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BASE Jumping

BASE jumping is an extreme sport in which a person parachutes from a fixed object.
The term BASE is an acronym for Buildings, Antennas, Spans, and Earth, referring to
the objects that provide the jump platform. It differs from skydiving in that it happens at
a lower altitude and airspeed, and the jump occurs close to a jump platform.
The difficulty of this sport is that you just have few seconds to open the parachute. You
only have from 6 to 10 seconds of free fall.

Heli-Skiing
For practice this sport you have to use a helicopter to access a portion of a mountain
to ski on. So you will be the first person who will ski on this area. Thats why there is
an elevated risk for causing an avalanche
For these reasons heli skiing is exorbitantly expensive, and also dangerous. Deaths
are common in this variation of an already-dangerous sport.

Cave Diving
I think being submerged in the water with only an oxygen tank keeping you alive is a
scary proposition.
But cave divers like to take the risk and they even do it in the dark, and often with no
escape route.
Even the most experienced divers have succumbed to the sport, including David
Shaw, who tragically filmed his own death while cave diving in 2005.

Crocodile Bungee
I think everyone know about this sport.
Its similar to bungee jumping. The difference is that the bungee jump has the risk of
being caught by crocodile.
This sport is popular on Zimbabwe and Zambia where there are some rivers infested
with crocodiles.

Bull Running
This is a well-known event in Spain, Portugal, Mexico and some parts of South
America; where is called encierros.
There is only one rule, run as fast as you can and try not to get gored by a bull.
And to participate you dont need to be o be a profesional or a bullfighter, you only
required being 18 years old.
The most famous bull running is San Fermin in Pamplona.

Train Surfing
In this activity, riders clinging or surfing on moving trains. Its one of the extremely
dangerous activities that is illegal.
It is extremely documented in Africa and India where the practice of this activity is
common on teenegers.

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