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Adventure News - June 2010 - 1st Edition

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Skydive Over Everest, Jump Off Eiger

Base Jump Off The EigerTwo of the world's top BASE jumpers will teach you everything you need to know to jump off Switzerland's most famous mountain. Give them 30+ days and they'll have you standing on the edge of a mountain, prepared to make a solo leap you'll never forget.

Dave Barlia has been BASE jumping for 20 years and was the first American to jump off The Eiger, a mountain in Switzerland's Bernese Alps.  He was voted one of America's Top 50 Adventure Athletes.  If you've seen a TV commercial featuring a daring jump, you've probably seen Dave.

Barry Holubek is regarded as one of the world's top skydiving, BASE jumping and wingsuit instructors and currently teaches skydiving to the US Military's Special Forces. He's made over 12,000 skydives and 1000 BASE jumps.

No prior skydiving experience is necessary. Dave and Barry can take you from first jump to BASE jump. But, be warned. This program isn't cheap and it isn't easy. Training could take 30 days or more, depending on your current level of experience and includes practice jumps from planes, balloons and bridges. The cost varies depending on the training locations chosen.

If you'd like more information, let us know and we'll put you in touch with Dave and Barry. (See Dave jump in this YouTube clip.)

Discovery Offers New All-Inclusive Cruise to Grand Bahama

Dive With Tiger Sharks in the BahamasIf you're looking for a fun and inexpensive way to get to the Bahamas for one of our tiger shark dive adventures, consider taking the Discovery Cruise boat from Ft Lauderdale to Freeport. The boat provides ferry service from Florida to the Bahamas every day but Wednesday.

IA shark dive instructor Jillian Morris will be taking the boat to the Bahamas for our upcoming June 26th tiger shark adventure. If you'd like to join Jill in a shark cage, contact us ASAP.

(Jillian was sorting through her photos and found this photo from a past tiger shark adventure.)

Australian Man Hopes to Raise Ovarian Cancer Awareness to New Height by Flying MiG-29 to the Edge of Space

Fly a MiG-29 to the Edge of SpaceIn September, Colin McCallum will travel to Russia to fly a MiG-29 to the edge of space, hoping to raise awareness of ovarian cancer symptoms in the process.  Colin lost "his soulmate" Pauline to the disease in 2009 and hopes to use his adventure to educate others about the disease. He's also working to raise funds for the hospital that cared for Pauline, the King Edward Memorial Hospital for Women in Perth Western. Join us in wishing him well success.

Pauline's death at 41 is a reminder that life can be short. Don't put off living your dreams. If we can help make a dream adventure come true, let us know.

How Diver "MacGyver" Greg is Spending His Summer

IA's Director of West Coast Shark Ops Greg Barron can fix or build just about anything, which makes him the perfect guy to have along when you're 25 miles off the coast of San Francisco diving with great white sharks.

IA's Shark
Team Constructs Art Ship for Burning ManThis summer, he and several members of our white shark expedition team are busy building "The Frigate", an "art ship" to debut at Burning Man, an annual festival in Nevada. If anyone can transform an old RV into a tall ship that sails on land, it's our Greg.

(If you're like to join Greg and Julia and the rest of IA's incredible shark team on a Great White Shark Adventure in San Francisco, contact us. White shark season in San Francisco runs from September 25 to November 13.)

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Suborbital Flight Training in the F-104 Starfighter

We've updated the Starfighters section of our website, adding more great photos and aircraft info. Suborbital Flight Training in the F-104 Starfighter...the fastest single engine fighter ever built... is available all year long at NASA's John F Kennedy Space Center. To learn more, call us at 800-644-7382.

New Ops Training Site

Our Tactical Ops Team has a new 160 acre training site, near San Francisco.  If you'd like to live the life of a SWAT Team Officer, Spy or Special Ops Warrior, our friends at Tri-Core International can make it happen.  Choose from a variety of training locations and scenarios. Custom programs available. Contact us for details.

Group Campaigns for National Space Day

Space Adventures in Russia & the
USA group of space supporters are working to get July 20th declared "Space Exploration Day", a holiday comparable to "Flag Day". If you're interested in supporting their cause, you can add your name to a petition on the website.

If you're interested in a space adventure, give us a call. We offer a variety of space training adventures in the US and Russia.

Hollywood Top Gun Plane & Pilot Featured on ESPN During Indy 500

Dave Riggs in the L-39 AlbatrossAn episode of the ESPN TV show Sport Science compared the g-forces experienced in an Indy race car to the g-forces experienced in a fighter jet. Show host John Brenkus flew the L-39 Albatross with Hollywood Top Gun stunt pilot Dave Riggs. The production team captured some incredible aerial footage. See the clip here.

Come On Down - Our Beach Is Fine!

Actually, our beach is more than fine. Siesta Key Beach, located just out the window from our Incredible Adventures office, was just named the second-best beach in the entire country in a national contest. (We got beat out by some beach in New York. That's just wrong!)

Our local tourist folks are asking everyone to help spread the word that our beaches are unaffected by the oil spill.  It's a great time to come to Florida and hang out on the beach. You can stop off in nearby St Petersburg for an incredible zero-gravity flight with our friends at Aurora Aerospace. (Call us if you'd like to go weightless.)

Skydive Everest in October

Skydive Everest with Incredible AdventuresWendy Smith and her incredible jump team will be back in Nepal in October, hosting another Everest Skydiving Event.  No skydive experience is required to make a leap in front of the world's tallest mountain. Both tandem and solo jumps are offered.  For more information, visit our website or give us a call at 800-644-7382.

(Be sure to check out the new slide show of photos from May's Everest Skydive on our website.)

Elzbieta the MiG Flyer

Elzbieta flew a MiG-29 to the edge of space in June.Elzbieta flew a MiG-29 to the edge of space earlier this month. Although most of our adventurers are men, all of our adventures are "female friendly." (Might have something to do with the fact the president of IA is a female!)

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