Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Best of Adventure: Audacious Acts

National Geographic Adventure gave me an "Audacious Acts" award for 2007

Best of Adventure: Audacious Acts
The wildest deeds of 2007—we salute to the bold, daring, innovative, and occasionally insane feats of the year. Text by Steve Casimiro

Chris Mcnamara
Made the Wildest BASE Jump Known
In May Chris McNamara leaped into a cleft in a 3,000-foot (914-meter) face above the polar desert of Baffin Island. Using a nylon "wingsuit," the 28-year-old Californian flew horizontally out of the crevasse, then down the side of the face until he pulled his chute some 200 feet (61 meters) above ground. He landed a mere 100 feet (30 meters) from his tent.

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Top 10 Adventure Vid by Nat Geo Adventure

National Geographic Adventure just awarded me with one of the "Top 10 Adventure Flicks" of the year (just eeked in there are number 10).

Here is the text:
10. BASE Jumping: Chris McNamara, Titan
BASE jumper and speed climber Chris McNamara knows that the quickest way to the bottom is straight down. His latest leap finds him and partner, Miles Daisher, scrambling up the Titan, a mud tower in Utah. Watch the video >>

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Check the video at Alpinist.com