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Cliff Diving

Cliff Diving

 

Cliff diving has been a popular trend nowadays and many young people who dare to do this breathtaking jump have taken up this extreme sport. Cliff diving is defined as the acrobatic perfection of diving into water from a cliff. In addition to this definition, cliff divers describe their experience with one word amazingly: peace! It’s not easy to accept the idea when you consider the dangers; nevertheless, they prefer calling the overall experience as spiritual.

When people try this jump, gravity is the only force acting on their body. There is no resistance from friction with the ground; thus, as they fall, it pulls them to the water, at a speed of 9.8 meters per second. Cliff divers prefer higher cliffs all the time because time is an important factor in this sport: the longer the diver falls through water, the faster he goes. This definitely increases the adrenaline and satisfaction level of these divers.

It is one of the most fascinating sports on earth both for the doers and the watchers. Everything happens very quickly as the diver jumps, completes his figures while falling and gets into the water in seconds. The diver feels the sharp fall when he touches the water and then he can only hear the silence of the deep water before he gets out of water while the watcher feels the captivation by the acrobatic figures of the diver before he gets lost into the splashes.

Wingsuit Flying

Wingsuit flying is one of the most well-known extreme sports among adrenaline lovers. It is similar to parachuting but there are some basic differences. For example, a skydiver suddenly experiences the pull of gravity when he jumps out of a plane. However, if he wears a wingsuit, the suit’s airfoil will offer lift. Unfortunately, the airfoil isn’t large enough to provide enough lift; thus, wingsuit flyers must also use parachutes to land as the small wings fundamentally can’t slow down flyers to a safe landing speed.That’s why, wingsuit fliers wear parachute equipment specially designed for sky diving.

Wingsuit flyers love this sport as they feel freedom and adrenaline at the same time. They fly like a bird and because they aren’t pulled by a parachute, they genuinely experience the flying sensation without any constraint. After the jump either from a plane or a mountain, the flyer can fly at high speeds and perform acrobatics, which attracts the watchers. The watchers love watching not only the live jumps but also the videos of these performances.Nowadays, these videos of wingsuit flyers go viral. Almost everyone likes these incredible flying experiences.

Open Ended

Read again and answer these questions.

1.Who prefers this sport?

2.How performers feel?

3. What are the necessary equipments?

4.How watchers feel?

5.What makes it better than other extreme sports?

Multiple Choice

"Spiritual" means

• relating to people's thoughts and beliefs, rather than to their bodies and physical surroundings.

• concerned with emotions and feelings.

Multiple Choice

What is the synonym of "captivated"?

• boring

• Fascinated

Multiple Choice

"Fundamentally" means in central or primary respects.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

What is the synonym of "lift"?

• opposing force

• raising force

Multiple Choice

"Constraint" means

• raising force

• opposing force