Showing posts with label Adventure. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Adventure. Show all posts
Amazing-Nine-Emperor-Gods-Festival-In
The Nine Emperor Gods Festival, also known as Vegetarian festival, a Chinese festival to celebrate the return from heaven to earth of the Nine Emperor spirits. The festival falls on the ninth day of the ninth moon in the Chinese lunar calendar.
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Skydiver-Set-New-Freefly-World-Record
There's nothing like pluging in headfirst if you enjoy high-adrenaline sports such as sky-diving.This is just what this group of 108 daredevils did as they set about breaking a record in the skies above america. Hitting speeds of up to 180mph after they jumped from 18,000ft, they had 40 second of freefall to find each other and complete their formation. Once complete, it was largest number of find skydivers to link up while falling headfirst.
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Would-You-Dare-To-Walk-On-This
Glass Bridge will be suspended 4,000 feet above the Colorado River on the very edge of the Grand Canyon . On May 2005, the final test was conducted and the structure passed engineering requirements by 400 percent, enabling it to withstand the weight of 71 fully loaded Boeing 747 airplanes (more that 71 million pounds). The bridge will be able to sustain winds in excess of 100 miles per hour from 8 different directions, as well as an 8.0 magnitude earthquake within 50 miles.
More than one million pounds of steel will go into the construction o f
the Grand Canyon SkyWalk.
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