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Them, the worse they get when they do happen. >> reporter: under normal conditions fires thin out forests but by constantly putting them out, more unburned brush is left for the next fire. finny says firefighters should be intentionally setting more so called prescribed fires to burn off excess vegetation or simply let some natural fires burn. in a statement to cbs news, the forest service says it agreed that managed and prescribed fires are important tools but our capacity to complete this etrk...

>> whatever the final decision on what to do with a fallen sequoia, garret and sigrin will always have a video to prove they were there for this incredible moment. >> it was the highlight of our holiday. we all knew that this was really, really amazing thing. >> its almost surely a once-in-a-lifetime event for the lucky few to witness this very public display of mother natures breaking point. a group of tourists run for their lives as a massive ice shelf comes crashing down. >> we were so clos...

150-foot-high cliff is not for the faint of heart. austins brother, creighton baird, is one of the rope swing engineers. his job is to make sure everyone survives to tell the tale. >> to actually jump, you need two ropes. you always want a back-up rope when your life is on the line with something like this. you only mess up once. >> to build the rope swing, the crew is riffing off existing hardware left by past climbers. >> and there were five bolts placed on the arch in the 80s. we attached the...

150 feet straight down. >> its a close call. >> i got careless, i wasnt thinking, and i made a mistake. lucky, i just brought brand new climbing shoes with rubber on the bottom. i was able to recover like a boss and live to do the rope swing. >> everything is in place for the moment of truth, with devons cameras poised to record. austin clips in for a wild ride. >> you have about three or four second fall before the rope catches. and the whole time youre just thinking, i really hope the ropes ca...

Corona arch, a majestic natural structure that is 150 feet above the ground. the plan, to build what they say will be the worlds largest rope swing, then clip in, and jump off. why, you ask? because its there. an experienced rock climber has been here dozens of times, but leaping off the arch is new territory. >> as youre climbing up it, youre thinking this is crazy. what am i doing up here? then you get to the top, and you look out, and you can see the entire valley. you can see the colorado ri...

Im kind of a little nauseous. its really so scary to stand on this ledge and to just jump off of it. >> as leslie recovers from the excitement, austin is seconds away from putting his plan into action. from the top of the arch, austin begins lowering himself down to meet her. >> i got closer and closer until she looked up at me. i thought, surely she knows. surely shes expecting. >> but leslie thinks austin is on his way down to offer help, and shes not amused. >> when he was coming down, i was ...

>> we thought that she would really die because there was no hope of getting her out of there. >> and just as rescuers try to reach her, the situation becomes even more dire. the rainy season in brazil is marked by brief, yet intense tropical downpours. january 11, 2011, 12 inches of rain fall overnight in the mountainous region outside rio de janeiro. its a months worth of rain in just 24 hours, causing the worst floods in decades. one woman wakes up to flooding in the small town. >> translator...

Grabs onto the slippery rope with both hands, forced to let go of her dog. >> translator: the water was just too strong and swept him away, and i had to leave the poor thing to its death. poor thing. no one could save him. >> for tense moments, it looks like iliar will also be swept away. >> it was very, very dangerous. we thought the rope would break. >> iliar hasnt made a knot to hold onto. with the unrelenting water pulling her down, she hangs on for her life as her neighbors scream in horror...

Sensation. it wont be the first time. devins videos get millions of views on youtube, and he has a loyal fan base. >> with college kids, you dont have any money. so, youre constantly looking for something fun and exciting to do with absolutely no money. >> the formula is simple. devin hears about crazy things that people are doing, like turning themselves into human slingshots and snowboarding across utahs salt flats. or even a simple mud fight. then devin makes whats happening even cooler by ed...

Stroller. chicagos superintendent says suspects 26-year-old darwin sorrells jr. and his younger brother are an example of the citys problem with repeat offenders. and heavy rain as a tropical depression to have more of an impact on the state and east coast up through north carolina. for now back to "caught on camera." sometimes, getting a better view of the earth means changing your vantage point. and these daredevils know how to do it best. by flying. >> it is the scariest thing youve ever ...