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Hi,

I am currently trying to compile a list of destinations and activities that would excite, scare, amaze and/or push individuals and I would greatly appreciate your help to expand it.

The list is predominately around adrenaline however as you will see there are some exceptions in there and although I would like to continue along the adrenaline line I would be more than open to just amazing things to see/do in this incredible world we live in... any addition along this line would be fantastic.

The current list is:
· Worlds Fastest Rollercoaster
o Ferrari World - Dubai, UAE
· Worlds Longest and Tallest Rollercoaster
o Six Flags Great Adventure - Jackson, New Jersey USA
· Worlds Tallest Waterslide
o Insano @ Beach Park - Fortaleza, Brazil
· Worlds Highest Bungee Jump
o Macau Tower, Macau
· Worlds 2nd Highest Bungee Jump
o Verzasca Dam, Switzerland
· Worlds 3rd Highest Bungee Jump
o Bloukrans Bridge, South Africa
· Learn to Skydive
o Interlaken, Switzerland
· Climb Active Volcano
o Volcan de Fuego, Guatemala
· Chase Rhino's on an Elephants Back
o Chitwan National Park, Nepal
· Trek to Annapurna Base Camp
o Annapurna Base Camp, Nepal
· Dive Dean's Blue Hole
o Long Island, Bahamas
· Running of the Bulls
o Pamplona, Spain
· White water raft the Zambezi
o Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
· Ice Swimming in Finland
o Helsinki, Finland
· Land/Take Off @ World Scariest Air Strip
o Matekane Air Strip, Lesotho, South Africa
· Fly MiG-25 at Mach 3
o Moscow, Russia - http://www.migflug.com/
· Be a Fire Fighter for the day
o Orlando, Florida - http://www.incredible-adventures.com/pdf/firefighter-adventure.pdf
· Extreme Altitude Ballooning + Skydive
o Utah, USA - http://www.incredible-adventures.com/pdf/ballooning.pdf
· Dive with Great White Sharks
o Cape Town, South Africa
· Sandboard Fastest Dunes in the world
o "Big Red" Al Hamar, Hatta, Dubai, UAE
· Volcano Boarding
o Cerro Negro, Nicaragua - www.bigfootnicaragua.com
· Most Dangerous Trek in the World
o South Peak, Shaanxi Province, China
· Extreme Powerboating
o Southampton, UK - Zapcat Powerboating
· Climb outside of CN Tower
o Toronto, Canada
· Skydive over Everest
o Mt Everest, Nepal - www.everest-skydive.com
· World Steepest Rollercoaster
o Fuji-Q Highland - Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi, Japan
· Drive a Supercar around Nurburgring
o Nurburgring, Germany
· Hot Air Ballooning Cappadocia
o Cappadocia, Nevşehir, Turkey
· Paraglide over Neuschwanstein Castle
o Neuschwanstein Castle, Germany - http://www.abschweb.net/
· World’s Longest and Fastest Zip Line
o Pretoria, South Africa
· Cheese Rolling
o Gloucestershire, England - www.cheese-rolling.co.uk
· Rickshaw Run
o http://www.theadventurists.com/
· Sea Kayaking
o Antarctica
· Dive World Largest Barrier Reef
o Great Barrier Reef, Australia
· Climb Ayers Rock
o Uluru, NT, Australia
· Death Drop
o Batoka Gorge, Zambia - http://thezambeziswing.com/
· Swim the Dead Sea
o Dead Sea, Israel
· Walk on the Outside of a Flying Plane
o London, UK - http://www.wingwalking.co.uk/
· Ride World Highest Quad Trail
o Shimla, India - http://www.raid-de-himalaya.com/
· Snowmobile Tours
o Newfoundland, Canada - http://www.newfoundlandoutdooradventures.ca/
· Gorilla Watching in Uganda
o Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Uganda
· Pat & Play with Giant Pandas
o Chengdu, China
· See Giant Pandas in the Wild
o Minshan Mountains, China
· Walk the Great Wall of China
o Bejing
· See the Terracotta Warriors
o Xi'an, China
· Explore Perito Moreno Glacier
o Patagonia, Argentina
· Hike Yosemite National Park
o California, USA
· Camp in the Serengeti
o Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
· Explore Svalbard Ice Fjords
o Svalbard, Norway
· Heliskiing Bugaboo Mountains
o Bugaboo Mountains, British Columbia, Canada
· Most Beautiful Norwegian Fjords
o Geirangerfjord, Norway
· Famous Overhanging Fjord
o Lysefjord, Norway

Edited by: gobats

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That is already a pretty comprehensive list! (Cheese Rolling!)

I think maybe the rides at the top of the tower in Las Vegas could be worth a mention; this article also has a few good ones: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/picturegalleries/9612317/Worlds-best-places-to-skydive-and-bungee-jump.html?frame=2371321
And how about tubing in Laos and Zorbing in New Zealand?

So is the plan to set up an interactive map where you can see everything? I would definitely visit that website when planning my travels!

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Actually you can't "swim the Dead Sea". If you are thinking of swimming from end to the other, it's a physical impossibility. You can float in it, but assuming you are made of anything approaching normal human material you'll be gasping to get out after about 15 minutes.

See here and here (on the second site, scroll down to "Beware!", just above the picture of the man with his back covered in black mud.)

And even if you could do it physically, note that you can't swim from one side to the other because one side is in Israel and the other side is in Jordan, and there is no border crossing point where you can legally enter the other country!

I've been zorbing in New Zealand...

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