Crazy or Calculated? Stunts of epic proportions

Crazy or Calculated?

This is 186ft Palouse Falls in Eastern Washington (state). The 22 year old named Tyler Bradt was the fearless kayaker who hucked over the lip in spring of 2009. As he plummeted 186ft his fiberglass craft and himself reached speeds of close to 100 mph. 'acceleration, speed, and impact unlike anything I've ever felt before. I wasn't sure if I was hurt or not. My body was just in shock' stated Bradt after the feat. He had descended several other drop ranging from 70 to 100+ feet. He traveled to the falls on several occasions to see the water levels and determine whether it was humanly possible to run. Once he saw the tounge of water shooting over the left side of the falls he knew it was runnable.

Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1202308/Pictured-The-record-breaking-kayaker-risked-life-limb-186ft-waterfall-drop.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNXh9gXDd2Y


Septmeber 28, 2013 BASE jumper Jeb Corliss flew through a 30 to 40 foot long crack in the side of a mountain in China. He is calling this project "The Flying Dagger". Corliss claims that this was one of his toughest flight yet. He jumped from a helicopter and opened his wing suit up and began to fly. The percision of this jump was crucial. "A lot of us have done a lot of very precise flights, like I’ve hit the string on balloons, and gone by the arms of the Christ statue, and flown through a waterfall. But in those jumps I was only super precise for a split second—two seconds max." Corliss told Outside Magazine. He had to be perfect for 10 to 30 seconds while flying through this crack. To train for such a stunt Corliss used Augmented Reality in Hungary. These are glasses that bring a canyon or valley into 3d view and your moments mimic those of an actual squirrel suit. He claimed 50% of the time he wrecked. Luckily this was only on a small screen. Corliss has not come away unscathed every time though. Roughly a year ago he had a bad wreck on Table Mountain in South Africa. The wreck led him to close to kidney failure and a banged up left leg. He recovered and successfully completed the same jump shortly after his recovery. After slicing the "dagger" Corliss is back in full swoop (pun intended).  
http://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/aerial-sports/Jeb-Corliss-on-The-Flying-Dagger.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sz8sS7nzR7o

Worked up an appetite? You've come to the right city!

http://www.outsideonline.com/adventure-travel/best-towns/Best-Towns-Richmond-Virginia.html
Outside Magazine deemed Richmond Virginia the best river town in the country in 2012. Richmond is also famous for some great places to eat. If your craving baked sweets or meat pies Richmond has it all, you won't go away hungry! So after braving the Pipeline rapids, biking the Buttermilk trail or scaling Manchester wall you will have probably worked up an appetite. Just a short drive from these exciting locations is historic Church Hill. Church Hill offers a plethora of food options that will leave a diverse mouth satisfied. One way to get a taste for a little of everything is taking the Real Richmond Food Tour.
Partaking in a Richmond Food Tour is the best! You are able to tastes samples from a variety of hole in the wall restaurants and bakeries. Along the way you are also enlightened with Richmond's rich history form the guide. The tour covers a wide range of food from Pizza to cakes to Barbeque. Our first food stop was Alamo Barbeque. Probably one of the best Barbeque sandwiches I have ever had. Fresh meat and coleslaw tossed together with incredible sauce! The good hits kept coming. We stopped next at Anthony's on the Hill Pizzeria and had some of the most delectable and freshly made pizza in the city. This was quite a step up from Papa Johns. The sauce was home made and tasted more like actual tomatoes than regular pizza sauce! To relieve our palates with sweets we stopped at WPA bakery and tasted butterscotch pie and vanilla cupcakes. Both home made and super tasty! We then came to Sub Abrosa bakery which did not serve us food but gave us instead a good story. The place burned down after being opened nearly a year. The owners are hard at work in an attempt to reopen sometime this December. Sub Abrosa specializes in Mediterranean pastries that where the talk of the town before the fire. Can't wait for their reopening! Lastly we swung in for some New Zealand pies at Proper Pie. They have several combinations of pies ranging from sweat to salty. There is also no dearth of pastries as Proper Pie is a functioning bakery as well. All in all great tour! We where fed with great quality food and knowledge about Church Hill and each restaurant!
If you stop into Richmond for some play time in the James River Park be sure you quench your hunger with some excellent food in Church Hill!
 http://wpabakery.com/     
https://www.facebook.com/ProperPieCo
http://chpn.net/news/2012/07/13/now-open-anthonys-on-the-hill_23107/
 http://chpn.net/news/2012/07/13/now-open-anthonys-on-the-hill_23107/