A mountaineer and seasonal skier kept his wits about him as an unexpected snow avalanche swept him down a mountain.
God bless the Royal Air force, for they have just given us all the opportunity to sit inside the cockpit of a RAF Typhoon jet.
Flying around Mount Fuji in a self-propelled jetpack is one thing – but wearing nothing but some material, and jumping off a cliff is totally different. In fact, after seeing Jeb Corliss’s major wingsuit accident, doing a wingsuit jump is patently insane.
If you recall, we did a story on the biggest mountain-bike backflip in history just a few days ago. That was pretty special, but we can’t recall seeing anything quite as visceral as this before.