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Adventure
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Day 1 Of The #Run2Stop Challenge [VIDEO]
05 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Yesterday was a very special day. For one thing, it was my birthday (thanks). For another thing, it was the beginning of the 2013 #Run2Stop Challenge. race was full of surprises as the nerves of uncertainty kicked in! The day started with lots of cameras and interviews at the beautiful grounds of Lucas “Masterpieces” Moripe […]
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Obviously You’re Keen To Win A ThinkPad Tablet Courtesy Of #Run2Stop [COMPETITION]
22 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Look, guys, you know by now that I’m taking part in the Continental #Run2Stop challenge from 4 to 8 November. Anyway, what I really wanted to talk to you about was winning. Specifically, winning a trip to the 2014 FIFA World Cup™ in Brazil, AND a ThinkPad Tablet. It’s so easy. Lean in now.
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This Is The Longest Flight In The World
21 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Many of us are familiar with the pain of the long-haul flight. You emerge from your seat with your legs aching and feeling hollow. Your mouth is stained with drool,and you pants are covered in little bits of horrible airplane-food. It’s a nightmare, and people generally agree that the less time spent flying, the better.
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The Player With The Squarest Jaw In Springbok History Is On My #Run2Stop Challenge Team [VIDEO]
14 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The teams for the forthcoming Continental #Run2Stop challenge have been announced! And when I say that the player with the squarest jaw in Springbok history is on my team, I am in fact referring to one Pierre Spies. This guy:
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ATTENTION: This Is How You Win A Trip To The 2014 FIFA World Cup™ In Brazil
08 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
By now you know that I’ll be breaking opposition necks and cashing charity cheques at the 2013 #Run2Stop Challenge. Just because you can’t join me on the road, doesn’t mean you want be joining me in the winner’s circle in Brazil. Ready to join me in Brazil?* Here is how it works:
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Are You An Athlete? Do You Like Winning? Do You Like Being Rewarded For Winning? Read This
19 Sep 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Right, so a little while ago I told you I’m going to be driving, blogging, and changing lives in the Continental #Run2Stop challenge from 4 to 8 November this year. The five-day race is comprised of 1,200km of running, cycling, driving, and goodwill challenges. I have the driving and goodwill covered (love you, mom). I […]
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Attention Athletes: Win Yourself A Trip To The 2014 FIFA World Cup™ In Brazil
05 Sep 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
As you may know, I’m going to be racing in the Continental #Run2Stop challenge this November. If you didn’t catch the breakdown of the event, you can read that here. As the designated “blogger” for my team, I’ll be doing the driving charity legs of the race, as well as instagramming photos of flowers and/or […]
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The Continental Run2Stop Challenge Is A Race Against Hunger [VIDEO]
29 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Ladies and gents, boys and girls, allow me to jog your memory. Last year you may have caught wind of the Continental #Run2Stop challenge. What is that, you ask? Let’s pause here for a second. Watch the video above to get the gist of of the thing.
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Handcuffed Escape Artist Locked Inside A Box Gets Pushed Out Of A Plane [VIDEO]
07 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Ascape artist Anthony Martin was handcuffed, locked inside a coffin-like plywood box, and then pushed out of an airplane flying 4,460 metres above the ground. Martin said:
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You Don’t Have To Be A Millionaire To Live The Holiday – Man Retires At 33
20 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Why wait until you’re old and can’t really enjoy what you have been saving for all your life, retirement. Is retirement wasted on the old? This 33-year-old journalist believes it is and has taken a very early retirement.
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Not Your Average Gap Year: Middle Class American Kids Abandon Home To Become Train Hopping Vagrants [GALLERY]
06 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Author, Mike Brodie has spent years documenting the phenomenon of train hopping in the US, and he’s found that most train hoppers are middle class kids. Mike Brodie is one of them, Brodie left home when he was 17 years old and has never looked back.
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Rare Photos Highlight The Beautiful, Unseen Face Of North Korea [GALLERY]
11 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Roger Shepard, a hiker from New Zealand has captured the one thing that still ties North and South Korea together, the Baekdu Daegan mountain range. Check out these incredible photos.
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Result: Mars Could Have Supported Life
13 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
NASA’s Curiosity rover has found evidence that ancient Mars could have supported organisms, and they may even have thrived. Curiosity touched down on Gale crater a little over seven months ago. The crater had been identified by satellite data as a possibly inhabitable environment. The results were returned fast, with Curiosity discovering an ancient riverbed […]
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Girl Breaks Up With Boy After Boy Pushes Girl Off 400 Foot Cliff On Canyon Rope Swing [VIDEO]
04 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
This is very special. Creighton Baird and his girlfriend, Jennifer Powell were two of the many who adventured to this undisclosed location in Utah. The intent of the visit was to dive through the canyon on a rope swing for a YouTube video by Devin Graham. Little did Baird know that his adrenaline quest would bring the “end” of […]
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Skier Nails A Backflip While Outrunning Avalanche [VIDEO]
15 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Not to be outdone by Cape Town local, Dec’io Lourenc’o in the huge balls department, Sverre Liliequist backflipped on to an avalanche while skiing down the face of a mountain. Just because, you know. Street cred. Or something, I don’t know what would compell someone to do that. Don’t ask me. Competing in the Big Mountain […]
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British Psychopaths Complete Drive From Cape Town To London Without Dying [PICS]
13 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
At the end of last month, we predicted that these two guys would probably die. Well, here’s our steaming humble pie. Two British adventurers, Philip Young(64) and Paul Brace (45), left Cape Town on 1 February for a trans-continental drive. The two left the Mount Nelson Hotel in Cape Town in their 875cc Fiat Panda, to drive the […]
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The Full Length Interview With Cape Town’s Downhill Skating Maniac That You’ve Been Waiting For [VIDEO]
06 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
“The bigger the hill the better.” At the tender age of 16, an impressionable Dec’io Lourenc’o saw a group of kids skating down Glen Road. The boys were the SPUs, a skateboarding crew from Sea Point, and like any teenager, Dec’io wanted a piece of the action. That’s when he got his first set of […]
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Sodwana Dive Master Guarantees Whale Shark Sight In Exchange For Booze [VIDEO]
04 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
There’s a man. This man’s name is Digger. Digger Brown. He’ll take you to see the whale sharks. And swim with them if you dare. You’ll need to bring a bottle of Jack Daniel’s though. Join the tradition and follow him on twitter.
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5 Good Reasons Why This Cape Town To London Expedition Could End In A Funeral
30 Jan 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
The mark of a true adventurer is a willingness to risk death for glory. This coming Friday, two British adventurers are setting out from Cape Town’s Mount Nelson Hotel, and driving straight to London in a Fiat Panda, which is no bigger than a shetland pony. Here’s why they might not make it.
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How Many Balloons Will It Take To Make Your House Fly? [INFOGRAPHIC]
22 Nov 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Yesterday we reported on Jonathan Trappe’s incredible recreation of the famous floating house from Pixar’s film Up. Trappe staged his flight during this year’s International Balloon Festival in Mexico.
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Fan Creates Real Flying House With Balloons, Inspired By Pixar’s Movie “Up” [GALLERY]
21 Nov 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
An American cluster-balloonist caused a stir at this year’s International Balloon Festival in Mexico by recreating the famous floating house from Pixar’s film Up. Highlights from his colourful flight can be seen in the gallery inside.
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All The Footage From Felix’s Stratosphere Jump [PICTURES & VIDEO]
15 Oct 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Last night, at about 8pm local time, an Austrian by the name of Felix Baumgartner rose 128 000 feet into the air and jumped, free-falling 128 000 feet from the stratosphere. Part of the Red Bull Stratos project, this is the highest skydive ever attempted. He even landed on his feet. We’ve got the video.
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Disabled Mountain Climber Scales 61 Metre Cliff Without Legs [GALLERY]
01 Aug 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Hugh Herr lost both his legs after a climbing expedition when he was a teenager. However, that has not stopped this inspirational guy in pursuing his passion in life: mountain climbing. His latest adventure involved scaling a 61 meter cliff, with one of his prosthetic legs even falling off in the process, for the TV show Who Says I Can’t? He was joined by the show host, leg amputee Jothy Rosenberg, who lost his limb to cancer aged 16.
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Frenchman Stranded In Desert Turns His Car Into A Motorcycle [PICS]
06 Jul 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Lookout, we have a badass on out hands. Although the story is only emerging now, in 1993 Emile Leray’s Citroen down broke in a Moroccan desert miles from nearest village. Unfazed, he took the car apart and turned it into a motorbike.
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Virgin Galactic Spaceship To Make Farnborough Debut
06 Jul 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The 48th annual Farnborough International Airshow promises to be a special one because a version of Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo – a two-pilot, six-passenger craft capable of sub-orbital travel – is scheduled to make its European debut at the show.
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See-Through Edutainment Submarines Coming To Durban
05 Jul 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Durban is soon to set itself apart from other South African cities as a leader on the tourism front. A US hospitality group is planning a fleet of six see-through tourist submarines, underwater restaurants and nightclubs, and a 17 000-seat amphitheatre for live music performances on the KwaZulu-Natal coast.
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Local National Geographic Documentary Lures Baboons With Food [VIDEO]
03 Jul 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 5 Comments
The seaside town of Pringle Bay in the Western Cape is outraged at a National Geographic documentary that used food to lure baboons to a specially modified and fully furnished cottage in the area. The cottage is part of the Cape Hangklip Hotel, and the television series, Big Baboon House, raises ethical questions.
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Buckingham Palace Pit Stop: London’s Formula One Street Race Is Coming
28 Jun 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Bernie Ecclestone, Formula One’s billionaire chief executive, has offered to pay more than £35 million to stage a grand prix in London. Plans are due to be announced later today for a five-kilometre route around some of London’s most famous landmarks, including Buckingham Palace and Trafalgar Square.
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Dale Steyn Vs Warwick “Wok” Wright [VIDEO]
27 Jun 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Today is Dale Steyn’s 29th birthday, so, on that note, happy birthday from the Vibe, Dale! We dig your vibe. Recently, Dale got together with Warwick “Wok” Wright to do a crossover of their sports. Wok is a professional surfer, and Dale is, well, arguably the best fast bowler in the world. Watch them take each other on at each other’s sports, after the jump.
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The Chilli Challenge On The IanF Show [VIDEO]
27 Jun 2012 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Last week, on the IanF Show on 2oceansVibe Radio, Spike and IanF ate chilli because they needed something to keep them warm during Winter Week! Winter Week nestled perfectly around the winter solstice, which was on Friday, the shortest day, and the longest night – yuck! What better way to keep warm than with a […]
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