English Language 2-UNC

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Extreme sports

Hang gliding

unpowered aircraft
cloth wing
stretched over a light framework

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=F-knibOBX48

Parascending
speed boat
parachute

Sky Diving
jumping from a plane
falling through the sky
before opening a parachute

Base Jumping

bulidings, antennas, span, Earth
freefall from objects
not very high from ground
at the mercy of gusts of wind
wingsuit

Paragliding
paraglider
helmet

Stock Car Racing
specially adapted cars
crashing into other cars
to pass them

Extreme Mountain Biking

Extreme Kayaking

Speed Skiing

High, steep slopes

Tobogganing

sledges
ice slopes

Stret Luge

a luge built to fit the athlete
steep, windy roads
a sking-tight, tailor-made leather race suit

Zorbing

rolling around
hurtling downhill at speeds of 50 kms an hour
three-meter ball made out of P.V.C.= zorb
little skill
centrifugal force will keep you pinned inside the zorb
you don´t risk hurtling too seriously

Water Zorbing

Ice Climbing
glacers
clamber up
specialist equipment
ice axe
ice picks
crampons( metal spikes
attached to the bottom of the climber´s boots)
physical and mental toughness
extreme ascents

Abseiling

going down a cliff or a rock
by sliding down a rope
and pushing against the rock
with your feet

Potholing
climbing down
underground caves
and potholes( 1.a long hole
that goes deep under the ground,
formed by natural processes
2 a large hole in the surface of a road,
caused by traffic and bad weather,
which makes driving difficult or dangerous)