Confident real life swashbucklers and their “death-or-glory” adventure stories

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Human beings have an insatiable thirst for name, fame and money. For some, it is one of the goals of their lives, while for others it is the only aim of their life. They are passionate for adventures so much so that they want them done even at the risk of their lives. There are a plethora of stories that you might have known about such insane daredevils. Given below are the success stories inspired by the lives of such highly confident and extremely brave personalities.

The Russian Crane Climber

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Ever seen a toddler playing and climbing bars at the playground? What if a grown up does the same? That too at a height of above 1,000 from the ground? And above all without any safety gears? Yes you heard it correct. This extremely crazy Russian teenager climbs a extremely long construction crane, walks through it, performs stunts like monkey bars using one or both hands without any safety harness or protection gears. The cars and building roofs below appear extremely tiny just like miniature toys.

James Tabor – Journey to Earth’s deepest point

In 2003, James Tabor led a team to discover the deepest point on Earth. The team bravely overcame a lot of physical and psychological challenges towards their journey. The adventure is believed to be more perilous than conquering Mt. Everest. James Tabor detailed the events of the journey in his called ‘Blind Descent’.

Aney Edson Talyor – The Niagara Conquerer

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The secured future and a good source of income is all that human beings crave for. This desire sometimes makes man to go out of the way. Aney Edson Taylor is one such great woman who, in order to secure her future went all the way to jump from the Niagara Falls inside a barrel.

She had a struggling childhood after she lost her father at a tender age, and later her child and even her husband. With very few means of livelihood she was left with no other option than to do something which would bring her instant name and make her famous. And there she was with an idea, though extremely insane, to jump off the largest water fall in the world, the Niagara.

With the help of Frank Russel, Aney, in the year 1901 decided to go over the Niagara Falls, inside a 4.5 feet high and 3 feet wide barrel, which was cushioned from within. The audience stood spine chilled while Aney performed her stunt. Surprisingly Aney surpassed the jump with a minor wound on her forehead. This made the woman extremely famous and known within no time. Now that’s what we call the real ‘woman power’.

Jeffrey Tayler’s Congo expedition

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Jeffrey followed the footsteps of Henry Morton Stanley an explorer and journalist famous for his adventures in the late 1800s. The seasoned travelling instincts and quest for exploring in Jeffrey made him journey down the Congo River in a canoe. The journey was not just adventurous but quite dangerous too and survival became the primary object of the journey. Jeffery survived to tell his tale to the adventure freaks back home.

Daredevil acts are a proof of the huge courage and strong will power of human beings to do something very unusual and daunting. However, these stunts also cause a serious danger to those performing them and to those who get inspired from such people.

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