| 5 Extreme Sky Dives From the Last 50 Years According to the U.S. Parachute Association, Americans make over two million jumps each year, but some daring divers choose to push their free-falls to the extreme. Here are are our favorite record-breaking skydives.
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| 2900 Feet in 2 Hours, 43 Minutes! Yosemite Climbers Set Record Legendary rock climber Hans Florine and his Japanese partner snatched the world record for fastest climb up the Nose of El Capitan on Wednesday in a thrilling, heart-stopping display of strength, endurance, concentration and pure guts.
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| 4 Ways Sci-Fi Indy 4 Fails Dr. Jones—and the Trilogy's Legacy With aliens, mushroom clouds and man-eating insects, Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull might be more heavy on the science fiction than any films in the classic franchise. The Huffington Post's Hollywood geek says that's a bad thing.
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| 3 More Classic American Road Trips: War, Wilderness and Whitewater! Summer’s here and the road is calling. Whether you prefer two or four wheels, there’s no better way to explore this magnificent country than onits nearly endless highways and byways. Here are four journeys to the heart of America. (Published in the June 2008 issue)
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| How to Ride the Blues Highway: Freedom of the Road 2008 The road between Chicago and the Mississippi Delta is a pathway to great music, food and adventure—if you know where to look for them. (Published in the June 2008 issue)
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| Spare Air Is Reverse Parachute of Scuba: Test Dive (With Video) There's no substitute for having a diving partner around, but buddies can get separated, and that's where Spare Air comes in. The mini-tank has its own built-in regulator to hold just enough air to let you make a safe ascent to the water's surface.
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| Top Outdoor Gear for 2008 In our greatest hits from strolling the 2008 Outdoor Retailer Winter Market show, you’ll find everything from a camp stove that can burn jet fuel in a pinch, to a jacket stuffed with pine cones.
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| How to Survive in the Wild for 72 Hours: I'll Try Anything In a new column, Jeff Wise spends 72 hours in the wilderness without food, water or shelter—and finds that survival is a state of mind. Plus: four quick tips to get by without, well, much of anything.
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| Treasure Hunters Break Scuba Rules for $50 Million (and Atlantis) Gold and silver bullion, emeralds, pearls—America's first family of marine salvage is still finding treasure from Spanish wrecks off the Florida Keys using specially designed tech and old-school scuba. We go along for a ride, and get inside treasure maps 2.0. (Published in the December 2007 issue)
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| Top 10 Tips for Backcountry Road Trips When it comes to the road less traveled, few know more than Tony Huegel. He's traveled an estimated 70,000 miles, so he knows how to car camp the right way. Take his advice for the back roads, because when it comes to uncharted territory, the pros know...
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