Thrill Seekers: In pics
Diving off high cliffs, swimming alongside huge crocodiles and rafting in strong rapids, take a look at these thrill seekers who seek to push the boundaries of excitement A local tourist slides across Managua's Tiscapa Lagoon June 10, 2010. The Nicaraguan Institute of Tourism predicted that by the end of 2010, the country would have received at least one million tourists who will contribute about $400 million to the national economy. Igor Mitrofanov of Latvia leaps before parachuting down from Kuala Lumpur Tower in Malaysia's capital Kuala Lumpur August 25, 2007. About 100 BASE (Building, Antenna, Span and Earth) jumpers are in Kuala Lumpur to participate in a jump in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of the country's independence on August 31. A base jumper leaps from a alpine cliff in the Lauterbrunnen valley in the Bernese Oberland, Switzerland August 13, 2009. Base jumping is the sport of using a parachute to jump a fixed object, either Building, Antenna, Span or Earth. The Lauterbrunnen valley has been used by base jumpers since 1997. Diver Brad Norman photographs a whale shark at Ningaloo Marine Park, off the coast of Western Australia, in this undated handout picture made available November 29, 2007. The 1000th whale shark, a rare and threatened species has been discovered by researchers using a global programme in which eco-tourists and scientists identify new sharks and lodge photographs on an online library. A tourist dives in a cage partially immersed in a crocodile pen in Crocosaurus Cove in Darwin August 25, 2008. Swimming face-to-face with a massive saltwater crocodile might not be everyone's idea of fun but thrill-seekers are snapping up northern Australia's newest tourist attraction. Picture taken on August 28, 2008.  Austrian parachuter Felix Baumgartner, 30-year-old, who goes by the code name 'Base 502,' prepares to jump from the arm of the Christ the Redeemer statue atop Corcovado mountain, overlooking Rio de Janeiro on December 1. It is the first-ever known base-jump made from the site. In base-jumping, which is illegal in most countries, parachutists jump from buildings, antennae, spans such as bridges and earth points like rocks, and the parachute is only pulled open at the very last moment. Baumgartner camped out overnite at the site and used a high-tech crossbow to shoot over the arm of the 30-meter-high statue to climb up. The statue and mountain are located 747 meters above sea level. A heifer leaps over a pile of runners during festivities in which 'vaquillas' (heifers) are released into the bullring following the running of the bulls at the Plaza de Toros at the San Fermin festival in Pamplona July 14, 2009. Thrill seekers ride the Demon roller coaster at Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen. Miguel Riera of Spain hangs on as he practices Psicobloc climbing over the Mediterranean sea in Porto Cristo at the Balearic island of Mallorca July 28, 2006. Psicobloc is a type of rock-climbing where the climber tries to scale cliffs as high as fifteen meters without a rope. Picture taken July 28. Thrill-seekers are silhouetted by the full phase of the moon as they ride the 866-foot-high teeter-totter 'X-treme' at the top of the Stratosphere Tower in Las Vegas, Nevada August 27, 2007. Later the Earth passed between the sun and the moon, creating a total lunar eclipse. The next lunar eclipse is expected in 2010 A thrill seeker jumps off an 80m platform on the Moses Mabhida Stadium arch in Durban February 24, Durban is one of nine South African cities hosting the 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup. The new World Cup stadium with gleaming white concrete sails and a 106-metre high arch soaring above the roof will host five group stage matches, involving four seeds: Germany, Spain, Netherlands and Brazil, plus two second-round games including a semi-final. In the seats at right, Stratosphere spokesman Mike Gilmartin (L) and a reporter take a spin on 'Insanity,' a new thrill ride, over 900-feet above the Las Vegas Strip at the Stratosphere Tower in Las Vegas, Nevada, March 10, 2005 Austrian Hannes Arch takes his position at the so called 'Champignon', a bizarre rock tower on the northern wall of mount Eiger (3.970 m) above Grindelwald in Switzerland to prepare for the first BASE-jump ever off the rock along with [Swiss Ueli Gegenschatz] June 27. After 13 seconds of free fall they opened their parachutes and landed at the foot of the world's most famous, 1,800 metres tall rock face. BASE-jumping, the abbreviation stands for Buildings, Antennae, Span (i.e. bridges) and Earth points, is illegal in most countries. Australian Mark Spicer holds a parachute for Lorraine Duff as she makes her first ever base jump from a bridge at Twin Falls, Idaho, August 15, 2005. She called the first few seconds until her parachute deployed the longest in her life, but said the experience was 'fantastic'. Twin Falls has become a mecca for the extreme sport of base jumping because local officials allow it and the bridge offers good jumping conditions. Lava and smoke rise from Mount Etna on the southern Italian island of Sicily during the early hours of September 14, 2004. A new fissure yawned open on the south eastern side of Sicily's Mount Etna volcano on Tuesday, oozing out enough lava to cross a city block, researchers said. Tourists climb one of Australia's top tourist attraction, the towering red monolith of Uluru, formerly known as Ayers Rock, at sunset in the Australian outback in this July 1997 file photo. Australia's tour operators have appealed against the three-week closure of Uluru by park managers after the death of an Aboriginal leader. A visitor climbs under a boulder in Coloured Canyon in the Sinai Peninsula near the town of Nuweiba March 2, 2007. The 800 metre (0.5 miles) long rock formation consists of sandstone, limestone, granite and veins of basalt. Tourists participate in white water rafting in the Chenab River in Thathri, 200 km (125 miles) north of the northern Indian city of Jammu, April 26, 2007. A man climbs a frozen artificial waterfall in the Swiss mountain resort of Pontresina January 26, 2008 Di Huanran jumps from a waterfall into Jingbo Lake at Mudanjiang city, northeast China's Heilongjiang province. Di Huanran, a Chinese, jumps from a waterfall into Jingbo Lake at Mudanjiang city in northeast China's Heilongjiang province August 21, 2005. Di has jumped from many waterfalls in China, such as the Hukou waterfall of the Yellow River, according to local media. Members of a group of Maltese mountaineers, training for a charity climb up Tanzania's Mount Kilimanjaro, reach the summit of Sicily's Mount Etna, the largest and most active volcano in Europe, as toxic sulphur fumes spew all around them October 16, 2005. Snowboarder Jan Michaelis of Germany performs a jump in front of the Alps scenery during the 2007/2008 winter season opening day at Germany's highest mountain Zugspitze near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, November 16, 2007. A man slides down the Cerro Negro volcano in Leon City, about 75 miles (120 kilometers) northwest of Managua May 26, 2009. The volcano, with a height of 2,264 feet (690 meters), is one of the most active in Nicaragua. Hundreds of tourists visit the area to 'sand-board' down the slopes of the volcano. A tourist walks between the geysers and hot springs of El Tatio on March 23, 2005.The El Tatio Geyser Field (known as Los Geisers del Tatio) is located within the Andes Mountains in the Atacama Desert, Chile, at 4,200 meters above sea level and 1800 kilometers north of Santiago. With over 80 active geysers, El Tatio is the largest geyser field in the southern hemisphere and the third largest field in the world A tourist looks on as smoke spews from Mount Etna in the southern Italian island of Sicily on November 2, 2002. Mount Etna, Europe's largest and most active volcano, appeared to be calmer but small quakes still shook the mountain. With no safety rope attached, a Japanese man plunges 30 metres in a free fall thrill ride at a new diving attraction at Biwako Tower amusement park in Otsu, western Japan May 9. Thrill-seekers fall into an eight-metre-square net in about two seconds A fighting bull from the Domecq Bohorquez ranch runs up a street in the old city of Pamplona as runner gets in close to the wild animal during the morning's 'encierro', or running of the bull, July 11, 2001 in the Fiesta de San Fermin. Other runners lightly place their hands on the bulls back as they jostle to stay close to the animal. There were no serious injuries reported in this morning's run which attracts thousands of thrill seekers Thrill seekers hurtle through a corkscrew on the new state-of-the-art Lethal Weapon ride at the Warner Bros. Movie World theme park near Gold Coast City, 16 February 2001. Singapore launches the G-Max reverse bungy which propelled upward at the speed up to 200 km reaching the heights of 60-metres in the air. Thrill seekers lean into the wind while standing on the Oceanic pier in the heavy rains and high winds brought on by Hurricane Ophelia as it closes in on the North Carolina Coast 14 September, 2005 in Wrightsville, North Carolina. | 
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