{"id":3096,"date":"2012-10-14T22:55:07","date_gmt":"2012-10-15T04:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldwanderlusting.com\/?p=3096"},"modified":"2012-12-14T11:04:26","modified_gmt":"2012-12-14T18:04:26","slug":"great-adrenaline-rushes-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldwanderlusting.com\/?p=3096","title":{"rendered":"Eight Great Adventure Travel Experiences Around the World"},"content":{"rendered":"

WorldWanderlusting brings you eight great Adventure Travel experiences from around the world -inspired by a 24-mile. 800 mph skydive from space by Felix Baumgartner<\/a>,<\/p>\n

Deep Water Rock Climbing on Rock Islands in Thailand<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Photo Courtesy www.Andamanadventures.com<\/p><\/div>\n

All of the rush of free climbing with all of the risk mitigated by a clear, deep pool of fresh ocean water beneath you. \u00a0In the heat of Southeast Asia, my guess is that there are times you want to fall. \u00a0www.AndamanAdventures.com<\/a> offers guided trips with routes of varying degrees of difficulty.<\/p>\n

This is like rock-climbing and cliff-jumping combined into one. \u00a0Just imagine what it must be like to reach, slip, and fall… letting yourself crash into the cool water and then get up and do it all over again. This is what life is about.<\/p>\n

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Paragliding in Colombia<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>How much adrenaline could this really be if my six-year-old did with no fear and all smiles? \u00a0Well, just envision literally running off the edge of a mountain with nothing to save you but a nylon chute and an able 15-year-old pilot attached to your back. \u00a0We did it in Medellin, but Colombia is mountainous enough that you could do it about anywhere.<\/p>\n

Diving with Great White Sharks off the Coast from San Francisco<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Photo Courtesy Andrew Fox<\/p><\/div>\n

I’ve dived with 6′ Caribbean Reef Sharks, but that’s nothing like getting in the water with 15′ Great whites, even if you are encased in a steel cage. \u00a0These things are legitimate man-eaters and there’s no way your heart rate is anywhere below 100bpm with one of these guys gnawing on something just feet away. Check it out\u00a0http:\/\/www.greatwhiteadventures.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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Shotover Canyon Swing in New Zealand<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Photo Courtesy www.canyonswing.co.nz<\/p><\/div>\n

Part skydive, part bungee-jump, part enormous swing – this adventure provides a bird’s eye, swooping view of a beautiful canyon. \u00a0The free-fall to begin gives an alarming sensation before the slack catches and your dive horizontal. \u00a0If that weren’t enough, your trajectory takes you just feet from the edge of the cliff before you peak and do the whole thing in reverse. \u00a0See it for yourself at www.canyonswing.co.nz and then really see it for yourself near Queensland.<\/p>\n

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Running of the Bulls in Pamplona, Spain<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Photo Courtesy www.NYdailynews.com<\/p><\/div>\n

I know, I know, I’ve referenced this event too many times in my blogging career, but the truth is that it embodies everything I long for when it comes to travel – culture, history, adventure. \u00a0I mean, a crazy, drunken race on cobblestone streets would be cool enough, but add a dozen angry stampeding bulls and you’ve really got a winner.<\/p>\n

Whitewater on the Zambezi River between Zambia and Zimbabwe<\/strong><\/p>\n

You go and see Victoria Falls – perhaps the world’s most spectacular waterfall… it’s only natural, then, that thereafter you’d find the world’s most spectacular whitewater. \u00a0This stretch is more rapids than it is river… we’re talking class 5, legitimately scary rapids – one on top of another. \u00a0Stop reading and just click play. \u00a0This stuff is absolutely crazy.
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