After writing about adventure travel ideas for men, a reader checked in with suggestions for VERY adventurous travelers. From what I can tell, most blog readers don't check back to the blog for comments (since many of you get it through RSS and email notification of new posts) so I thought I'd alert you to the adventure suggestions from Tom, the e-mailer.
These are not trips so much as activities to build a vacation around.
They are:
1. Tandem HALO jumping--High Altitude, Low Open--parachute jumping. Which basically means you're free falling for a looonnnggg time. Love this caveat on the site: 
"Skydiving is inherently risky. You could die. You will be required
to sign a release of liability. That said, the guy strapped to you throughout
your HALO tandem jump has no desire to die young. He’s an expert jumper
who will be using the best possible equipment and taking all steps humanly
possible to make your adventure as safe as it can be."
2. Then there's El Caminito del Rey, or the King's Little Pathway, a walkway along the steep walls of a narrow gorge in Malaga, Spain.
3. Next up, shooting the rapids on the Gauley River in West Virginia.
"Your heart
will pound with great anticipation as you witness the release of raging
whitewater shooting from 3 colossal tubes. You will navigate through
five Class V+ rapids. Insignificant, Pillow Rock, Lost Paddle, Iron
Ring, and Sweets Falls (a 12' waterfall). Previous rafting experience
is recommended and good physical condition is highly recommended."
4. How about the "Tough Guy" challenge, open to both sexes. It took place in February this year. Start training now for next year.
"Billed as "the safest most dangerous
taste of physical and mental endurance pain in the world", the Tough
Guy Challenge took place yesterday, February 1st, on South Perton Farm,
near Wolverhampton, England. Thousands of challengers (men and women)
started the endurance race, with hundreds dropping out along the way
due to exhaustion or injury - broken bones, dislocations, and over 600
cases of hypothermia. Even the overall winner, James Appleton, was
treated briefly for hypothermia. The course takes racers through 21
obstacles - through mud, freezing water, across ropes and burning
terrain."
5. And finally, bungee jumping into an active volcano Whaaa?? 
"How about bungee jumping from the skid of a helicopter into the gaping
maw of a bubbling active volcano? No. We're not kidding and yes this is
for real! Our Stunts division set up this jump for MTV a while back.
We loved the jump so much, we knew we had to bring it to the small
percentage of the public who, like us, has that something special in
their genes."
I release myself from any and all responsibility for what happens if you choose to engage in these activities! But have a blast. Well, not a blast in the dangerous sense...well, you know what I mean.
Hey that's me!
Actually, those aren't the most amazing things I've found while casually looking around, just items I've put on my "bucket list" - the things I hope and plan to do one day.
I've got a ton of links of that sort, I'll try and compile them into something more cohesive in the coming days and email it to you.
Posted by: Tom | April 01, 2009 at 02:14 PM
Yup, that's you.
I'll be happy to post your list for others as crazy as you are. Walk through fire, eh?
Posted by: Ellen | April 01, 2009 at 02:59 PM
Looks like it could be a terrifying and fun trip. I'll have to look you up.
Posted by: Rafting Trip California | April 03, 2009 at 01:47 PM
I see you're with Whitewater Connection rafting trips. Tell us about your trips for the lesser daredevils among us!
Posted by: Ellen | April 04, 2009 at 12:24 PM