extreme

  • The wheelie benchpress, what could possibly go wrong? [video]

    As far as feats of strength go, benchpressing two 45-pound plates is nothing special – barring debilitating injury it is something that most grown men should be able to do. A wheelie on a powerful motorcycle is a little bit more tricky, but something that most people can manage...
  • Demand Up For Designer Kidnappings

    Paris, France: A company in France offers a service that can only be described as unique, they kidnap thrill-seeking clients. The Straits Times reports that Ultime Réalité (Ultimate Reality) charge 900 Euros for their basic kidnap package, in which the client is abducted, bound, gagged and imprisoned for four...
  • How to Make Bungee Jumping Even More Terrifying

    These are definitely the people to go bungee jumping with if you don’t find jumping from a bridge with only an over-sized rubber band separating you from death scary enough. Seriously, who needs enemies with friends like these?...
  • Kite Surfers Jump Huge British Pier

    Two kite surfers made the most of the strong winds on the south coast of England and pulled off an incredibly pier jump that had been three years in the planning. Twenty-five-year-old Jack Scrace and 24-year-old Lewis Crathern took to the seas in 40mph winds and jumped Worthing pier....
  • Skydiver Survives 6,000 Foot Plunge

    Skydiver James Boole had a lucky escape when he forgot too open his parachute. The chute opened much too late and the British wingsuit jumper found himself slamming into the side of a mountain after a 6,000-foot plunge....
  • Moonshine Claims One Sickens Another On Everest

    A young Sherpa cook is dead and another Sherpa nearly fatally poisoned as a result of drinking local distilled whiskey that contained methyl alcohol. This comes just one week after a Sherpa guide was killed by an explosive low-mountain avalanche....