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Arch, it was just fantastic enough to make sense. >> as leslie prepares for her first jump off the arch, shes too focused on being terrified to think about anything else. >> i was shaking. my palms are sweaty. 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 clos...

>> a lot of my videos that i create, theyre basically taking ideas of kids and making a much larger scale for adults or big people. >> but flying off a 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 ...

What anyone was telling me. >> by a stroke of luck, gilberto sees construction rope on his roof. he and another neighbor throw it across the raging waters. iliar manages to catch the rope. its her only hope of survival. she will almost certainly drown if it breaks. >> reporter: daniel was yelling really loud for me to make a really tight knot. iliar tries to save at least one of her dogs. >> translator: my greatest anxiety was about my pets. >> its a horrifying scene, and theres know time for se...

Then you think, i just want to sit up here. why am i going to clip to a rope and jump off? >> its a legitimate question, but theres no backing out now. austins friend is going to capture it all on camera and then spin it into a viral sensation. it wont be the first time. devons 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 formu...

>> january 2012, moab, utah. a group of friends converge on 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, an...

Anfo- ammonium nitrate and fuel oil. >> matt: ok so ive got everything charged up and loaded. now we get to time it. >> matt: this is kind of where i got hooked on mining. as soon as i set that first round off it was how do i do another one? >> anthony: dude, fascinating! >> matt: this is where it all starts. >> anthony: all right. >> matt: right here. >> jim keane: everybody got everything out? four seconds to silence. >> anthony: all right everybodys good? everybodys ready? >> miners: yep, alr...

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You are not seeing things. that really is an iron. this is what you get if you cross extreme sports with that ultimate home appliance. it all starts with a man named phil shaw. >> i thought, why not iron outside, rather than inside. my housemate came home and discovered me ironing in the garden and said, what are you doing? >> he has a eureka moment. >> i said, im extreme ironing. we thought, what if we took the ironing to extreme places and did it on the side of a mountain or a river or lake or...

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