Swim at the Edge of the World’s Largest Waterfall: Devil’s Pool, Victoria Falls

There are those among us, that turned the world’s largest waterfall, also known as Victoria Falls, into a kiddie pool, presumably in their quest for a Darwin Award. Yes, that’s right, you can bath right on the edge of the Victoria Falls in what is called the Devil’s Pool, and generally survive to tell the …

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4-Wheeling the World’s Longest and Most Remote Stock Route

The outback of Australia is a hot, dry, desolate place, full of spiders, scorpions and not ONE Blooming Onion in sight; it’s nothing at all like the steakhouse! But this is the kind of stuff that adventourists live for: The off-chance of being stranded without water or GPS for days, pitted against the elements, wondering …

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Life’s a Game: Playing Encounter/Skhvatka in Eastern Europe

Eastern Europe is best known for its chess-playing bears, Trololo singers, and steadfast supply of movie bad guys between the years of 1960 and 1996. But, Eastern Europe has also been the place of origin to some of the most imaginative games on the planet. Take Russian Roulette for example; a wholesome game of chance …

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Ocean Rowing: What You Need to Know If You’re Planning on Rowing the Atlantic

Given the seafaring history of the Vikings, it should come as no surprise then that two Norwegians would become the first to row across an ocean. In 1896, a New York gazette presented a $10,000 prize to anyone who could row across the Atlantic Ocean. Two fishermen, Franky Samuelsen and George Harbo, accepted the challenge. That same year, …

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Visiting the G-Cans Project in Tokyo – ああ、こんなに大きく!

Imagine a cross between the “Temple” and “Basement” levels from N64’s Goldeneye; that’s what you can expect to see when visiting the Metropolitan Area Outer Underground Discharge Channel, also known as the G-Cans Project. For generations the Tonegawa, Arekawa, and Edogawa Rivers have been terrorizing the people of Greater Tokyo with their periodic overflowing. Finally, in …

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Turn Elegance Into A Sport: London’s Chap Olympiad

Whereas most sports focus on endurance, toughness, and speed, the Chap Olympiad revives the forgotten art of flamboyance. Great achievement in the sporting events of the Chap Olympiad take second place to style. And as the founder of the games, Gustav Temple, points out, “A chap will sacrifice a good sporting performance for the sake of an …

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5 Dilapidated Areas From Around The Globe

Maybe it’s because I’ve been living in the suburbs for too long, but I find myself curious about the state of the world’s slums and ghettos. To me, there’s just something more imminent and real about areas where your cushy existence isn’t guaranteed. While I realize that living in squalid conditions is nobody’s dream, it …

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