These are several videos highlighting Norway’s Preikestolen (aka Pulpit Rock), a naturally formed granite overhang with a sheer drop of 604-meters (1,982 feet). The rock attracts some 300,000 visitors each year, and was formed 10,000 years ago in the most recent Ice Age. And, unlike US tourist attractions, the overhang
This is a video of Tom Scott visiting the Montreal Olympic Sports Centre (built for the 1976 Summer Olympics), which features the only indoor 20-meter diving platform in North America. Apparently cliff diver Lysanne Richard convinced the Montreal Olympics Park to add an 18m platform in the rafters when the
This is a pleasant video of Youtuber Sidetrack Adventures driving the highest paved road in the United States, the Mt. Evans Scenic Byway in Colorado. The incredibly scenic road climbs to the top of Mt. Evans and an altitude of 14,130-feet, passing through five different climate zones on its route
This is a video from Youtuber Backyard Racer featuring a Wheels track built over the course of a month that starts off in a treetop (which the car accesses via motorized gondola), and proceeds through numerous jumps, loops, and speed boosters, and even features a water feature. How about that!
Because nature is a trip, this is a video of a drone flight down Venezuela’s Angel Falls, the world’s tallest uninterrupted waterfall with a height of 979 meters (3,212 ft) and a plunge of 807 meters (2,648 ft). Now that is a serious waterfall. For comparison, I once stood on
This is a short video of a vacationing couple parasailing off the coast of Catalina Island, California. The guy recording it is absolutely loving it. His wife? Not so much. And I don’t blame her, that does not look like a good time to me. Hundreds of feat in the
Because heights don’t terrify some people like they do me, this is some first person point of view footage from an iron worker helping construct the Deloitte Tower in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia. I got sweaty palms just watching. And vertigo. I’m a total mess now all thanks to this
Because having an emergency exit strategy in place is an important part of survival (and not pooping your pants at the restaurant table while on a date), this is a video of Tom Scott being treated to a tour of a giant wind turbine, as well as getting to experience