The most extreme and dangerous sport, which uses a special parachute for jumping from fixed objects. Base jumping is considered to be the most dangerous type of skydiving and is currently considered as an extremely extreme sport. The height from which the base jumper jumps can be from 40 to 1000 meters, while ordinary parachutists jump from a height of not less than 1000 meters. The lower the object, the higher is the skill of the jumper, and the more dangerous the jump. Another difficulty of this sport is that the chute need only a few seconds at the beginning of the jump.
For base jumping are specially designed parachutes, which are significantly different from the usual. They have no backup parachute, because it is not useful for such a small height, and no belaying devices. The difficulty in jumping lies in the fact that touchdown usually occurs on a limited surface, and therefore requires a lot of experience from the flying base jumper parachute. Attempts by independent base jumps without the appropriate equipment and skills, as a rule, lead to serious injuries or death.
Rafting and white water rafting are recreational outdoor activities which use an inflatable raft to navigate a river or other body of water. This is often done on whitewater or different degrees of rough water. Dealing with risk and the need for teamwork is often a part of the experience. Rafting are... Rafting in Grand Canyon, USARafting in Himachal Pradesh, India. Rafting in Alaska
Zorbing (globe-riding, sphereing, orbing) is the recreation of rolling downhill in an orb, generally made of transparent plastic. Zorbing is usually performed on a gentle slope, but can also be done on a level surface, permitting more rider control. In the absence of hills some operators have constructed inflatable, wooden or metal ramps.
History. Hamster balls have been manufactured and sold since at least the 1970s. In the early 1980s, the Dangerous Sports Club constructed a giant sphere (reportedly 23 meters across), but it was unsuccessful. In 1994, Dwane van der Sluis and Andrew Akers conceived the idea for a type of sphere in Auckland, New Zealand, calling their invention the "Zorb". With two other investors they created the firm ZORB Limited, and set to work commercializing sphereing.
Construction. The zorb is double-sectioned, with one ball inside the other with an air layer between. This acts as a shock absorber for the rider, damping bumps while travelling. Orbs are lightweight and made of flexible plastic. A typical orb is about 3 meters in diameter, with an inner orb size of about 2 metres. The inner and outer orb are connected by numerous (often hundreds) small ropes. Orbs have one or two tunnel-like entrances.
Countries. Zorbing is performed at commercial locations, where prospective riders pay a fee for each ride or for a whole day's activity. 'Hill-Rolling' (the another name for this activity) is practiced in England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, New Zealand, the middle of Sweden, Estonia, the Gold Coast in Australia, North Pole, Canada, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, Japan, Kochi in India, Thailand and Slovenia.
Varieties of flight wingsuit1. Wingsuit B. A. S. E. ( Base jumpers jump from stationary objects located on the ground at a relatively low altitude.)2. Proximity (the jump is performed from a landscape elevation, mainly from mountains and rocks.)3. Group flight ( when several wingers jump together (this is how the first jumps are made), they form a "flock".