10 most courageous and desperate people in the world

Some people live for the adrenaline rush. This includes those who are involved in extreme sports, but there are also those who simply do very dangerous things. It's hard to believe in the madness of some people - but it's all true. Your attention to the list of the most desperate, courageous and reckless people in the world.

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1. Joseph Kittinger

It is he who inspires skydivers. In order to create a new parachute design, Kittinger made jumps from very high altitudes. In 1960, he made a jump from a height of 31.3 kilometers. When Kittinger reached a height of 13 kilometers, he failed the pneumatic shutter on his right glove, as a result of which his hand was exposed and began to swell. After landing, the swelling subsided.

2. Reinhold Messner

Reinhold Messner is the most famous climber in the world. He was the first to climb all peaks above 8,000 meters. In 1978, he committed an act that many compared to suicide: he climbed Mount Everest without oxygen tanks. In 1980, he did the same on his own. Since then, no one has ever tried to conquer such peaks without oxygen tanks.

3. William Trubridge

The best freediver in the world. Freediving is underwater swimming while holding your breath. Freedivers rely only on their lungs. Trubridge dived without assistance to a depth of 101 meters, simply holding his breath.

4. John Stapp

John Stapp subjected himself to very strong dynamic overload countless times - and survived. John passed a series of US Air Force negative G tests. After the last test, his ribs were broken and his eyes were bleeding, but he was still alive. John was one of those who promoted mandatory seat belts while riding in a car.

5. Philippe Petit

Philippe Petit is a French tightrope walker who starred in the documentary Man on the Rope. In 1974, he walked between the twin towers of the World Trade Center. He and his team managed to bypass the guards and pull a rope from one rooftop to another. Petit danced on a tightrope for about 45 minutes before being detained. After the artist agreed to perform in Central Park, all charges were dropped.

6. Jordan Romero

One of the best climbers in the world to climb Mount Everest. The most amazing thing is that for the first time he climbed there at the age of 14, setting a record. After his act, a wave of discussions began - it is possible or not to make such dangerous ascents at such a young age. Later, the Chinese government banned people under the age of 18 from climbing Everest.

7. Martin Strel

Martin Strel is a Slovenian ultra long distance swimmer. He swam across many of the world's largest rivers: the Danube, the Mississippi, the Yangtze, and the Amazon. He not only swam up to eight and a half kilometers a day, but also suffered from sunburn, turbulent currents, tropical fever and bites from the blood-sucking vandellia fish. Team Arrow poured buckets of blood into the water to distract the attention of the piranhas, while Martin himself drank up to two bottles of wine a day to de-stress from the big swims.

8. Alain Bombard

Alain Bombard is a French doctor who crossed the Atlantic Ocean in the Heretic rubber dinghy. He had a sextant, oars, and the works of Shakespeare and Montaigne so as not to be bored. The bomber studied the limits of human capabilities: he ate fish and plankton, which he caught with nets. After a 65-day journey, he reached Barbados 25 kilograms thinner.

9. Felicity Aston

Felicity Aston recently became the first woman to cross Antarctica alone. She carried all her equipment on a sleigh. The journey took 59 days, Felicity covered 1700 kilometers. Along the way, she tweeted about her experience. Felicity has lost more than eight kilograms, and after returning she had a long time to adapt to the fact that she was no longer alone.

10. Lewis Pugh

Lewis Pugh is the only person to swim ultra-long distances in all the world's oceans, and this is not his most amazing achievement. In 2005 and 2007, he swam a kilometer at the North Pole and off the coast of Antarctica in the same swim cap, swimming trunks and goggles! Pugh uses a unique technique called "pre-thermogenesis": before swimming in ice water, he raises his body temperature to 38.3 degrees Celsius. After swimming in Antarctica, his body temperature dropped to 33 degrees Celsius. Unlike other swimmers who are afraid of sharks, Pugh is afraid of leopard seals, which is a type of seal.