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3. Water rafting.


Water rafting is a perilous outdoor activity in which an inflatable raft is used as a vehicle to navigate white water or other water bodies of rough water.

The environment is varied, and brings new challenges to the participants.

The wild waters pose the threats of tossing the participants, smashing them into rocks.

The foot entrapment can entangle a participant if he falls off, making it difficult for him to dislodge himself easily.

Common injuries include broken bones or twisted knees.

It is hard to rank sports on the basis of danger, especially since no sport committee wishes to highlight on the perils of the sport, even though agencies like Forbes often make such lists based on casualties and possible dangers.

However, a large number of people are drawn to these dangerous sports, just for the adrenaline rush and the kick they get from it. These sports are not for the faint-hearted. If someone loves to live on the edge, these are the sports are just meant for them.

Toybreezy:
i heard this car continued killing people.. something like the james dean curse or so. explorer please explore...

Yea, i read about the car. Like the car was cursed or haunting.

2. Car Racing.


With cars hurtling across asphalt, whether is NASCAR, Formula1 or sand (Dakar Rally) at over 150mph, accidents are almost guaranteed.

With car technology improving every year, one would think races ‘should be safer,’ but in reality they are not. With factors like the weather and driver error, auto racing is still a very dangerous sport.

Hurling yourself around a course at an average speed of 175mph, in a carbon fiber box, while trying not to crash is for the very brave or very stupid.

Drivers are protected by fire retardant suits and helmets, but those don’t help in all accidents.

Common injuries include smashed bones, excessive blood loss, trauma to the head etc.

In more recent times, there have been over 40 driver deaths at major racing circuits.

1. BASE Jumping.


Jumping off a building isn’t for the faint of heart, neither is jumping out of a plane or off a mountain .

BASE jumping is essentially parachuting. The BASE part is actually an acronym for Building, Antenna, Span and Earth, meaning cliff. These are the fixed structures from which individuals hurl themselves. Exciting as it sounds, speeding through the air with the wind running through the hair, it is lethal. Apart from the obvious risk of jumping from hundreds of feet above, there’s a chance of being thrashed by the wind. It is illegal in many countries, including in the US, except at organized events.

Most of these deaths occur when parachutes fail to deploy.



*. Videos: See record setting and breathtaking videos of Base jumping, Dubai.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iD4qsWnjsNU


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fhskvloj1gE

Sports and games are the best form of exercise, for the body, as well as the mind.

They are a great source of entertainment, for those who participate and those who simply like to watch.

There are various kinds of sports in the world, which people indulge in.

While some are meant to be played indoors, others are supposed to be enjoyed out in the open. Some are relaxing, while others are challenging.

There is always a level of danger involved in majority of the physical sports, but in some, the danger level can bring the athlete close enough to death.



Which of them will you try



Source: http://www.therichest.com/rich-list/most-shocking/10-sports-more-dangerous-than-mma/
http://www.wonderslist.com/10-dangerous-sports/

Mynd44

TiffanyJ:
This is nature at its peak. God is really great! By the way $3000 is quite a lot of money when converted to Naira.

Yea, that's about #1m now, excluding airfare/visa fee to Vietnam, accommodation and lots more.

To climb mountain Everest, do you know how much it cost?

About $50, 000 - $100,000.

Occasional collapses in the roof have allowed underground jungle ecosystems to form. The caves are so large that they form their own clouds.

SeverusSnape:
Nature is so beautiful. I've read of this cave.

So amazing.

At about 9km in length, 200m in width and 150m in height, it is the largest cave in the world, with caverns capable of fitting entire city streets and skyscrapers.

“Hand of Dog” is one of many massive formations that visitors will see in the cave. It dwarfs the explorer standing next to it.


http://www.boredpanda.com/worlds-largest-cave-son-doong-vietnam/

Amazing river.

The Vietnamese government has finally opened the cave to the world. A visit will set you back at least USD $3,000.

The explorers walk along slick formations covered in algae.

An explorer shines lamp into a tunnel that leads into a pool of water.

Exploring the cave was no easy feat. The British team had to return multiple times to overcome previously insurmountable obstacles.

The main expedition into the cave consisted of more than two dozen crew, among them porters, scientists, photographers and cameramen.

The first tourists to explore Son Doong Cave did so in late 2013, spending $3,000 USD per person, while only 500 permits to enter the cave were given out in 2015.

Amazing mountains in the cave.

Jungle in a cave: Monkeys and flying foxes live in the Hang Son Doong jungle which explorers named the Garden of Edam.

River in the cave.

The waterfall.

A big opening gate of cave Hang Son Doong.

A half-mile block of 40-story buildings could fit inside this lit stretch of Hang Son Doong cave.

A team of British explorers, lead by Howard Limbert, first descended into the cave in 2009. Little did they know that they were the first to explore the largest known cave in the world.

A Panoramic View of Hang Son Doong cave.

A natural staircase covered in greenery is captured up-close and tourists can be seen climbing them.

An explorer looks round at the spectacular cave, which takes a half day's trek to reach.

Pictured are tents set up for the night by tourists.

"It is amazing to be 3-4km inside the cave and have daylight illuminate the cave formations.

At more than 200m high, 150m wide and 5km long, the Hang Son Doong cave in Vietnam is so big it has its own river, Waterfall, jungle and climate.

First place in the world for being the largest cave in the world belongs to Hang Son Doong in Vietnam, about 450 kilometers (280 miles) south of Hanoi.

It is more than 8.7 kilometers (5.4 miles) long.

The cave was found by a local farmer, Ho Khanh in 1991.

He used it as a shelter from a storm.

It was not until 2009 that British Cave Research Association explored the cave and it became instantly one of the most amazing thing you can see in your life.


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-2993150/Take-look-inside-journey-world-s-largest-cave-Hang-Son-Doong.html

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/3873341.html
Lalasticlala, Mynd44

freecocoa:
Explorers, you are a prince and you no tell me since?


That could've been our daughter graduating.


Congrats to them.

Lol..Tnx sis.

Ishilove:
Ehen! Sile, so you're handsome like this? Chei, my heart is doing me gim gim gim

Lol...When you are done pulling my legs, let me know o.