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>> thats -- >> now its miles turn. he industtries the same techniq loses his balance and then suddenly, disaster. >> oh, hell! >> oh! >> you see him fall for a while and you see him hit and bounce and hes catching more air as he goes down. he just went shoulder after shoulder. i literally thought i was watching miles fall to his death. >> after miles plummets almost 150 feet over jagged rocks, his friends see him leap to his feet. >> you all right? >> sit down, sit down. >> bill puts the camera ...

Christian is more than 3,000 feet above when suddenly -- its august 3rd, 2006. hes in southwest norway. he strung the nylon chord himself testing each screw to make sure its securely fastened. his only protection if he falls during the attempt is a safety harness attached to the line. if a chord or screws break, christian will plunge to his death. >> translator: there are a lot of things that can go wrong. for example, you can have something sharp in your pocket that can cut the line. >> once ch...

>> whoo! >> -- hes made it! >> yes! whoo! >> immediately after the stunt, christian tries to explain why he took on the challenge. >> translator: we create contrast in our lives. so that for things to be really great, we must also experience hell. standing on that line is hell. its damn good to come home and sit on the sofa and relax. >> whoo! >> be careful. >> oh! >> oh, my -- >> a mountain biker plunges head over heels down a rocky cliff. >> its hard to describe experience when you see another...

Tradition. >> we try to do some kind of big ride every new years day to start the day off right. >> reporter: his video camera is recording as they make their way along the clifftop paths. they have been riding for almost three hours when miles brakes abruptly. this section of the trail is crumbling along the edge leaving just inches to spare above a dangerously steep top. miles decides to ride over the eroded area and moves his bike up the trail to get a running start. >> where we stopped, it l...

♪ ♪ ♪ 30,000 tons of rock come crashing down on to a two-lane highway threatening work crews working in the area. >> i lookeded up and there were trees coming down at the same time so we knew this was want your average old slide. we didnt expect anything like that. thats something youll never forget. ♪ november 10, 2009, polk county, tennessee, its a chilly morning and wdef news cameraman allen fairbanks is covering the story of a boulder that has fall own

But as a photojournalist instinctively keeps his camera rolling even when it looks like nothing is going to happen. >> i just set up the camera and waited. and our reporter, bill mitchell, came up. and he said, you know, we probably ought to get back to the station. i said, yeah, youre probably right. but she looked really convinced. i would hate to leave and then hear it had fallen down. so we waited. we almost both gave up at this point and almost turned our heads away from it. and then all th...

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>> while the road crew assesses the massive damage, the news crew asks themselves the age-old photojournalist question. did we get the shot? >> my big worry was, was it actually rolling? and, you know, i waited a little while before i hit stop. and then i thought, please let this be on camera. please let this be on camera. and i went back and rewound the tape and hit play and there it was. i felt a big sense of relief. got it! >> i knew he had it when he didnt talk to me. he just stood there and...

Theyre in the areas that were hardest impacted. any time you have ice on trees, you get a little bit of wind, the tree falls, hits another line, could possibly bring it down. >> reporter: this map shows the storms path. the dark pink area was the hardest hit. ice there can be a half inch thick. and whats the challenge in restoring? >> well, in restoring right now, one of our challenges is just travel. first you have to be able to get and assess the damage thats out there. is the pole broken? is ...