Flying Fox

No, no, it’s not what you are imagining now after reading the title. A fox doesn’t have wings to fly neither it has taken a sip of Red bull :p. Just Kidding.

Flying Fox is an awesome adventurous sports that originated from Australia long ago. In this adventure, you will be tied to a high above rope, which will be hanging to another pair of rope with a pulley and these ropes will be ranging across from one hill top to another. Yea, kind of Hollywood movie seen you see, but without a filmy camera. You then glide from one hill top to another with the beautiful view including valleys, tress, rivers and may be your scared friends running in opposite direction to you and under you. Pretty cool right?

Flying fox is also called zip-line or zip-wire in few parts. It might include you swinging from one end to another or a cable car where you can be seated with ease and enjoy the view. This sport occurs with the help of the special force of mother nature called Gravity.

 The word Flying Fox originated from Australian English. In the earlier Australia, that is in the past, Flying Fox was a mode of transportation where they used to deliver food, tools, cigarettes and ammunition to the people on another hill. Even the mails were transferred through this means.

This amazing sport will make your vacation extremely adventurous. Well if you are an Indian then Kerala is the best spot for this sports adventure else New Zealand, Haiti, China, Alaska, etc are few places of choice .  You just swing from one part of the world to another and vola! You’ve saved the world :P. Let’s just leave the whole world below us and sore high above in the sky.   

Person I admire the most!!!

Adventure is not only about going to places; it’s also in helping poor.  Someone has rightly said, the adventure of life is to learn. Learning from others is the best way to improve one’s life. Everyone has one or the other role models in their life that they admire and try to follow their footsteps.

One of the Spiritual personalities I admire is the recently canonized saint, Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta. Mother Teresa is a Catholic nun, who devoted her entire life in helping the needy people, especially the lepers, children, poor people, girls and all others.

She is an inspiration to all the youths because at the very young age, she decided to get into the religious life. She joined Sisters of Loreto to learn English and also teach her students. She landed in Calcutta, India, in the year 1929 and saw the poverty in the Indians. At that point of time, she heard a voice from the Lord, telling her to move on the path of helping the needy. From then, she started her own charity with few nuns, to help the poor people.

I, being a youth learn hundreds of things from Mother Teresa. Mother Teresa never gave up in her life. This is the main thing which we all need to learn because in the present scenario, we see youths giving up for simple problems that they face in their life. The best way to solve the problem is to face the problem.

Mother Teresa has made many beautiful quotes. One among them is, Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing. This statement is true. Even if you smile at the beggar or a kid, they get a feeling of trusting that person. Smile always brings shine in peoples face. But the present generation does is completely different. They don’t even look at the person who sits next to them.  This is not the right thing way. One has to change this sort of attitude so that there is a change in the society.

Mother Teresa was always a helping hand for the needy. She has never said a NO to anyone in her life. She has changed the lives of thousands of people. This quality is difficult to build in everyone because human nature is unpredictable. But what one has to learn is that we have to help such people who really need us. This will not only bring the happiness to that person whom we helped but also it will bring happiness to oneself. That feeling of happiness by helping others will bring a positive change in one’s life.  Mother Teresa beautifully quotes that “Do things for people not because of who they are or what they do in return, but because who you are.”

It is easy to see and appreciate the life of the famous personalities. But it is difficult to follow the footsteps of theirs. It is not the money that brings happiness but the little things that we do for others matters in our life and brings happiness. This is what Mother tells, “Do small things with great love.”

SKY DIVING - overcome your fear

Are you Acrophobic? Well, then you should definitely try the very interesting adventure that will take out your fear. Yes I am talking about the very interesting and scary Sky diving which is an adventurous activity where one jumps from about 30000+ feet height and see the beauty of the world. This activity is suitable only to those who believe in themselves and want to face the fear and move on. Special training is given by the professional sky divers in order to provide safety for the ones who are trying this adventurous sport. A flight takes the group of people to the heights and from there people dive one by one. It is the scariest thing ever, because for once, you will feel like you are going to die. But once you are in the sync, you will definitely enjoy it.

   A person can dive all alone from heights or he/she can be guided by the professionals. There is a parachute for every sky diver given. When he/she reaches near to the ground, the parachute gets opened and the sky diver lands safely.

One adventurous activity that one has to try in his/her life is Sky Diving. This will help one to face the fear.

Steel Dragon 2000 – longest roller coaster

Is sitting in a train and looking out an adventure? The real adventure would be when you sit in a same train that drops from a highest point; yes it’s the roller coaster. But not just any roller coaster, the longest roller coaster in the world.

Steel Dragon 2000 is a roller coaster at Nagashima Spa Land amusement park in Japan. Built by Morgan Manufacturing, this coaster opened appropriately in 2000 – “The Year of the Dragon” in Asia. It debuted 3 months after Millennium Force at Cedar point, and surpassed that as the world’s tallest complete-circuit coaster. It also took the record for the longest track length – 2,479 metres. It is also the second fastest ride in Japan.

History:

On 28 July 2000 an exclusive opening ceremony was held. Park President Mr.  Otani received certificates from the CEO of Guinness World Records for four records broken by Steel Dragon 2000. Subsequently, over 2000 competition winners rode Steel Dragon 2000 before opening day on August 1.

Design:

After the lift hill is an initial drop of 306.8 feet and a 252 foot camel-back hill. The train subsequently rises up and into the figure-eight shaped helix. The train the passes through mid-course brake run and over six more camel-back hills, passing through two tunnels along the way before reaching the final brakes.

Wow! That was an Amazing ride. Now this is how adventure is going to ride in our heart and mind.