This organization takes young paraplegic and quadriplegic athletes bungee jumping, zip lining, paragliding and kayaking around Whistler, B.C. — all part of the ultimate Adaptive Adventure Camp.
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Some people just won’t be satisfied till they can fly.
This primal urge has given rise to wingsuit fliers: thrill-seekers who leap off cliffs or out of airplanes wearing winged jumpsuits that give them the gliderlike capacity to control and delay their free fall. With practice, some wingsuiters can stay airborne for up to 90 minutes and hit speeds over 100 miles an hour, achieving what they say is the closest thing to engineless flight that humans have ever experienced.
“It’s a weird, risky thing to do,” said Taya Weiss, 35, a professional wingsuit pilot and charity organizer.  “But … More
Being stuck in traffic is a thing of the past for the owner of this flying motor-tricycle.
Inventor Larry Neal’s revolutionary vehicle allows him to take off into the sky and cruise over miles of gridlock.
The motor-tricycle, called the super sky cycle, consists of a 582cc engine and a three-blade 68-inch propeller … Pictures and more