured to descend to 195 meters in Marum volcano in the mountains of Vanuatu. Repeat crazy feat no one has dared.
10. Mountain climbing and surfing at the North Pole (the Arctic, Antarctica)
The desire to defy the coldest places in the world, intoxicating feeling that you are the one thousands of miles or some other reason can recent forced a group of athletes to arrange surfing tour off the coast of the Lofoten Islands. When this was not enough, was organized swim freestyle Waters North Pole. Somewhere on the edge of the world, where many of the mountains there is not even the names of six people decided to get an unforgettable experience. The news of their safe return has paved the way for new followers.
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