Archive for 'Accidents'
Vulture Rams Paraglider Over Himalayas; Both OK But Russian Guy Cusses
He’s Russian and he’s in a mid-air dogfight resulting in an unplanned eject. We’ve seen that one before. But in the history of aerial dogfights, this one’s a first. And the video has gone viral.
The gist of it: Russian paraglider cruises over the Himalayas. All’s groovy, the video’s awesome. Then it happens – the guy [...]
Posted: November 1st, 2011 under Accidents, Air Extreme, Animals.
Tags: aerial dogfight, Himalayas, paraglider, paraglider collides with vulture, pissed-off raptor, raptor, territorial, vulture
Comments: 1
Cougar Attacks Toddler in Pacific Rim National Park
Pacific Rim National Park isn’t the most forgiving of places along the coast of Vancouver Island, and this week a Canadian family learned that the hard way, in the form of a cougar attack on their 18 month old boy.
The good news is that the little guy is OK. Authorities have been tracking the cougar [...]
Posted: September 3rd, 2011 under Accidents, Animals, Backpacking.
Tags: cougar attack, cougar attacks toddler, Kennedy Lake, Pacific Rim National Park, Ucluelet
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Surfer Cheats Death in Narrow Miss With Jet Ski
Man, some guys just look death in the face and tell it to F&#k Off. Fortunately for Ramiana van Bastolaer, the world-renowned big wave surfer did just that, with an Oh Shit moment for the record books and a video that will make your jaw hit the floor.
Watch this video, of Reef McIntosh’s jet ski [...]
Posted: July 1st, 2011 under Accidents, Surfing.
Tags: big wave, big wave surfing, cheat death, jet ski, Oh Shit!, Ramiana van Bastolaer, Reef McIntosh, surfer avoids accident with jet ski, Tahiti
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Penny Palfrey Raises Awareness of Shark Conservation
Third post about the Penny Palfrey marathon swim, and the final one.
After repeated comments from her supporters, today I received this news release about the official stance whether or not sharks were killed on her record-breaking swim:
The Department of Tourism of the Cayman Islands and TheFlowersGroup have conducted an investigation into the matter and have [...]
Posted: June 24th, 2011 under Accidents.
Tags: Charles Ebanks, don't eat at restaurants that serve shark-fin soup, Penny Palfrey, Penny Palfrey record swim, shark-fin soup, sharks
Comments: 3
Drunken Brawl on Cruise Ship = Stupidity
While we’re on the subject of what awesome travel is all about, here is an example of precisely the opposite. You can call this human stupidity at its finest. This August, a fight broke out in a disco at 3AM on a Carnival cruise ship. The fight got out of hand and [...]
Posted: December 18th, 2010 under Accidents.
Tags: brawl on cruise ship, Carnival, drunk, Earth, epic fail, Mexico, responsible travel, stupidity, violence
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Shark Attacks in Egypt Not Helping, it’s Shark Porn
Sharks have their work cut out for them, thanks to Steven Spielberg’s Blockbuster JAWS. Every year, an estimated 100 Million sharks are slaughtered. Many of them are finned – their fins hacked off – and thrown back into the ocean to die a slow death. Now this week, several shark attacks in [...]
Posted: December 6th, 2010 under Accidents, Shark Diving.
Tags: Egypt, shark attack at Sharm El-Sheik, shark porn
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The Top Ten Hardcore Cliff Jumps On Earth
Ah, the joys of summer. Beers, barbecues, maybe some fishing, and/or a wee bit’ o diving off the cliff at your local swimming hole. Every year countless individuals (including yours truly) somehow find themselves standing at a rather uncomfortable altitude over a local body of water, which of course opens us to chiding, ribbing and [...]
Posted: August 21st, 2010 under Accidents, Diving, Rock Climbing.
Tags: cliffjumping, lists, tombstoning
Comments: 1
Right Whale Jumps Into Boat
Now there’s something you don’t see every day. What you’re looking at is a southern right whale breaching. Unfortunately for the couple in this sailboat, it’s breaching into their boat! The couple survived, but no word on the whale. One of the hazards of sailing around Cape Town I guess. The full story is at [...]
Posted: July 21st, 2010 under Accidents, Animals.
Tags: Cape Town, OOPS!, sailing
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