Well, he was in one sense. He jumped out of a plane at 4,300 metres. His boat was held in place by two helper skydivers and the student cracked the Cube with a satisfying 2,500 metres to spare. So he had plenty of time to deploy his parachute, float safely to the ground, and relax [...]
Every year, on the second weekend of November, a horrific show takes place in the streets of Medinacelli, an otherwise picturesque Spanish town. As soon as the sun sets, bulls are brought into the town square, surrounded and restrained by the “bravest” of participants. Big balls of pitch are attached to the bull’s horns and [...]
Daredevil skydiver Paul Steiner pulled off a breathtaking stunt as he somersaulted from one glider to another 2,000 metres in the air. The Salzburg-based extreme sports athlete first crawled from the cockpit of one Blanik L-13 glider above the Styrian Alps, before flipping himself under the wing to land on the second aircraft flying below. [...]
