There is at last something very exciting happening in the world of theme parks. Entertainment has been added with more life threatening excitement in a new theme park; that is set to open in Darwin in two weeks. With an official launch in October, this park, Crocosaurus Cove; is going to begin in July. It will give a 15-minute underwater experience, with an up close encounter with the crocodile. It is already popular for $29million Crocosaurus as the Cove three-level crocodile theme park in Mitchell Street.
Well, I wonder out of how many teenagers across all the continent, sailing all alone around the world would be an ideal idea for a long holiday. Yes, I know its no child’s play but the a 16-year-old lad from Los Angeles is just on his way to make it a reality. Zac Sunderland from US hopes to break the record of solo sailing around the world, earlier set by David Dicks from Australia (he was 18 years, 41 day old then). Zac is all set to pull the ropes today from Marina Del Rey, California and make the yearlong journey in his private 36ft boat, which he bought with his own savings and become the youngest person to sail alone around the world. The young voyager’s route has been chalked out, beginning from Marina Del Rey, his first stop will be the Marshall Islands, 4,000 miles (6,437km) away. Then Zac would take the challenging 40,000-mile (64,400-km) route across the Pacific to Papua New Guinea and Australia and from there across the Indian Ocean to Mauritius and Madagascar. On completion of this stage, Zac would find himself routing around the Cape of Good Hope to the South Atlantic ocean and then finally steering through the Panama Canal and heading north back to California. Phew!
Sara Campbell, popularly known as Dolphin Girl, has earned her sobriquet for her unique free diving skills. She can hold her breath for astounding four and a half minutes. She holds world record for diving 90 m deep. She is planning to go farther and attempt what has been accomplished by the few.
She is preparing to take over the most challenging of all, The Arch in Dahab, Egypt. It is a huge archway, or tunnel, connecting the Blue Hole - a massive abyss - with the open ocean. To complete the dive, Sara must first swim down 55 meters to the tunnel entrance. Then she will try to swim another 35 m through the tunnel and then up to the surface. In all she will be covering around 145 meters in all, while holding breath at the same time.
A few people can really imagine the courage it takes to relish the breathtaking scenery of “Death Road”, the only western route into La Paz. Those people who like to think of themselves as brave hearts should challenge “Death Road” in the eye but calling it a challenge is a severe understatement.
Are you an adventure sports enthusiast, who loves surfing on the high waves of the tumultuous sea? It might not be possible for you to be present on the beach every weekend. If you are a Londoner, then wait only for three more years to see your dreams become a reality in sometime in 2011. The surfers and curious onlookers will flock to east London to surf on the waves of the worlds first outdoor surfing machine.
Skiing on indoor ice replicating the Alpine slopes, have become a pass with even shopping malls sporting one these days. The new attraction now lies on replicating the sea with artificial waves. The ₤20 million Venture Xtreme project will come up on an abandoned dock at Silvertown Quays in east London. There will be a complete seaside ambiance with an artificial beach dotted with palm trees, boardwalks, and even barbecues.
Its natural people expect their soul to rest in peace at least in their death. But whether that truly happens or not is another question. If you happen to visit the Cliffs of Sagada in Phillipines you will be surprised to see to what extent people go to ensure that their souls rest in peace.
You will find hundreds of coffins hanging down the cliffs or jutting out of a rock and these have been around since 2,000 years when you scan the higher areas of the cliff. People carved their own coffins before death and the corpses were smoked to preserve it throughout the 5-day pre-burial feast.
Why did they do this? People probably believed that higher your body is laid the close they are to heaven and mountains were held in high esteem those days. Another reason might be to protect the bodies that could have destroyed because of natural disasters like earthquakes and floods.
If you just have a look at the surrounding area, you will wonder how they managed to get bring the corpse through such an unpopulated area and manage to settle these coffins that high even when they grieved the loss of their loved one. They probably used ropes to lower the coffins down the cliff or used timber scaffolding to raise the coffin high up.
Have a look at this video of the cliffs and youll know that death is really an adventure!
I often stumble upon luxury blogs like Born Rich and read about products meant for the affluent and wonder how it would be to lead a life like that even if its for a day. Im sure many of you like me would happily lap up an offer to be a celeb or to be with celebs and see how their life would be. Why not? After all, life is short and you have to experience life King size even if its for a day or two.
Climbers normally head to the summit of Mont Blanc for the awesome views. Guess what these folks are heading up there for? A recent expedition to the summit carried a jacuzzi kit with them to party it up on the top of the Mont Blanc: probably one of the highest bath tub parties or you can call it high altitude craziness.
Besides the regular climbing gear like backpack, sleeping bag and mattress and rest of the hardware, one Mont Blanc team headed up for the top with jacuzzi setup gear as well. Although the summit of a 4810 meter mountain is no place to goof around, these folks proved otherwise. They have proved the fact that jacuzzi events are meant to be at exceptional places.
How about base jumping into the world’s deepest cave shaft? Yes youve guessed it right I’m talking about the Cave of Swallows, a cave that is so deep that it can engulf the Empire State Building. Located in a rain-forest in San Luis Potos, Mexico, the cave is a 400m vertical shaft and the dream destination of adrenaline junkies. It takes approximately 12 seconds to base jump from the top of the cave but believe me its not a sport for the faint hearted. Check out the craziest videos below.
Jason Lewis, 40-year old British adventurer who spent 13 years circumnavigating the world using only human-powered transport has completed his epic journey. Having completed the final leg of his 46,000-mile odyssey by pedaling his 26-foot boat Moksha up the River Thames, Lewis reached back home on October 6.
Im sure yall know about water skiing, the most amazing feats in water sports. Latest in water skiing is a record breaking attempt by water-skiers in Germany. 33 water skiers have smashed the world record for most water skiers skiing behind one single boat. Jostling for position, the skiers stood on their feet as they were pulled down the river. A speedboat named Heidelberg was used for this record-breaking feat that was undertaken on the Mosel River near Poelich.
Kerry Shaw, a South African media executive making the adrenaline-pumping feat.
Adrenaline junkies are always in search for something new and thrilling. Do you fancy yourself as a bit of an adrenaline-junkie? If yes, then I can suggest you the latest must-do diving experience, Crocodile Cage Diving. You are right if you think Im talking about swimming with killer crocodiles.
George Mallory and Andrew Irvine at their camp as they prepare to climb Everest in June 1924.
We all know Sir Edmund Hillary as the first man to climb Everest. Right! But Graham Hoyland, a producer with the BBC claims that British mountaineer George Mallory was the first person to reach the summit of Mt. Everest and not New Zealander Edmund Hillary.
Graham Hoyland has spent eight years of his life going on expedition to Mt. Everest and researching and researching before finally concluding that Mallory and Andrew Irvine were the first men to conquer the Everest in 1924, three decades before Sir Hillary reached there in 1953. Hoyland is all set to expose the accepted theory that Sir Edmund Hillary was the first to conquer Everest as untrue. He will present his findings to the Royal Geographical Society in a lecture.
Ballooning is a fun activity for those who are not quite adrenaline junkies. This is for tourists mostly. Cappadocia gives ballooning a different dimension. If you are looking forward to exploring the skies, this is your chance. Here’s a brief description of Kevin Blake’s experience.
In the recent past Dave Mullins from Wellington astonished us by making a world record of swimming underwater without a breath. Once again he made an attempt to swim underwater without breathing and has successfully accomplished the task.
