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With nearly 72,000 votes cast, we are thrilled to announce the 2012 People’s Choice Adventurers of the Year: Nepalis Sano Babu Sunuwar and Lakpa Tsheri Sherpa. Their dream to complete the Ultimate Descent—climbing Mount Everest, paragliding down, then kayaking to the sea — truly embodies the spirit of adventure. With borrowed gear and a bare-bones budget, there were no corporate sponsors nor social media campaigns, just the essentials for adventure — vision, creativity, and friendship
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It will be one giant leap for man – and leave the rest of mankind dizzy at the thought.
The world’s most daring skydiver is preparing to jump out of a balloon on the edge of space.
Felix Baumgartner, 42, hopes to break an altitude record which has lasted more than 50 years.
He plans to dive 120,000ft – nearly 23 miles – from the adapted weather balloon full of helium.
It should take  … Pictures and more