Flows Through: Nantahala National Forest
Grade of Rapids: Class II and III in the lower section, The Upper section of the river offers Class IV-V rapids for kayakers to test their skills.
Nantahala is a river in western North
Carolina in...
Archive - September 2006
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Date: Saturday, September 30, 2006(Ends Today)
Price: €250.00
National charity, DEBRA Ireland, is recruiting RIGHT NOW , 200 thrill-seekers to brave Ireland's highest bungee jump over one weekend this autumn! Participants will be freefalling ...
Caves: The Jenolan Caves, ( on the edge of the Blue Mountains World Heritage Area, two hours' drive west from Sydney)
Tour: Plughole tour
Time: Two hours
No of People: 12
Minimum Age: 10yrs
Tickets: $58 per person
It will...
This time they are selling Space travel to the New Zealanders. Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic is appointing agents around the world to sell seats on its SpaceShipTwo space flights - expected to take off by 2009.
Agencies must apply to become...
After all the fuss Space Travel may not be all that grand! Apart from the closed space there are definite negatives as reflected by Anousheh Ansari :
1)Keeping good hygiene in space is not easy! It meant washing hair by opening a water bag to make a...
Festival: Autumnfest, a family-style, harvest-time festival.
At: Seven Springs Mountain Resort
Starts: September 30
Events: Alpine Slide, Antique Car Show (Saturday only) , Baker's Pantry, Crafts for all ages, Craft Show, Bountiful Autumnfest...
The Seven Springs Resort in Pennsylvania is building a Superpipe, rails and other extreme sport-type features in a new terrain park near its Alpine Meadows slope.
This will be developed as a perfect venue for Skiers and Snowboarders.The Superpipe,...
I'm talking about the coaster bob at Dalat's Datanla Waterfall. The coaster bob track is some 800m long and goes downhill through the natural forest. At some stages, it winds around the feet of old pines at the height of 200m.
When descending down,...
Sir Richard Branson, the british millionaire was in New York to unveil a model of the rocket-powered vehicle SpaceShipTwo made by his company Virgin Galactic which will take passengers on suborbital flights sometime after 2008.
Branson was quoted as...
River: Zambezi
In: Zambia
Grade of Rapids: Upto Grade 5 as well as 6 ( unrunnable)
Best time to go: July to March
Considered one of the most challenging river in the world for paddlers.
Via: Gadling
In the midst of shouts of ' GET DOON! HOLD OON!'" the rafter held on tightly onto the safety line while the raft went over a 2 meter drop straight into a class five rapid. Holding on did not help, he sure went down under, that also Twice only to...
Event: 49th Annual National Skydiving Championships.
Venue: Skydive Arizona in Eloy, Arizona
Categories: Formation skydiving, Skysurfing, Freeflying, Accuracy landing and Canopy Formation.
Dates: 21 to 28th October, 2006
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Boarding House Mentors have found a unique way to save kids living a life of risk through surfing. The process sure is helping a lot of kids.
The concept is to take the kids away from the negative influences and show them a new positive side of...
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