Tag: extreme sports

  • Inside The High Flying World Of Hot Air Balloons

    Inside The High Flying World Of Hot Air Balloons

    We’ve been hearing a lot about balloons lately- the kind that certain nations are using to spy on us. Hopefully everyone has seen a hot air balloon in flight, but have you ever wondered when the first one was invented? Or how much hot air is required to get them off the ground? Or where…

  • Disease Did Not Stop Marine Swimming Alcatraz To San Fran Blindfolded

    Disease Did Not Stop Marine Swimming Alcatraz To San Fran Blindfolded

    For as long as he could remember, Jay Platt wanted to be a  U.S. Marine, and for nearly 15 years, he lived that dream. But in 1998, a rare condition called von Hippel Lindau syndrome (VHL), attacked his eyes, brain, spine and kidneys, forcing his retirement from the service. “Before VHL I pretty much felt untouchable…