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When I started writing this list I thought there'd
only be 5 or so entries, but it turns out that I must have had a
few too many blows to the head as there's actually quite a few…
The majority of these activities were carried whilst
I was living in the south island of New
Zealand where I had the chance to really feed my addiction to
adrenaline. Regular sports like rugby have always bored me - why
run away from murderous sweaty blokes with a sheep's bladder under
your arm when you can jump of a bridge in a bin?
The Bungy and Skydive sections contain videos as well as photos. The videos are of my Nevis and Pipeline bungy jumps, and of my most recent skydive.
Anyhow, here's a list of what I've been up to so far.
Click on any of the red links to view
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I've leapt off high things a few times around
the world. The most interesting time was probably the 134 meter
Nevis jump in NZ - it did brake my leg after all! See photo's,
blood and X-rays here.
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Pretty views to be had as one plummets screaming
towards the ground. I have a great video of it too!
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Okay, it's not called a death swing, but
I think it sounds better than "Canyon Swing". Basically
it's a 109 meter swing over a river canyon in NZ (cunning name
then huh?). Quite a giggle normally, but when you've got a plastic
rubbish bin over your head…
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Holy crap this was fun. Of all the crazy
stuff I've done, this was the most adrenaline injecting. 5 G's
really wakes you up. You must try this in your lifetime!
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What a mad activity! Climb inside a giant
hamster ball and roll down a mountain. Doing it with water inside
creates a giant washing machine. Gets those whites super bright.
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This
was probably the most actually dangerous thing I've done. Ingredients:
Take one slightly barmy bloke with a Dodgy Barnet to the Basque
region of northern Spain. Soak in Sangria for several days before
his 20th birthday. On said birthday allow only 20 minutes sleep,
then roll into main square at 7:45AM with a few thousand equally
drunk/mad people. Obtain 6 large bulls of at least 700kg each,
sharpen their horns, poke them with cattle prods to get them
properly angry, and then release them at the drunken masses.
Mix vigorously.
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Why go down a rapid in a nice safe boat when you can just jump
in with a small piece of polystyrene instead?
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 Okay,
the boat version can be a laugh too, especially if you go down
a Grade 5 rapid with crocodiles waiting in them. All you need
is a precariously balanced potted cactus in the boat, and you've
got the perfect extreme sport.
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Kinda like tying a motorbike to a long string,
then welding a propeller on the back. No, second thoughts -
that's exactly what it is.
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Falling with style.
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Falling faster with style.
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Actually this was kinda lame
for me. I'm
sure some people get scared by it though: climb into a ball
and get fired into the air by bungy cords. As I don't have any
images or scars from this activity, clicking the link doesn't
actually do anything - I would link it to their company website,
but they don't have one. Oh well.
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 Hmmm…
now the faint hearted might call this an extreme sport - getting
driven at high speeds inches away from huge rocks in less than
2cm of water… actually I've just talked myself into it,
it was a pretty good laugh. Managed to get some nice scenery
photos in the quiet bits too.
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It
starts to get confusing when every activity starts adding the
word "Bungy" to their title to sell more tickets,
but I guess "Swing from a crane in a Sleeping bag"
doesn't sound quite so "extreme". I must admit though
that despite the rain I did really enjoy it, as you can see
from the photo.
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Although only worthy of the "extreme"
tag if you're a vertigo sufferer, I got the chance to experience
a 9,000ft balloon ride over Coronet Peak in Queenstown. The
balloon was actually larger than I expected, and the views were
supreme - well worth the 5am start.
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I'd
wanted to have a go on one of these things for years, but discovered
that it's a complete bitch to actually do. Glad I tried my hand
at it though, despite my complete uselessness at hovering.
- Extreme Ironing
- This is probably the most dangerous, extreme and out-there activity I've done. Check out the photos to find out more.
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That's it for the moment. Oh, and I've done a fair bit of Scuba diving too, but that's not really an extreme sport unless you do it with Great Whites or go deeper than 50 meters. I also do a fair bit of climbing and mountain biking too.
The next things on my list (in order of expensiveness) are tornado chasing in middle America (over US$1,000), and taking a ride on the Vomit Comet in Russia (US$3,000 to ride in a steeply diving aircraft so as to get extended periods of weightlessness where you can float around… Über cool).
Got any ideas on what I should try next? Try to make comments better than "Skydiving without the 'chute" or "Taunting a drunk Scotsman":
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N.B. All of the
above photos are mine except for the following exceptions which
I Photoshopped the hell out of:
Visit their websites
and do their activities twice so they don't sue me!
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