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Cave Diving
The famous Jacques Cousteau pioneered this
sport. It entails diving into underwater caves.
And that is where the danger lies. In case
your equipment fails, the cave makes it hard
to make a quick ascent to the surface. Cur-
rents in underwater caves are also notoriously
unpredictable. Visibility is also a problem be-
cause any wrong move will stir up sediments
and cloud the view.
Highlining
We have all seen the tightrope act in the cir-
cus. Some clown will cross a high and tightly
taut wire while using a balancing pole with a
net below to catch him in case he makes a
misstep. In highlining, the wire is also lo-
cated high up in the air. But that is where the
similarity ends, as in highlining, there are no
balancing pole, no net to catch you in case
you fall, and the wire is not stabilized and
taut. Crossing a slack wire is infinitely more
difficult than a tightly wound one, and com-
bining that with the thought of the absence
of a safety net, the danger level is increased
exponentially.
Kite Skiing
As if snow skiing is not exciting enough,
some extreme sportsmen have invented kite
skiing. It entails the use of a traction kite and
a harness to pull a skier across the snow
and into the air. While this is ideal in wide-
open fields or frozen lakes, there are some
who have taken the sport even further and
have kite skied downhill along snow-covered
mountainsides.