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Extreme Sports
Here we present the ultimate thrills. Your adreline will rush.... Neither words, photograps nor films do the world`s places justice - they must been seen, heard and touched.
Incredible skydiving record
2003-12-30
An Norwegian rocket in free fall Ken Hansen (31) from Norway dived out from the airplane's exit door. In 13 000 feet over Florida he soared like a rocket in the sky, and approached the earth in free fall.
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2100 feet before he hit the ground he released his parachute so it opened. Then he looked at his SkyCorder (instrument for measure the speed).; it showed 526 km/hour on the display. A new world record was a reality.
Ken Hansen is very experienced parachute jumper. He has 4000 jumps; 70 times in free-fall. His record jump was from 27th April in April 1998. He putted his legs together and his arms close to his body to reduce the resistance against the wind. He was like an living missile (torpedo). It gave him an adrenaline kick for life.
He gave everything and made it (based on his own story published in Vi Menn in 1998). Excites filled his body. The efforts were strong. Winds shook him and rotated him around.
Finally he made it without loosing totally control. The speed was almost unbelievable. His flew faster than the cars on the highway below. Some people like big challenges!
I wonder; it is possible to beat this record? Do some of our readers know more about this sport, and have records been made recently?
Stein Morten Lund, 5 June 2000
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Meeting the Mudmen
in Papua New Guinea
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