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>> its so big i imagine sea sickness is not really an issue, right, because its just like a huge city thats just sitting there thats moving. >> reporter: yeah, it is a moving city. i mean, just let me show you one other thing here. take a look at this, this is called the abyss, this is a giant slide that you go down, its a dry slide and you go down and climb up the front and get a mat and go down there. theres all kind of stuff to do, all of this will be lit and open tonight. getting from one en...

We maneuvered ourselves by crawling, by throwing one another across and to do this i had to use my fingertips and my body was swinging as a free weight underneath and actually climbed window frames. this could have been perilous. it was a sheer drop into the water with the metal of the ship underneath. so all my adrenaline was going. thank goodness i grew up as a tom girl climbing trees. so i was actually very well practiced at had. we had made our way to higher ground. so the helicopter came ba...

Very loosely around me and the rescuer clamped his legs around my waist and i held on to the zip line. he said to me you have to keep your head in because if you hit the metal, it will kill you, but he was saying this in italian so i could only half understand. so as i was clinging on and he zip wired up, he had to kick away from the ship to swing out around the metal and then up into the helicopter. we get into the helicopter and he pushes me back, unhooks me and signals to go. and i said, no, ...

>> i get it. >> otherwise, this would never have been built. >> what you just said is so true, again and again, i meet people who never, ever could have gotten -- >> where they were if they didnt just do it. >> -- without poking the bear, pushing the envelope or some other metaphor. >> climb up nice and slow. its going to lock on you. >> like the guy on the plane, this wasnt on the agenda either, but hey, if theres a zip line in the neighborhood, it would be rude not to give it a try. wow. >> ri...

Have been built. >> what you just said is so true, again and again, i meet people who never, ever could have gotten -- >> where they were if they >> without poking the bear, pushing the envelope or some other metaphor. >> climb up nice and slow. >> like the guy on the plane, this wasnt on the agenda either, but hey, if theres a zip line in the neighborhood, it would be rude not to give it a try. wow. >> right? >> you ready? >> adios. >> flying! >> oh. >> wahoo! holy crap. >> that was awesome man...

Pat houston to be put on that guest list. brown died on sunday during hospice care will be buried on monday alongside her mother at cemetery up here in new jersey. its a bird, its a plane, its a record-setting sky dive. 164 skydivers joining together over central illinois to form the largest ever vertical sky difing formation. the new record smashing the old one of 138 divers. the formation resembling a giant flower floated above the rural drop zone before those divers broke away and then open...

This light-up seat which is cool because we have done this at night. >> at night? >> disco seat. >> you can do it at night which is super, super fun. >> it goes between two trees. its really easy. >> what is the weight restriction? >> 250. youre good. >> 250. thank goodness. >> you know, really sturdy grips for kids. >> so you guys got my jan cam? are you ready, america? here we go. youre going to bring this zip lining to your backyard. >> everyone loves it. >> a party. super fun. >> you did it!...

Dean with the janice cam on her head. >> its a gopro on her head. >> is this the look or what? >> its summertime. we all know that. so we want to talk about what we can do outside for summer. sinclair is here. meredith, you have a website called her sdmeredithplays.com. >> thats right. like you said, last weeks of summer break. if you zip lined on vacation you can now bring it into your backyard. this is a slackers zip line. >> jeannie is going to demonstrate. >> put this between two trees. >> t...

What did everybody think? right? does everybody want one? who has a zip line in their backyard? >> i want the disco seat. >> its super fun. >> fancy. >> like i said, we have one of these in my backyard. my boys love it. my husband has gotten on it. >> im taking this home. im taking this baby home! >> yeah, girl. >> and youre really only a couple feet off the ground so its really -- its safe and fun. >> okay, guys, back to you. >> thats awesome. >> great job, january niice. >> you did great. >> l...

Apex of the pyramid here in memphis. if used to have concerts and things. bass pro decided theyre going to open their 92nd store. we have the ceo of bass pro and ducks unlimited. this is going to be a tourist destination for a lot of folks. even if youre not into hunting and fishing, why did you pick the pyramid? >> it was here. its amazing to be here above the river, great views. >> its the largest free standing elevator we took to top of this big boy. theres a restaurant up here too. give us a...