Posts Tagged ‘dive’

64 Year Old Skydiver Will Dive From 40Km To Break Record

Monday, May 26, 2008 18:10 No Comments

In a few hours 64 year old French skydiver Michel Fournier will attempt to break a world record. He will climb up to 40 kilometers, in a balloon, above Canada and will jump!
This jump will take place at an altitude about 4 times higher than commercial airplanes fly at.

North Battleford, in Saskatchewan, is all geared [...]

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Nemo 33: The Deepest Pool

Thursday, February 28, 2008 14:47 No Comments

Since 2004, in Uccle, Belgium, they have a scuba diving center called “Nemo 33″. Guess how deep is the pool there…..33 meters!
The pool is filled with 2,500,000 liters of water and the walls are surrounded with windows so people on the outside can see you dive while they are eating.
So if you happen to go [...]

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