The most extreme adventures (20 photos) Bashny.Net

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1. Himalayas, Nepal, China. Even when Sir Edmund Hillary and Norgay Tentsig in 1953 proved that the highest peak of the world is possible to climb Everest still remains synonymous with the words "call for the climber" and "an adventure." Now, every spring, despite the storm, avalanche threat, nipping frost and technical difficulties lifting, dozens of people - from thirteen to blind and disabled - climb to the top to set a new record. Despite such a stir, the mountain is still reluctantly submits to man, and those who made it to the top, in all senses reached the top of the world.



2. Jump to the Eiger with a wingsuit. Translated from the German Iger means "eater." An appropriate name for the "monster" is almost 4 km in height. Mountain, consisting of limestone, slate, gneiss and ice rises above the resort town of Grindelwald in the Swiss Alps. His unpredictable weather shedding stones and steep slopes has absorbed more than 60 life daredevils who decided to climb up. But the famous among climbers northern slope of the mountain still attracts hundreds wishing to try their luck. But it's worth noting that the last 1800 meters are insurmountable today. Now fans of adrenaline came up with his new game - wingsuit. In English the word means "costume with wings." This sport is that you not only to climb to the top, but then more and jump to it. Dean Potter (pictured) has gone through the most exciting adventure of a lifetime in 2009. Climbing alone on the northern slope of more than 2 km, he jumped down. Flight took 2 minutes 50 seconds. This extreme sport is one of the most dangerous in the world. But it does have its own appeal - it is the closest step to fulfill an old dream of man to learn to fly.



3. Surfing the waves Shipsterns Bluff. On the far south coast of Tasmania bordering one of the most unpredictable and stormy seas in the world. That there is a place that is so hidden from prying eyes, that you can get there only by boat or on foot through the wilderness, but the journey will take its course for about an hour. This place is called Shipsterns Bluff. Cold wave, meaner when they start run against, rising to a height of two meters, but when they reach their peak, the crest may be high and 6 meters. Such insidious wave can be a real challenge for experienced surfers such as Kelly Slater and Ryan Hipvud (pictured). After all, is worth a little gape, and a powerful wave of strikes you on the rocky bottom. "The worst moment - when it is incident wave and you think, Will you catch it or not, - says a local surfer Charles Ward. - But as soon as you catch it, you have a feeling of unreality. And you forget about everything, except what you see before you ».



4. Going to the Triple Crown. The total length of the three most American of extended trails is about 12, 5 thousand km. Enough to encompass a third of the globe. This explains the fact that not more than one hundred people have been the route of the Triple Crown. In fact, to overcome the Pacific Crest, the Appalachians, and Continental separation path, you have to have to kill a few years and not one pair of shoes, but tourists still held some of the longest hiking trails of Appalachia, such as the Rock and Cascades. And as a reward daredevils will get a chance to meet with remote place-countries that are rich variety of wildlife. Between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, tourists can admire the coastlines, which beat the high waves, virgin forests, snow-capped peaks, volcanoes, tropical jungles, deserts and geological huge, vast sky that changes like mood capricious beauty. This photo Bishop Trail in the Sierra Nevada, California, shows us just one of many landscapes that will meet you on the road.



5. The ski descent from the K-2. After Everest second highest point of the world is a K-2 (8,611 meters). But compared to Everest, it is more distant, has more unpredictable weather and Statistics took more lives. Of course these are just attracts skiers and climbers, making climbing more desirable. In recent years, a growing number of those wishing to go upstairs, and then slide down on skis. But the dangers in your way will be enough: violent winds, avalanches and the risk of break down - this is only the beginning. American conductor Dave Watson, who managed in 2009 to pass on skiing elephant K-2 250 meters (in the photo) and Swedish mountaineer Fredrik Ericsson died in 2010, trying to climb to the top. So the conquest of this peak is yet to come.



6. Climbing El Capitan, Yosemite, California, USA. Like a fortress, El Capitan rises above Yosemite Valley. Highest mountain twice the size of Empaer State Building in New York. It is these impressive size and haunted early climbers and made the top of the cradle of American mountaineering. One of the most legendary route is the nose - a beautiful sight and a coveted prize for fans to conquer the summit. The first ascent of this route was made in 1953 by Warren Harding and took 45 days. And in 1993, Lynn Hill strengthened illustrious reputation mountains by taking the free ascent, which until then was considered impossible. Now speed climbers time to go this route in a few hours, but untrained have to spend on the climb from three to five days. As a reward you will see one of the most beautiful crevasses world. Perhaps, for the sake of spectacle and should follow in the footsteps of legends.



7. Go through the Sahara Desert, North Africa. The largest sand sea in the world - the Sahara desert - stretches for 8, 5 million square kilometers across the whole of North Africa. The territory of the desert occupies a strip length of about 5,000 kilometers from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea. This place is lured many researchers who, in spite of the sandstorms, hostile tribes, thirst and unbearable heat, want their eyes to look at this endless dunes, sung in numerous legends and poems. And today there are adventurers who undertake to cross the Sahara on foot, by camel or on a vehicle, picking up with a huge inventory of all the basic necessities that come in handy if something suddenly goes wrong. Only a handful of temporary settlements of nomadic tribes in the desert, so that researchers can go to the desert for several days and did not see nothing but sand dunes.



8. Set a new record jump from a waterfall in a kayak. Washington DC, USA. In order to try to set a new record with a jump of the waterfall in a kayak, you'll have to do a lot of intelligence work, as well as to be prepared for what is likely to be hurt, and still believe in their own immortality. Nevertheless, in recent years it has been proven that the majority of the waterfalls are irresistible and dangerous, and those few Udaltsov, who were lucky enough to stay alive after such a fall, there really is a reason for boasting. "Motivating factor, which inspired me to all this was the idea that it is possible, - says Taylor Brandt, who in 2009 set a new record by jumping on a kayak with a 57-mimetrovogo Falls Palouse Falls in eastern Washington (on photos). - I really wanted to do it, and I thought I could handle ».



9. Down in an active volcano. Vanuatu, South Pacific. As a rule, the lava is best viewed from a distance. But not for those brave souls, as a group of cavers led by adventurer Kiwi Geoff McLay, who dared to go down to 195 m in the mountains Marum volcano Vanuatu in 2010. Unique video that shows how a man in a suit termonepronitsaemom drops to 91 meters above the boiling lava lake viciously, traveled around the Internet, and many TV channels. It is obvious that the behavior of the volcano is unpredictable and reckless adventurers can wait any trouble: toxic gases, high temperatures, talus rocks and sudden explosions. But the fact that this is crazy, does not mean it's impossible.



10. Mountain climbing, swimming or surfing on the pole. Arctic, Antarctic. At a time when fewer and fewer places remain unexplored by man, adventurers from around the world, especially the Poles, they decided to go for new sensations literally on the edge of the Earth. Over the past years, the expedition group of six people have tried many things: surfing on icy waves off the coast of the Lofoten Islands, which belong to Norway in the winter (see photo), kilometer swim freestyle Waters of the North Pole by Lewis Gordon Pugh, Pugh and skier Devinport led a team of athletes to ride in the mountains of Antarctica, which do not even have names. On these routes, researchers must chart its own course and choose their targets. What drives these people in these remote edges? A desire to challenge the coldest part of the world, intoxicating feeling that you are alone for thousands of miles, or an innate human desire to do something that nobody has done before.



11. Cross-country skiing on the track Hahnenkamm, Austria. Nowadays lawyers would not be allowed to run the ski slopes in a place like the Hahnenkamm. But in 1931, the race organizers have not paid attention to the little things that later could be the reason for a number of lawsuits, and boldly began to create what is today one of the most dangerous descents on the planet. Track length of about three kilometers has an amplitude of 853 meters and contains areas where the angle of inclination is 85 degrees, which can puzzle even the most experienced riders. Of course, to qualify for this race is not so easy, and the best riders of the world are ready to break all the bones, just to qualify. But just to be a spectator at these competitions - also something more extreme entertainment. About 85 thousand Swiss and Austrian fans come here again in the evening to take a better place, and during the race, they waved flags, dudyat horns, beat the bells and, of course, have pushed the beer tents. This is truly one of the most legendary winter bacchanalian in Austria.



12. The intersection of the Amazon in South America. Despite the obvious dangers ranging from dengue fever and leeches, and ending with jaguars and tarantula the size of a small watermelon, Amazon River attracted many world famous adventurers. Among them, Percy Fawcett, Theodore Roosevelt, and of course, the legendary Indiana Jones. But today's adventurers continue in the same spirit. Briton Ed Statfford, who completed his journey of 6437 km along the mighty river in 2010, was the last in this list. At present, it is unlikely you will go back for treasure of the Incas, or to find the lost city of El Dorado, which attracted adventurers, but the adventure of "pure water" is guaranteed to you.



13. Climb up to seven summits. People are probably the only species on the planet, which responds to their own calls and visited the highest points on each continent. For example, on Mount Elbrus, Russia (pictured), which only asks that it conquered. Such impressive ascent require mountaineering skills, time, money and nerves. But those who managed to get to the top, got the honor of sharing the glory of a few hundred other brave souls. And although the first award went to Dick Bass undoubtedly and Pat Morrow in 1985 and 1986 respectively, the seven peaks of the world continue to attract climbers of all stripes, from adolescents to graying elders, Japanese and Latvians, natives of Kuwait and Chileans. Probably, the call of the mountains sounds on some common language.



14. Dive into the blue abyss, Bahamas. When selling divers plunge into the upper layers of the Bahamas "blue holes" - flooded limestone caves - they unwittingly faced with one of the most dangerous in the world of diving. After all, a little below lies a kingdom of tunnels and passages that are composed of fossils and ancient formations. Few manage to pass through a cloud of toxic gas, to find the entrance and get on these lower tiers, where a technical failure or a wrong turn can lead to death underwater traveler. But those who manage to see this place with my own eyes tell of entire rooms, cluttered stalakticheskimi columns and littered with the remains of prehistoric human skeletons and fossils now extinct crocodiles and turtles. These caves - a different world in every sense of the expression.



15. cyclocross from Alaska to Argentina. Between Prudhoe Bay in Alaska and Tierra del Fuego, Argentina - 32 thousand kilometers of roads, two of the coolest in the world of mountain ranges and more than a dozen countries. Biking at such a distance would take more than two years that will transform such a journey is not so much the trip as a way of life. Problems in the way the mass. That there is a puncture in some remote corner of the South American wild open spaces or on a deserted road in Alaska. But as a prize to those who dare to such a trip, get acquainted with the beauty of the whole of North and South America, the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco to the Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia (pictured), as well as meeting with many different people on the road . "I knew it would not be easy, but I would like to see all these incredible places. I know that sometimes I will be scared, sad, lonely, and sometimes I'll go crazy with joy - writes Dominic Grillo, who was riding a bicycle and a double on the road taking passengers to those filmed documentary about nm. - But what I did not expect was that trust and friendliness from the people. During these two years, my faith in man greatly increased ».



16. Circumnavigation alone. Magellan did not want to go around the entire planet swimming, he was just looking for a shortcut to the Spice Islands. But now sailing around the world for a specific purpose, and in recent years a growing number of teenagers who are fighting for the title of the youngest sailor who traveled around the world alone. Nevertheless, the sea remains the same insidious and dangerous, like a few centuries ago, and there is always a threat to get into the storm, during which the 38-mimetrovaya wave break the mast, like a straw. Such a journey would bring you a true understanding of the world and the insignificance of our existence in it. Maybe so, good luck in such an event - anything less than winning, and something more than just the mercy of the water element.



17. Swim with the great white shark, South Africa. Due to the success of the sequel "Jaws", a generation of bold in other situations, people scared to death of great white sharks. Only a few brave souls like Jeb Corliss and his team from Mexico (pictured), dare to swim near the underwater predator without cells remained unharmed. And these few have realized that even sharks and are at the top of the food chain of the underwater world, a person is not one of their natural prey. "We sailed less than a foot away from her, and she just swam past - says Naos Nachoum - wildlife photographer of the underwater world. - This is an incredible spiritual experience, it is unbearable lightness of being - to see the beauty of these creatures ».



18. Take part in the marathon through the Mont Blanc, Italy, France, Switzerland. Any run length of 161 km could be described as inhuman, but still Ultra Trail Mont Blanc through the territory of Italy, France and Switzerland can make anyone go mad. Get ready for climbing climb to 9144 meters, hour jog over boulders the size of a washing machine and descents, where the devil himself a leg break. But there are also reasons that lead runners to move forward: it's amazing views of Mont Blanc and with cheers every hamlet, which will fall in your way. "When we came to the finish and there along the fences built on six rows of people. They took pictures of us - told the Seattle marathon participant Moel Chrissie, who won skaya competition in 2003 and 2009. - I felt like a star baseball or American football ».



19. Thresholds Bashkaus River, Siberia, Russia.



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