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
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